www.cilip.org.uk/infopro CONTENTS


NEWS


4 LGBTQ+ Network 2021 CILIP’s LGBTQ+ Network embarks on its second stage as a new committee takes over from the steering group ahead of a busy year.


5 Unlocking data skills Response to National Data Strategy consultation highlights data literacy as a key factor to success.


6 Digital preservation Jisc launches a new tool to help digital collections to remain accessible and usable now and into the future.


7 New design


Corpus Christi College’s Special Collections Centre and Library has been given the go-ahead for a major revamp to bring up to 21st Century standards.


8 Welsh team winners CILIP Cymru Wales announces the first winners of its Team of the Year Award.


9 BLM resource launched A free resource to support learning about Black Lives Matters has been launched by Exact Editions.


Getting involved in Holocaust Memorial Day. Page 14


10 Data merger


One of the World’s biggest financial data companies has agreed a £44bn merger deal that will cement it’s position.


11 Mobile celebration Scotland’s mobile library service head to the roads to celebrate achievements in a year like no other.


INTERVIEW


18 Library Leadership Leo Appleton and Margaret Weaver, editors of Facet’s new book Bold Minds: Library


Celebrating the achievements of Scotland’s mobile libraries. Page 11


Leadership in a time of disruption share their thoughts the changing role of leaders and why innovation must be embraced.


IN DEPTH


14 Holocaust Memorial Day Olivia Marks-Woldman OBE of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust asks libraries to take part in January’s HMD and offers advice on how to get involved and why it matters.


16 Special Collections Karen Attar looks at what’s new in special collections ahead of an updated paperback edition of the Directory of Rare books and Special Collections.


22 Lockdown lessons Dr Jenny Peachey on Carnegie UK Trust’s latest research into how public libraries delivered services throughout the lockdown and what lessons can be learned for the future of services.


COMMENT


26 Mediawatching Designing a Presidential Library.


Interview: Margaret Weaver and Leo Appleton. Page 18


INSIGHT


12 President’s Column Judy Broady-Preston’s final column considers what we have learnt from an extreme year and reflect on her presidential address at this year’s CILIP Conference Reimagined.


24 Book Reviews


The latest books from your sector. 21 Schools


Elizabeth Hutchinson urges us to take stock and look to the future.


2 INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL DIGITAL


December 2020


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