NEWS
CILIPS Autumn
Gathering deals CILIP in Scotland’s Autumn Gathering takes place in Glasgow next month – and there are just two days left to get early bird rates. Library and information professionals
from across Scotland will network and hear from guest speakers at the event on 24 October at Glasgow’s Doubletree by Hilton Hotel and early bird delegate places can be booked up until 14 September. Confirmed speakers include Zoe Fergu- son from the Carnegie UK Trust and Dr Jim McCormick, Associate Director Scot- land for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. There are still opportunities for exhibitors at the event at
https://bit.ly/2Bsxu66. To book a delegate place visit
https://bit.ly/2BrB4NK.
Creative solution to falling numbers
SUFFOLK Libraries will tackle falling footfall with a range of services including events and changing opening times. In response to a 60,000 fall in visits, Chief Executive, Bruce Leeke told the East Anglian Daily Times he hopes a new Arts Council-funded programme “Building Libraries on Creativity” will provide more engaging activities for younger people.
Sci-fi publisher’s loans embargo
SCI-FI publisher Tor Books, a division of Macmillan, will not release e-books for library lending until four months after e-book first go on sale.
Macmillan said the pilot was initiated because “current analysis on e-lending indicates that it is having a direct and ad- verse impact on retail e-book sales.” American Library Association president
Loida Garcia-Febo said: “I am dismayed now to see Tor bring forward a tired and unproven claim of library lending adverse- ly affecting sales… The ALA calls for Mac- millan to move just as quickly to reverse its course and immediately lift the embargo.”
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Single digital presence report due in spring
WORK to look at how a single digital presence for all public libraries could work in England is entering its final stages. The British Library is leading the scop- ing exercise to see whether it is feasible and desirable to create a joined-up digital presence for English libraries. The project was launched last August and is due to share its findings in the autumn, before delivering a final report in April 2019. Funded by Carnegie UK and Arts Council England, the aim is to look at the business case for an England-wide digital offer. When the project was launched last year, BL Chief Executive Roly Keating said: “As part of our Living Knowledge strategy to 2023, the British Library has in recent years renewed its focus on public libraries, and our engagement with public libraries and city libraries across the UK has given us a sense of the excellent work they’re already doing but also the potential for
future growth, given the right vision.” Earlier in the summer, the BL hosted
two workshops to hear from library lead- ers and decision-makers and develop an exchange of ideas. CILIP Chief Executive Nick Poole said: “The underlying prop- osition is that in today’s wired society, public libraries lack a joined-up and com- pelling digital offer. The purpose of this project is to identify what such an offer might look like, how it would operate and who should run (and therefore fund) it.” CILIP has been involved with the project and will continue to be part of the process once the final report is delivered. Liz White, Head of Strategy at the BL, who is leading the project blogged over summer about the project and its aims. She said: “The scope of this project is to consider options for what a national online platform for public libraries could look like, what it could be used for and how such an offer might fit in to the cur- rent ecosystem for libraries.”
Five point plan for Kirklees libraries
KIRKLEES Council is looking at how public libraries can take on an enhanced community role, in a bid to provide bet- ter value for money in the wake of further budget cuts.
A review of library services found that there was already a strong sense that they provide a real benefit for local communities beyond their role in book lending but there were concerns among users and staff about the sustainability of volunteer-run libraries. Based on the responses from a consul- tation the council agreed a new frame- work that will be used to develop services in the future. The aim is to offer enhanced council services through libraries, help- ing to deliver better value. The Framework has five key principles:
Libraries must be situated in the right building in the right place to meet com-
munity needs and maximise the impact on early intervention and prevention; libraries should be situated where pos- sible on one floor to ensure an efficient and cost-effective delivery model; a local plan should be developed for each area to reflect the differing needs of each com- munity; staff should be equipped and supported to deliver on the future library strategy and job profiles should reflect the future roles needed to deliver the new service; and services and activities pro- vided must meet the Council’s outcomes. The final design is likely to include volunteer-managed services, with the council saying it would learn from the “mistakes of others,” adding: “It is clear that the success or otherwise of commu- nity-managed libraries depends on the strength of partnership working between communities and the local council.”
September 2018
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