NEWS
Last call for award nominations
THE UK e-information Group is calling for nominations for the Jason Farradane Award 2018 with a deadline for submis- sions on Friday 21 September 2018. The award recognises outstanding con- tributions to the information profession in honour of Jason Farradane who was instrumental in establishing the Institute of Information Scientists.
Nominations should highlight achieve- ments ranging from raising the profile of the information profession to making a major contribution to the theory and practice of information science. For examples and a list of previous win- ners visit
https://tinyurl.com/y8wzz2o5.
Date set for CILIP
Wales AGM CILIP Cymru Wales’ Annual General Meeting will be on the 28 November in Newport. One of the roles of the AGM will be to select a new committee member and this will take place via a paper election. An advert for the vacancy can be found at
https://bit.ly/2C01giS
The committee has also invited a guest speaker from the Local Government Man- agement Agency to come and speak about the Government of Ireland’s new public library strategy Inspiring, Connecting and Empowering Communities.
Further AGM details will be posted on the CILIP Cymru Wales events page as they are confirmed:
https://bit.ly/2MIp9QS.
Save £100 on CILIP Conference places
CILIP Conference 2019 will be taking place on 3-4 July in Manchester and early birds have an opportunity to buy individ- ual delegate places at a much reduced rate until 28 September. Not only can members save £100 on the
full price of a delegate place but they can also opt to pay in installments. For more details visit
https://bit.ly/2MGFLZh
14 INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL
ICO warn of fake news risk to health and democracy
A MONTH after the UK’s Informa- tion Commissioner reported on the danger fake news poses to democ- racy, a US study has found Russian trolls destabilising public health debates,
potentially undermining
faith in vaccinations. The report, titled Weaponized Health Communication: Twitter Bots and Rus- sian Trolls Amplify the Vaccine Debate was published in the American Journal of Public Health. In its conclusion it said: “Whereas bots that spread malware and unsolicited content disseminated anti- vaccine messages, Russian trolls promot- ed discord. Accounts masquerading as legitimate users create false equivalency, eroding public consensus on vaccination.” The fake news agenda was also in the head-
lines when Microsoft said it haduncovered fake domains of legitimate sites including the US Senate created by Russian hackers. And also when Facebook removed a num- ber of accounts and pages that it said were “involved in inauthentic behaviour”. In a statement Facebook said: “We face determined, well-funded adversaries who will never give up and are constantly changing tactics… It’s an arms race and we need to constantly improve too.” Last month the ICO gave an update on its ongoing investigation into the use of data analytics in political campaigns. It also published a second report – Democracy Disrupted? Personal information and political
influence– which includes find- ings and recommendations that have come
out of the investigation which started in March 2017. A third report, commissioned by the
ICO, has been published by the think tank Demos, called The Future of Political Campaigning.
The progress report provides details of organisations and individuals now under investigation as well as enforce- ment actions so far including the widely reported £500,000 fine for Facebook. The Demos report sets out the key challenges big data poses to political campaigns but points out that it limits itself to legal big data activity “not those of malicious actors”.
Commenting on legitimate “emotional manipulation” it said using AI-based campaigning tools “could potentially sometimes result in political parties target- ing people who are extremely depressed, anxious or suffering from particular psy- chological difficulties”. The report added: “In general, we believe there is a danger that political mes- saging will become more emotional in tone, appealing more often to anger, frustration or prejudice, in an attempt to mobilise vot- ers and maximise engagement with content. This is likely to have other, longer term effects on the health of democracy.” Commissioner Elizabeth Denham said: “We are at a crossroads. Trust and confidence in the integrity of our dem- ocratic processes risk being disrupted because the average voter has little idea of what is going on behind the scenes.”
Art Libraries’ top honour
CLIVE Phillpot has been named as the recipient of the Arts Libraries Society (Arlis) UK & Ireland’s Honorary Mem- bership Award.
The award is the highest honour made by the society and recognises Clive’s work over his career from the 1970’s – working as Librarian at the Chelsea School of Art from 1970 to 1977, before taking up the post of Library Director at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). After leaving MoMA in 1994 he divided his time between freelance work, writing
and art exhibition curation.
His role in developing art librarian- ship and supporting artists over the past five decades has been recognised by the award judges. A statement from Arlis said: “Clive’s pioneering work and enormous contribution to the critical and schol- arly literature of artists’ books, as well as the professional literature of art libraries and art documentation, his distinguished service at MoMA and other UK and US institutions have been acknowledged by the award panel.”
September 2018
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