NEWS
CKG medal
nominations NOMINATIONS for next year’s Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Medals are now open and all CILIP members can nominate up to two books for each medal.
With a report from an independent
diversity review of the medals due at the end of September, a number of steps are being taken to ensure the medals are the best champions of equality, diversity and inclusion possible.
One is to create a new mission for the medals: to inspire and empower the next generation to create a better world through books and reading.
Nominations close on 5 October. For more information and to nominate visit
ckg.org.uk/awardsprocess
Identify and use transferable skills
A WORKSHOP looking at ways to make better use of transferable skills is being held by CILIP next month.
“Building your career using transferable skills” will enable delegates to capture and reflect on their skills, helping them to build a picture of where their knowledge lies. The aim is to give delegates confidence in their career-building choices, by identifying how skills can be transferred to new roles, envi- ronments, or responsibilities.
The workshop takes place on 3 October at CILIP’s London office and places can be booked by visiting
https://bit.ly/2BAgVVZ.
ProQuest video adds BBC content
LIBRARIES that are signed up to Pro- Quest’s Alexandra Street video platform can now access high definition films from the BBC.
The deal brings almost 70 natural history documentaries and series to the platform, including Planet Earth, Blue Planet and Wild Africa.
The platform has more than 65,000 titles, with searchable transcripts, available to stream at
https://alexanderstreet.com/
6 INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL
Governance change proposals on AGM
CILIP’S next Annual General Meet- ing will focus on modernising the organisation’s governance struc- tures and look at finding new ways to encourage a diverse range of opinions on the board. The main aims of this year’s meeting will be to deliver change that allows CILIP to become more efficient, more effective and more engaged. Karen McFarlane, Chair of the CILIP Board, said: “For any charity and professional body to be successful it must be governed well and have the flex- ibility to respond to the changing needs of members and the world around us.” Members last voted on governance changes in 2014, leading to the intro- duction of electronic voting and deci- sion-making, which Karen says “have streamlined and modernised the way we work”. The proposals concern the mini- mum number of members who must at- tend a meeting for decisions to be bind- ing; allowing up to three non-members to be appointed to the board; and a pro- posal to only vote on annual member- ship fees if CILIP proposes to increase them by more than the Consumer Price Index (CPI) plus one percent. At present CPI stands at 2.3 per cent, but CILIP has committed not to increase fees for 2019. CILIP President Ayub Khan said reduc- ing the number of members required to attend an AGM for decisions to be made was a practical suggestion that would not impact on democracy in the organisation. Currently, 50 CILIP members must at- tend a meeting to make any decisions binding – and last year’s AGM failed to
attract the required number. Ayub said: “Last year the AGM didn’t attract the quorum of 50 individual mem- bers and in line with the current byelaws we had to reconvene the meeting at a later date. This wastes members’ time and causes unnecessary delay to decisions, and so we’re proposing a reduced quorum of 20 individual members – this is in line with our current quorum for other gener- al meetings and most membership bodies have an AGM quorum of between 10 and 30 members.” Members can still vote at the AGM – either in person or by filling in a proxy vot- ing form before 1.30pm on 9 October. Karen added that allowing non-members
to be appointed to the board would help fill any skills gaps, saying: “The board of trust- ees is responsible for running the charity effectively, being legally compliant and financially solvent. The challenges in de- livering all this are ever more complex and demanding. We believe that the ability to appoint people from different backgrounds and with a wide variety of expertise will help the board meet these challenges. For this reason, we’re proposing that along- side the 12 elected trustees, the three appointed board members need not be members of CILIP but would be chosen for their specific area of expertise or in response to the need to diversify the board.” The AGM will take place at CILIP’s Ridgmount Street headquarters on 11 October at 1.30pm and proxy vot- ing forms can be completed online at
www.cilip.org.uk/proxy-vote-form. Full details of the agenda are on p. 58.
Health research funds
HEALTH and social care library and information professionals can now apply for up to £3,000 to help fund a related research project. The Research in the Workplace Award (RIWA) is open to anyone currently working at least 17.5 hours in a health or social care library or information ser- vice. The money can be used in a variety of ways to help promote new and inno-
vative services in the sector. The award is made by CILIP’s Health Libraries Group and is co-sponsored by the University Medical School Librarians Group and the Library and Information Research Group. Applications must be submitted by 30 September (
https://bit.ly/2BrViqM) and forms sent to HLG Awards Co-ordinator, Doug Knock at
douglas.knock@
nhs.net.
September 2018
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