NEWS
Libraries share in £250 million fund
THE Government has announced the creation of a £250 million Cul- tural Improvement Fund, half of which will be allocated to libraries and museums. The Department for Culture Media and
Sport said: “Innovative cultural projects, libraries, museums and creative industries will benefit from £250m of new funding for the culture and creative sector, the Culture Secretary announced today. Of this new funding over £125m will be invested in regional museums and libraries around the country. Nicky Morgan, Culture Secretary, said: “The Cultural Investment Fund is the Govern- ment’s biggest ever single investment in cultural infrastructure, local museums and neighbourhood libraries and will benefit communities across the country.” With the money coming from DCMS,
Arts Council England (ACE) will play a key role in distributing the fund.
Nick Serota, Chair of ACE said: “We know that towns and villages up and down England will benefit from investment in local libraries and museums, and in new jobs in our growing creative industries. We’ll work closely with Government to develop the detail of the programme in the coming days and weeks.” Nick Poole, Chief Executive of CILIP, said
that while the figure fell short of the £50m per year for five years that library campaign- ers have called for he said it “represents a major investment in the development of our sector – the funding criteria allow for capital investment including buildings and technol- ogy – and a huge win for everyone that has been campaigning for a better financial pic- ture for public libraries.” He said: “We are in discussion with DCMS about how the fund- ing will be allocated and we are continuing to work with them to help shape the proposal for next years’ Comprehensive Government Spending Review focusing on improving
library partnerships with local services and schools, improving library infrastructure (buildings and technology) and investing in the Public Library Skills Strategy to develop the library workforce of the future. On his blog Public Libraries News, Ian Anstice, says about 50 per cent of that funding “being accounted for already… so that’s down to £12.5 million per year if public libraries are as successful as museums in bidding. Still, nothing to be sneezed at, although that’s less than two per cent of the existing total budget each year for libraries in England, so it will not have an earth shattering impact and, just to be more depressing, the average annual decline in library services budget since 2010 has been more than that. I hope the sector succeeds in bidding for its fair share and that it uses it for projects with longterm impact rather than flash inthepanbutlooksgood projects one often associates with such things.”
Professional Registration relaunched
A NEW, simplified Professional Registration process has been put in place by CILIP, helping candidates to go through Certifica- tion, Chartership or Fellowship. Members enrol for Professional Regis- tration in the same way as they did before, but the new system has streamlined the way in which portfolios are submitted. The website has also been improved, making it easier to navigate.
The biggest change to the system is the submission process with candidates able to either create one file which contains an evaluative statement plus all supporting evidence and documents or create a zipped file containing separate documents. Handbooks have been updated to reflect
the changes and CILIP has also introduced a new data retention policy covering sub- missions.
The new policy limits the time CILIP will retain submissions and assessor feed- back to one year, while key data such as date submitted and date passed, linked to member ID, will be retained. For more details on the new process and information about why you should consider enrolling for CILIP Profes sional Registration visit
www.cilip.org.uk/page/ ProfessionalRegistration.
Take the survey and have your say
CILIP is launching a major piece of research that will help shape the organisation’s future direction – and it needs your help. An online survey will be the first step in
the process and CILIP’s Head of Member- ship Meg Burke is urging as many people as possible to take part. The survey results will feed into further research. Meg said: “We’re here to support every-
one working in libraries, information and knowledge management. The people who help the world make better decisions. “We want to make sure that everyone work-
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ing in our sector gets the support they need. So, on Monday 7 November we’re launching a sectorwide consultation, and we’re asking you to get involved.” There are three areas where CILIP mem- bers can get involved: l Take the survey – this should only take 10 minutes l Ask friends, colleagues and anyone else you know who could join CILIP to take the survey l Consider registering to attend a focus group – being held in London, Leeds, Scot- land, Northern Ireland and Wales.
Meg added: “From library assistants to experienced strategic directors, everyone has a say. It doesn’t matter whether you work full or part time, whether you have a qualification or whether you’re a CILIP member. Your views matter.
“The results of the consultation will help us develop the next CILIP strategy, as well as improve CILIP membership. We’re passion- ate about improving services, developing our members’ expertise and championing the sector. But we can’t do it without you.” Take part at
www.cilip.org.uk/haveyoursay.
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