NEWS
Join the Changing Lives seminar series
A PROGRAMME of virtual events celebrating innovation and thought leadership in the library, knowledge and information sector is being launched by CILIP next month. The events aim to support an increase in the diversity of the library, information and knowledge workforce, and to encourage a workplace culture that promotes diversity and inclusion.
At the events keynote speakers are expected to appear alongside lightning talks from professionals who are under- represented in the sector. CILIP and its Diversity Networks are inviting applica- tions for these talks from professionals from BAME, LGBTQ+ and working class backgrounds, people with experience of disability and those who are neurodi- verse, as well as people working at any lev- el who have never spoken at a conference or event such as this before. Submissions will be reviewed by a selection committee made up of representatives from CILIP’s Diversity Networks and the Community, Diversity and Equality Group (CDEG). The launch seminar, will be held on 21
July on the theme of Pride in the Pro- fession with a keynote from Dr Karen G. Schneider, Dean of the Library at Sonoma State University and a member of the American Library Association’s Rainbow Round Table.
Karen is a 30-year member of the Amer- ican Library Association who was elected to its Executive Board in 2019 and has always been an active member of ALA’s
provide a platform for them to express and share their pride in the profession they shape. I’m excited to see what our speakers will be presenting, and I can’t wait to learn from them.”
The second seminar will be held during
Libraries Week on 6 October on the theme of ‘Future Leaders’, with the third and final seminar of 2021 taking place on 8 Decem- ber (theme TBC). Themes have been set by CILIP’s three Diversity Networks – the CILIP BAME Network, LGBTQ+ Network and Disability Network – together with CDEG, who are sponsoring the series. To find out more about how to apply
Dr Karen G. Schneider.
Rainbow Round Table. She has been Dean of the Library at
Sonoma State University since 2015 and it is her fifth senior executive role in libraries. A native San Franciscan who has lived worldwide (including a two-year tour of duty at RAF Lakenheath), she now resides in Santa Rosa, California with her wife Sandy and their cat, Squeak. Karen has published two books, three peer-reviewed articles, and over 100 pop- ular articles for the library press. Her dissertation was the second academic study of the lived experiences of openly queer academic library leaders (she also wrote the first study). CILIP’s LGBTQ+ Network will host
the seminar, which will be chaired by Deborah Varenna who said: “It’s import- ant to celebrate marginalised voices and
Deborah Varenna. IFLA calls for Controlled Digital Lending
IFLA is backing Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) as a way forward for eBook lending. CDL has emerged in recent years as an alternative to restrictive licensing terms, allowing libraries to loan digitised copies of their physical books on a “one copy, one user” policy, based on exceptions and limitations in copyright law. IFLA has now issued a statement supporting CDL.
June 2021 It says: “When there is no eBook avail-
able or terms and conditions are barriers, the possibility for libraries to digitise physical copies of legally-acquired works would mean that, in setting prices and conditions for eBooks and other electron- ic resources, rightsholders would need to apply the same principles as for physical books. “In effect, it would break down the wall
between the markets for physical books and eBooks, allowing for more compe- tition between the two. This would help ensure the continued effectiveness of the safeguard that libraries provide against the negative consequences of poorly func- tioning eBook markets.” Read the full statement at
www.ifla.org/ publications/node/93954 and turn to p.34 for more on CDL.
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to speak or to register to attend the first Seminar in the series please register at
www.cilip.org.uk/ChangingLivesSeminars.
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