NEWS
Famous authors
rally for library IRVINE Welsh and Ian Rankin are among a host of authors supporting a campaign to save Whiteinch Library, Glasgow, from closure. Glasgow Life announced that it wouldn’t be reopening the library as lockdown eases because ‘significant upgrades’ are needed to make it safe.
But campaigners’ efforts to pressure Glasgow Life to reopen venues caught the attention of many Scottish writers, includ- ing Irvine Welsh and Ian Rankin. Welsh tweeted “Save Whiteinch Library” to
360,000 followers and Ian Rankin retweeted a message from the campaign to his 181,000 followers. Neil Lancaster and Val McDermid were amongst a number of other authors who also retweeted campaigners’ call to action on their social media feed.
Cambridge lands
Hawking archive A LANDMARK acceptance in Lieu (AIL) agreement between HMRC, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Cambridge University Library, Science Museum Group, and the Hawking Estate, divides the Stephen Hawking archive between Cambridge University Library and the Science Museum.
Around 10,000 pages of Hawking’s scientific and other papers will remain in Cambridge, while objects including his wheelchairs, speech synthesisers, and memorabilia will be housed at the Science Museum.
BL’s Boston Spa
revamp THE British Library is expected to submit proposals to significantly overhaul its archive storage facility at Boston Spa, West Yorkshire.
The plans include the construction of a new automated storage building with public viewing gallery, a major revamp of the exist- ing 1970s buildings for the library’s on-site staff, and a new reading room, restaurant and café for visitors.
According to the library, the redevelop- ment is driven by the ‘urgent need for more space for [its] growing print collection’.
6 INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL
Brush up your skills with a Summer of CPD
A SPECIALLY curated range of events and learning opportunities has been created by CILIP to help members make the most of a Sum- mer of CPD. The one-stop shop of CPD resources features webinars, conferences, mem- ber network events throughout the summer. There will be a mix of free and paid-for events as CILIP looks to pro- vide every member with opportunities to take part over the coming months. The Summer of CPD also includes a limited time deal to access all the con- tent from last year’s CILIP Conference Reimagined. Some 500 people attended the online event when it was held, but for anyone who missed out there is a second chance to explore the conference and its themes of Collaboration, Raising Voices, Technical Skills and Resilience. Sessions include conversations, insight and advice. Conferences from CILIP Ireland, CILIP Cymru Wales and CILIP Scotland have already taken place this summer, while the Working Internationally Conference was due to begin on 25 June. Looking ahead to the end of summer and the Youth Libraries Group conference takes place in September. There will be a series of training events
offering practical advice on subjects including information management in the corporate sector, copyright training, and search usability. A packed summer programme of
webinars begins with this month’s Pres- idential Debate – “Divided we fall: Are public libraries a national network or a local service?” (
https://bit.ly/3ipsCTb). Taking place on 30 June, it will feature journalist Kate Robinson, Sue Williamson, Isobel Hunter and Professor Shelley Trower. Gemma Wood, Head of Sales and Marketing at CILIP, said: “There are webinars, conferences, member network events and moments throughout the sum- mer months to help members strengthen their ties to the library and information community. And as events are scheduled this will be updated so that everything you need this summer is in one place. “It’s a great opportunity to explore some of the big challenges facing the profession and wider society, take some time to focus on professional development, maybe use alongside your work on the PKSB, and connect and collaborate with colleagues from all sectors, all your leisure.” See the full Summer of CPD collection at
www.cilip.org.uk/SummerofCPD
Technology offers political value to libraries
A BRIEFING paper about local govern- ment and library technology claims that public libraries need more data-driven ways to communicate with users and communities and that the technology now exists to do this. In the paper, Community engagement solutions for public libraries, Ken Chad and Sarah Bartlett argue that despite local politicians being explicitly held to account by the Local Government Asso- ciation for promoting public libraries “to ensure that there is a strong local leader- ship of libraries at this time, focused on meeting community needs… positioning them as central to the council’s strategic
thinking and investment plans…” there is little evidence that it is happening. It goes on to say: “Of England’s 10 largest metropolitan boroughs, six make no mention of public libraries whatsoever, including Birmingham, which has by far the highest popula- tion and recently invested £189m in its landmark central library,” adding that “If councils are not clear about the strategic value of a public library service, it should not be surprising that the investment they are prepared to make is low.”
For more on the report visit
https://tinyurl.com/epneknp2
June 2021
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