NEWS
Health conference open for bookings
BOOKINGS are open for a three-day virtual Health Libraries Group conference, with the first day taking place on 27 September from 10am to 3pm.
The second day of the conference will take place on 24 November, and the final day will beon 26 January 2022. Day one’s speakers include Rob Polson, Chris O’Malley and Ingrid Francis. Registration is open until 26 September and bookings can be made though the CILIP website at
https://bit.ly/3hdduqA.
Deadline for Kent Strix nominations
NOMINATIONS for the Tony Kent Strix Award 2021 must be in by 6pm on 30 September.
The UKeiG-run award recognises an outstanding contribution to the field of information retrieval. The award is open to individuals and organisations that have delivered a significant practical innovation of achievement – either through a project, service or in recognition of past achieve- ments that have had a significant impact for the profession. To nominate visit
https://bit.ly/3zZsyiT.
Changing Lives Seminar
THE second seminar in CILIP’s #Changing Lives Series will take place during Libraries Week on 7 October.
Dr Buhle Mbambo-Thata, University
Librarian at Thomas Mofolo Library, National University of Lesotho, will be the Keynote Speaker. There will also be a series of lightening talks – all reflecting the semi- nar’s theme of future leaders in the Library, Information and Knowledge sector. Each of the seminars in the series will be made available after the event through CILIP’s Vimeo channel. The live, online event is free and open to all and places can be booked by visiting
https://bit.ly/3ndrYdX.
10 INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL
Sustainability key to IFLA future under new president
IFLA President Barabara Lison has put sustainability at the heart of her presidency. She took up the position of President at
this year’s World Congress, having pre- viously served as President elect. In her address to the conference she outlined her Presidential theme for the coming two years – Libraries: Building a sustain- able future. She said: “I am taking up the responsibil-
ity of the IFLA Presidency at a time when the world is looking to rebuild after the dev- astating Covid-19 pandemic. Yet while we should not easily forget all of the damage done, there is also an important opportu- nity to do things better, more sustainably.” She has identified three key areas that
her theme will focus on. Firstly, she wants IFLA to look at the work of libraries during the pandemic and “deepdive into how we can realise our potential to drive sustain- able development within our communities, drawing on the wealth of ideas, experience and good practice across our field.
“Secondly, I want to set the focus on our libraries and our profession themselves. The last thirty years have, arguably, been a huge success for our institutions. Those who predicted our demise in the face of digital technology have been proven wrong, as we have shown our ability to adapt and consider- ably update our services to users. “Of course, we are not expecting that technological, political, economic, so- cial or cultural evolutions are going to slow down, let alone stop. Therefore we need to ready ourselves to respond to ongoing change, and indeed to be able to pre-empt it, in order to ensure the sustainability of our institutions, of our profession, of our collections to the benefit of our users.” The final strand will focus on IFLA
as it approaches the half-way mark of its 2019-24 strategy, saying: “I want to enable IFLA as an organisation to harvest the fruits of all the great work that was led in the last years by my predecessors.”
Literacy awards for global projects
THE World Literacy Foundation has named a number of winners in its annual World Literacy Awards. Individuals and organisations were among those recognised for their work in promoting and supporting literacy in projects around the world. Julian Lennon, film-maker, writer and singer, received an award for his work with the White Feather Foundation, which he created to tackle global environmental problems. The foundation works to support action in a number of different ways, including a strand focused on education and literacy. Read Easy UK founder and CEO Ginny Williams-Ellis was also recognised for her work in supporting adult literacy. Read Easy UK provides free, confidential
one-to-one reading coaching for adults from trained volunteers through locally-run, affiliated volunteer groups. Since 2010, the charity has grown from 23 reader groups to 40, helping more than 500 people a year to learn to read. Professor Bronwen Thomas received
an award for her Academic research on literacy in the digital age, which is exploring the impact of digital technol- ogy on readers and reading. A final award was made to the Demo- cratic Republic of Congo-based Malaika organisation, and its London-based founder Noëlla Coursaris Musunka. The organisation was recognised for its community-driven projects in the country.
September 2021
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