NEWS
#uklibchat ends on a high
A DECADE-long Twitter chat that started on 7 July 2011 will come to an end with the close of its tenth year. Based on the US Hack Library School #libchat, the UK version was first floated at the CILIP Careers Development Group’s 2011 New Professionals Conference. It has ranged from loaning “realia” or unusual objects to 3D printing and technology, its most popular topic being ‘Librarians and personality’ which briefly trended. The penultimate chat is in November in collaboration with CILIP’s LGBTQIA+ steer- ing group, with a final reflective chat at the end of the year sharing happy memories. For more details:
https://bit.ly/30uGDIf
Playing ball with data
FOOTBALLERS are threatening legal action for compensation for the trading of their performance data over the past six years. Led by former manager Russell Slade, 850 players are now part of the action and their lawyers say the unlicensed use of their data – from average goals-per-game for an outfield player to height – contravenes General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Russell Slade said they had come across ex- amples of players in lower league clubs with thousands of pieces of information about them available.
The Open Data Institute said the case “edges into the space around data ownership versus data rights, and provides a tangible testimo- nial to this often academic debate.”
Green supply chain for books
UK BIC has launched a Green Supply Chain Work Plan and announced the appointment of Rachel Martin, Global Director Sustain- ability at Elsevier, as Chair of its new Green Supply Chain Committee.
“It is in the supply chain that significant changes can be made by the book industry to lower its carbon footprint and improve its green credentials,” UK BIC said.
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Mentoring Award for long time advocate of Professional Registration
CILIP’s Mentor of the Year for 2021 is Keith Wilson, who received the acco- lade at this year’s AGM on 27 October. Keith, a knowledge management specialist with many decades of experience, has been helping others in the profession to develop their own learning and understanding by volunteering as a Mentor to Professional Registration candidates. CILIP’s Mentoring scheme has been developed to provide a point of support for any members looking to achieve Professional Registration – whether Fellowship, Chartership or Accreditation. Mentors have all been through the pro- cess of professional registration and will have benefited from support themselves. Keith said: “I go back six decades and so my Library Association application was Supervised, not mentored (and so was my later Institute of Information Scientists application). There are still positive les- sons I learned and values I developed that I still hold today from Supervision, that I carry into my mentoring.”
Keith was nominated by two of his men-
tees – Rory Huston and Azlinayati Manaf, both of whom praised Keith for his com- mitment to them and their Professional Registration journeys.
Azlinayati is based in Malaysia, meaning a seven (or sometimes eight) hour time difference between herself and Keith, mak- ing scheduling meetings difficult. Despite
this Azlinayati said: “Being a mentor to someone who is thousands miles away, Keith has been fantastic at his role. We never met in person, but I always felt like we have known each other for a long time. I was lucky and grateful at the same time to be mentored by him. Through- out my chartership journey, Keith was largely instrumental in ensuring I assem- bled and prepared a comprehensive and impactful application. “He challenged every fact that I pre- sented just to ensure that I correctly and clearly articulate the reflection within each submitted evidence. He was great at establishing rapport and trust during our first few virtual meetings and con- tinuously provide constructive criticism throughout his mentorship.” Rory also commented on Keith’s thor- oughness as a Mentor, saying: “Not only did he give up countless hours, but his genuine interest in my development, and encouragement has been very valu- able to me. He helped me think about what I believe in as a KMer, reflect on the experiences I have had, and shared countless useful and insightful anec- dotes from his own career.”
To learn more about becoming a Men- toring visit
www.cilip.org.uk/Mentoring and visit
Www.cilip.org.uk/ProfessionalRegistration for details on Profession Registration.
Knowledge Rights 21 launches
INFORMATION professionals and the institutions live in fear of breaking the law particularly when it comes to digital con- tent, where the law is complex and unclear. Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21) which launched in September, aims to fix this and other pressing legal issues threaten- ing the libraries sector. With a €3m grant from Arcadia, the three-year programme aims to mobilise Europe’s knowledge institutions, particu- larly libraries, to engage with the access
to knowledge movement. It seeks to build momentum towards long term copyright reform that benefits library users and researchers in the 21st cen- tury.
It will focus on evidence and capacity building and says its “goal is to achieve and implement reforms to copyright law and practice that enable knowl- edge institutions to provide unhindered access to copyright works for education and research purposes.”
October-November 2021
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