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Shaping Modern Wales CILIP Cymru Wales Conference 2021
Earlier this year CILIP Cymru Wales came together for its annual conference – here Alan Vaughan Hughes looks back at the conference. And don’t forget, you can join CILIP Cymru Wales AGM and open day on 4 November.
IT has obviously been a dramatic year for the information landscape in Wales. Our virtual conference was all about reflection, recognition and our confidence as a sector – from our commitment to diversity and wellbeing to our impact and influence across communities in Wales and beyond. This was a packed and energetic international programme spanning two days ... so strap yourselves in! Our first Keynote was a powerful dialogue between Sam Hall, Chief Digital Officer for Local Government, and Sally Meecham, CEO of the Centre for Digital Public Services. Framed within the context of Welsh Gov- ernment’s new Digital Strategy for Wales, both explored Wales’ ambitious digital roadmap to improve the lives of everybody in Wales through meaningful collaboration, innovation and technology.
Libraries for Life Libraries for Life was the first panel, chaired by Sioned Jacques (Cardiff Hubs and Librar- ies). Anoush Simon (Aberystwyth University) explored the findings of a recent scoping study into the impact of Universal Credit on the design of more inclusive public library services. Bethan Hughes (Denbighshire Libraries) and Kerry Pillai (Swansea Libraries) followed this up with a round- up of the ambitious Estyn Allan Project, a collaborative initiative of all 22 public library services in Wales to deliver an intensive national programme of bilingual digital
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Alan Vaughan Hughes is CILIP Cymru Wales Vice Chair.
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literacy training. Jennie Roe (Swansea Bay University Health Board) shared insight into the challenges faced by the NHS Wales Library Service to quickly disseminate accurate and reliable information to key frontline workers during the pandemic, before a concluding talk by Auriol Miller (Institute of Welsh Affairs) on the new Understanding Welsh Places resource to present transparent public data to help shape the post-pandemic future of community services.
Community Voices Community Voices, chaired by Susie Ventris-Field of the Welsh Centre for
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