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Saving Ukrainian cultural heritage
SAVE Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO), a group of cultural heritage professionals – librarians, archivists, researchers, programmers – is looking for volunteers and information. The initial team of mainly US-based professionals – three of them from the Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University – said they were “working together to identify and archive at-risk sites, digital content, and data in Ukrainian cultural heritage institutions while the country is under attack”.
They are using a combination of technolo- gies to crawl and archive sites and content, and are asking people to submit important URLs for collections in cultural heritage institutions or to volunteer. For more details visit
www.sucho.org.
Grants for working class history
HISTORIC England has announced a new initiative called Everyday Heritage Grants: Celebrating Working Class Histories. The grants will fund community-led pro- jects that focus on heritage that links people to overlooked historic places, with interest in recognising working class histories. Community and heritage organisations can apply for grants of up to £25,000 to fund projects where ordinary people work and live related to places with low social mobility; housing and rural stories.
Newcastle to stay fine free
LATE fee charges at Newcastle City public libraries were originally suspended in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Now, Newcastle City Council said it will make the move permanent from April to encourage more people to use library services. Councillor Irim Ali, Newcastle City Council cabinet member for Commu- nity Services and Public Engagement, said: “Fines may have been designed to encourage people to return books on time but in reality they are a barrier for some, especially those on lower incomes.
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The history of the Institute of Information Scientists: An appeal to former IIS members
THE team behind an online historical record of the Institute of Informa- tion Scientists (IIS) is calling for help from former members. Charles Oppenheim, Sandra Ward and Martin White are just completing their research and are making a final appeal for as much information, memories and any archival material people may have. They explain: “The IIS was launched in 1958, so its founders are long gone, but for 44 years, it was the leading profes- sional organisation in education, training, conferences, publications, standards and lobbying for information matters in the UK and Europe. Two thousand information scientists transferred to CILIP at the merger and we want to locate as many former members as we can to help us complete the IIS History. “The location of the IIS Archive is not known. For the last two years, we have been scouring our personal collections of IIS publications and those of our con- tacts to produce a draft of the History of the Institute of Information Scientists.” The latest version of the history has been edited by Val Skelton and is avail- able online (
http://iishistory.org), including a web form for anyone to comment on the
current content and advise of any gaps or inaccuracies. The aim is to have a final version that can be as accurate as possible – including information on the profiles of the institute’s former presidents. They add: “We would also like you to alert us to any IIS related material you’ve kept, e.g., its monthly newsletter Inform, conference proceedings, photographs from events, etc. Memories of the Special Interest Groups and Branches that the IIS set up would, of course, also be very welcome. We want to establish an IIS archive held in a reputable institution for researchers of the future.
“During the time we undertook our research and drafted each chapter, we’ve been constantly reminded of the import- ant contributions that the IIS members made to the development of information science and its applications. We want to make its history both as comprehensive and accurate as we can – and your con- tribution can help us.”
Any former members who want to contribute to the project should visit the website and comment before 30 April 2022 when our editor, Val Skelton will begin work on the final version.
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http://iishistory.org
CILIP Cymru Wales Annual Conference: Possible Futures
CILIP Cymru Wales is delighted to announce its 2022 Annual Conference in collaboration with Bangor University. This conference will take place on 19 and 20 May, both virtually and in-person in Bangor, if it is safe to do so and in line with Welsh Government guidance. This year’s theme is “Possible Futures: Sus- tainable, Collaborative, Progressive” and the programme will feature a variety of speakers and interactive workshops to explore the future of the library, information and knowledge landscape
in Wales. Broad participation will reflect the main sectors in Wales and we look forward to hearing more from our future voices. Join others at the con- ference to keep up to date with what’s happening in Wales, meet old and new colleagues, and join in the conversation on our Possible Futures. Limited bursa- ries are available.
l Bookings are open via the conference website:
bit.ly/3zCi1uw
l Follow us on Twitter for regular confer- ence updates: @CILIPinWales #CILIPW22
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