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5 Collaboration call CILIP calls for a new way of working to help create sustainable and innovative public library services for all.


6 LibraryOn grants More than £1m has been handed out to public library services to help them create digital “shop windows”.


7 Libraries through the lens Photographer and librarian Thomas Guignard takes us to the Bibliothèque de Drummondville in Québec.


8 Welsh recommendations CILIP Cymru Wales’ Amy Staniforth gives evidence on the value and impact of services to the Welsh Senedd ahead of a new library framework.


9 Tir Na n-Og The winners are revealed for this years Welsh language and heritage children’s book awards.


10 Open Access boost The Open Book Futures (OBF) project has been handed a multi-million pound funding deal to improve its offer, with Lancaster University Library taking the lead.


11 K&IM call for housing The UK’s Housing Ombudsman has called for landlords to


Dr Biddy Casselden looks at the current state of volunteering. Page 39


improve the Knowledge and information management practice to help improve standards for those living in rented accommodation.


12 BL looks ahead


The British Library launches its new strategy, marking out its priorities as it plans its way into 2030.


CONFERENCE


17 Conference latest Conference Organiser Louise Greener looks at the latest news ahead of CILIP Conference 2023.


18 Exhibitor listings Find out which suppliers will be joining Conference.


24 Leaders and Imposters Jess Pawley and Jo Walley talk about the relationship between leadership and overcoming imposter syndrome.


INTERVIEW 22 Paddy Dillon


Co-founder and Director of The Green Book project, Paddy on the free resource and how it can help your service.


What’s in store for the BL as it looks ahead to 2030? Page 11


4 INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL


37 Janet Noble Yoto Carnegies’ Chair of Judges, Janet Noble looks back on her year leading the awards.


June 2023 IN DEPTH


14 We are CILIP: Workforce Mapping


How new research into the workforce will help CILIP re- spond to changing needs.


28 Greener Gloucestershire Catherine Chorley looks back Gloucestershire Libraries Greener Together project.


31 Publishing turning point? Rob Mackinlay looks at the implications on academic journal publishing following the mass resignation from an Elsevier title.


35 Cover Yoto Carnegies Winners


Find out who has won in this year’s Yoto Carnegies Awards and the Shadowers’ Choice winners are also revealed.


39 Volunteer snapshot Dr Biddy Casselden revisits her earlier research into the use of volunteers in public libraries to see what has changed after a decade of austerity and a global pandemic.


44 Foreign Correspondent Archivist Garfield Lam looks at the life of Anthony Lawrence and the intersection of personal and professional archives.


COMMENT


56 Mediawatching Book ban fans getting hot under the collar.


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PEOPLE


52 Obituaries Horst Ernestus, John Eyre, and Vincent de Paul Roper.


55 Professional Registration INSIGHT


13 President’s View CILIP President John Trevor-Allen 19 K&IM Matters


Hélène Russell talks to Paula Reid about psychological safety.


30 KR21


Benjamin White on the latest rights developments.


34 School Libraries Group Barbara Band on the value of Yoto Carnegies.


38 UKeiG


Gary Horrocks asks whether AI will spell the end for humanity.


43 Building Collections Paul Howarth reveals the truth behind serendipity.


48 RPG Focus


Ian Orton looks ahead to some of this year’s RPG activity.


50 Book Reviews


The latest titles from your sector. 54 MILA Update


The latest from the Media and Information Literacy Alliance, with Stéphane Goldstein.


Inside the personal archive of journalist Anthony Lawrence. Page 44


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