NEWS
Miners’ library celebrates 50 years
A LIBRARY and archive dedicated to recoding the history of miners in South Wales is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The South Wales Miners Library grew from a project designed to collect and protect the heritage of mining communities that were beginning to change as the indus- try contracted. It features books, pamphlets, records, posters and banners from institu- tions related to the mining industry. The collection includes oral and video
recol lections, which are held the South Wales Miners’ Library in Hendrefoilan. The written records and photographs are held at Swansea Univer sity’s Richard Burton Archives.
Green libraries training
AN online training event to learn about green libraries and the impact they can have on local communities will be held on 12 December.
The half-day session enables delegates to increase their knowledge of sustaina- bility in relation to public libraries and is updated for 2023. Originally designed for GLL public libraries, the training is now available to other public library authorities. The training follows a successful Green
Libraries Week, which took place at the start of October. To find out more and to book a space visit
https://tinyurl.com/29pn3uuh.
Call for papers for virtual conference
ORGANISERS of next year’s RLUK Conference has issued a call for papers. The conference will look at how research libraries are adapting to delivering services in changing times. The conference, New Frontiers: The expanding scope of the modern research library, will focus on a number of themes – Innovation and AI in the library; the library’s role in strategic delivery; and evolving digital transformations. The deadline for proposals is 1 December and you can find out more details at https://
rlukconference.com.
Senedd calls for immediate support for libraries
THE Welsh Government has accep- ted most of the recommendations of a report calling for immediate support for libraries and leisure facilities. The report explored how demands on core statutory services like education and social care impact the future of local authority leisure and library services. While the Government accepted 12 out of 17 recommendations from its Local Government and Housing Committee, it rejected calls for “additional targeted fund- ing… to help venues and organisations that face closure but have a sustainable future beyond the immediate crisis.” However, the Government did accept some urgent funding recommendations. The committee said it would “welcome a policy similar to the 21st Century Schools and Education Programme to ensure that our leisure and library facilities are fit for the future. However, we also rec- ognise that leisure and library services are in need of more immediate support to improve the energy efficiency of their facilities. We would therefore urge the Welsh Government to also consider what additional short term funding could be provided to leisure and library services towards decarbonisation.” The Government accepted the com- mittee’s recommendation that it “invests in supporting the decarbonisation and refurbishment of leisure and library
facilities across Wales. This should include shorter -term solutions, as well as a long-term strategy, to help local authorities and delivery providers improve the energy efficiency of their facilities as a matter of urgency.” In its response it said: “Decarbonisation and responding to the climate emergency must be built into every aspect of decision making and funding,” adding, “we are providing up to £20m capital each year as part of our support for local authority decarbonisation of their estates.” Funding is also available to libraries via the Transformation Capital Grants Programme for Museums, Archives and Libraries. In its report, published in July, the com- mittee also recommended that the Welsh Government should explore whether it “should strengthen the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 to protect libraries from closure”. The Government has accepted this recommendation in principle. It also accepted a recommendation that it should work with local government to regularly analyse and publish Wales specific data on the social value return on invest ment in delivery of both leisure and library services. But it rejected a call for a task force “to promote the value of libraries and the contribution they make to their communities and wider societal benefits”. Details at
https://tinyurl.com/yeyww8s4.
K&IM award winners announced
CILIP’s K&IM Group has announced the winners of its annual awards and an online ceremony, with a lecture from last year’s winner of the Walford Award – Ian Rodwell, Head of Client Knowl- edge and Learning, Linklaters LLP. This 2023 K&IM Walford Award for outstanding contributions to knowledge and information management services is the librarian, writer and adviser Lorcan Dempsey who worked at OCLC for over 20 years and Jisc (UK) before that. The Knowledge Manager of the Year award goes to Emily Hopkins, Knowl- edge Manager Health Education NHS
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England with experience of developing and delivering information and knowl- edge services in the public sector. The Accidental Taxonomist, Heather Hedden, 3rd Edition, 2022, won the Information Resources Print Award, cited as “essential for anyone in the taxonomy world either at the beginning or in the midst of their career”. The Information Resources Electronic Award has gone to the ACAS website (https://www.
acas.org.uk) as an excellent example of a well-designed, easy to navigate site. To book a place at this year’s ceremony visit visit:
https://bit.ly/3Qv1GSt.
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