NEWS
Date set for CILIP Conference
EARLY bird tickets are available for CILIP Conference, which is returning to Birming- ham on 10 and 11 July. This year’s event will cover important issues for the profession, with particular focus on freedom of information and its associated themes of freedom of expression, censorship and information rights. Nick Poole describes this year’s conference as “a clarion call to leaders at every level of their institution and all around the world – let’s come together in a spirit of solidarity and ambition to defend our values and to pro- mote the rights of information users.” For more information and to book visit
https://cilipconference.org.uk.
Managing your AI policy
CILIP is hosting an employer forum to help organisations develop and manage their AI policies.
The one-day training event will see indus-
try experts sharing knowledge and insights around the use of AI – looking at the tools available, their capabilities, potential uses and the skills needed to make the most of them.
The event will take place at Worcester’s The Hive library, as well as an option to attend online. CILIP Employer Partners can get free and discounted places. To find out more and to book, visit
http://tinyurl.com/ apm72t2c.
Support inclusive books for children
YOU can support CILIP’s work to help improve inclusion and representation in children’s books by subscribing to Pen&inc., with the Spring/Summer issue due out soon. An annual subscription costs less than £10 and ensures you receive copies of the Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter issues. The next issue features interviews with Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho and A kind of spark author Elle McNicoll. Each issue also includes hundreds of inclusive titles to help you choose the best new books to create a diverse collection. Subscribe at
www.cilip.org.uk/penandinc.
Donaldson backs Great School Libraries campaign
CHILDREN’S author Julia Donaldson has given her support to the Great School Libraries campaign, making a passionate call for every school to have a trained librarian. In a video on the campaign’s website
she says: “There are brilliant teachers in this country but they’ve got a huge amount on their plate and they can’t all be experts on all the books that are out there. That’s why ideally there should be a trained librarian in the library. Every school should have a member of staff who can put the right book into the right child’s hands, so that they can create the readers of the future.” The Great School Libraries campaign was created and led by CILIP and the School Library Association (SLA). The Gruffalo and Zog creator also calls on parents to speak to their chil- dren’s teachers, providing a number of ways they could support the campaign for school libraries and librarians in their own schools, including writing to their MPs, for a school library saying: “I really hope you’ll share my ambitions for the aims of this campaign.” A template letter is available to help contact MPs easier and it can be found on the Great School Libraries website. She says: “There’s a lot of children who
do not have a lot of books at home and unfort unately a sizable number of children who do not own a single book. And not every family is accessing public libraries.” She adds that reading for pleasure has
“the greatest benefit on children’s later achievement,” and describes school lib raries as “beneficial to education and to society as a whole, narrowing the gap in aspiration and ability in children.” The Great School Libraries campaign team have welcomed her support and also announced a new headline sponsor, Bookspace. Mary Rose Grieve and Alison Tarrant, Great School Libraries cam- paign co-chairs, said: “To have the back- ing of Julia Donaldson for our campaign is fantastic and we really hope it will help encourage parents to join us in calling on the government for change.”
They also highlighted the relevance of Bookspace to the campaign saying: “Our nationwide survey conducted last year showed that of the schools in the UK that do not have a designated library, 85 per cent say that it is due to a lack of space. Bookspace have some exciting plans to support the campaign and help every school make the most of the space they have. We are looking forward to working with them to ensure that every child has access to a truly great school library.”
Sharing info about children boosts safety
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to help organisations safely and lawfully share information to safeguard children from physical, emotional or mental harm.
The Information Commissioner’s Office is partnering with education, law enforcement and social service organ- isations – including The National Day Nurseries Association, the Early Years Alliance, the College of Policing, the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Confederation of School Trusts – in the ‘Think. Check. Share.’ campaign. John Edwards, UK Information
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Commissioner, said: “We understand that frontline workers in these sectors are sometimes nervous about shar- ing personal data and the potential consequences this may have. However, if there are concerns that a child is at risk, organisations and their staff need to know they can share personal data to protect that child without falling foul of data protection law.”
The ICO has created a toolkit of free resources (
http://tinyurl.com/mtczjk6u) and the campaign follows a 10-step practical guide (
http://tinyurl.com/ywznhub4) published in September.
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