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www.cilip.org.uk/WeAreCILIP NEWS
5 Honorary Fellows CILIP awards this year’s Honorary Fellowships and Presidential Citations.
6 Cover Influence and advocacy Westminster event brings profession together to deliver Libraries Change Lives messages to politicians.
7 Libraries through the lens The latest instalment takes us to the Stadtbücherei Sandleiten, Vienna.
8 AI impact on service delivery
A new report into how the profession is engaging with AI tools needs your help.
9 Green roof boost New solar collector arrays on the British Library are helping to cut carbon emissions.
10 Gender stereotypes The role of librarians in fighting gender stereotypes in children’s publishing is explored at a Eurolis Seminar.
11 Little Rebels winner Radical book prize reveals the winner of this year’s Little Rebels award.
National Data: ODI’s Emma Thwaites. Page 27
12 Designing sustainability How the Designing Libraries website is developing and looking to the future.
13 News Feature: Peers show support for library services
House of Lords debate on public libraries highlights cross party support for services and the impact they deliver.
INTERVIEW
30 Health and public partnership Ruth Carlyle explains how public libraries are support- ing health literacy and access through a partnership with NHS England’s Knowledge and Library service.
IN DEPTH 15 Living history
Author Tammye Huf on the power of oral history for marginalised people and the role of archives in shining a light on these hidden truths.
16 We are CILIP: Your membership
Find out more about CILIP’s member benefits, both new and established, as well as looking ahead to changes for 2025.
The BL takes steps to deliver carbon savings. Page 9
4 INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL
20 Lead the conversation The new CILIP Connect toolkit is designed to help you start
October-November 2024
Download the App for Apple and Android devices at
www.cilip.org.uk/InfoProApp
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meaningful conversations about library services with key decision makers.
24 Doing good, being kind Helen Rimmer shares her thoughts on kindness in the library and how it can bring benefits for all.
27 National data
The Open Data Institute’s Emma Thwaites looks at the role of information professionals in rela- tion to proposals for a national data library.
34 Green Libraries Conference Laragh Quinney, Megan Veitch and Vicky Clarke share their green libraries experiences, ahead of this year’s Green Libraries Conference.
38 US Election Impact Jennie Rose Halperin with a round up of opinions from library and information professionals working in the US.
42 Assessor perspective Professional Registration Asses- sor Elizabeth Hutchinson on what assessors are looking for from candidates.
48 Professional Registration Andrew K. Shenton focuses on learning opportunities in every- day life, and shares his thoughts
on how to spot them and make the most of them.
COMMENT
52 Mediawatching Pooh’s origin story.
PEOPLE
48 Obituaries John Chirgwin, William Linton, Elizabeth Melrose, Malcom Ranson, Ian Stringer and Kate Wood.
INSIGHT 14 President’s View
CILIP President Sue Williamson.
22 Scripturient Matt Finch’s final column introduces Barbara Lemon, who will be taking over in 2025.
32 K&IM
Hélène Russell on unlocking insights from introverts.
40 LGBTQ+ Network Ash Green on the power of telling your own story.
46 RPG Focus Ian Orton brings reflections from the RPG Unconference.
52 Book Reviews The latest titles from your sector. CILIP Connect gives you the tools to lead conversations. Page 20
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