CONTENTS NEWS
5 Super Searchers CILIP’s collaboration with Google moves to the next phase with a great offer for CILIP members.
6 ACE remains in place Baroness Twycross confirms there will be no change to Arts Council England’s status as England’s public libraries development agency.
7 Libraries through the lens The latest instalment takes us to Bibliotheek Neude in
Utrecht.
8 More Green Hubs Three more library services have joined the CILIP led Green Libraries Hubs initiative, bringing sustainability to high streets.
9 Workforce strategy A cross-sectoral alliance, including CILIP, delivers a new strategy to help libraries prepare for the future as they face workforce challenges and opportunities.
10&11 Designing Libraries: Good design fits every library
Designing Libraries Conference highlights.
12&13 News feature: Spaghetti politics Increasing complexity in local politics, combined with structural change brings new challenges to public libraries.
INTERVIEW 29 ICML Keynotes
Lucy Aphramor and Professor Steven Buchanan speak
Jamie LaRue. Page 46
to Information Professional ahead of their keynote addresses to the Interna- tional Congress on Medical Librarianship.
46 Lessons from the US Viv Hill speaks to Jamie LaRue about fighting censorship.
IN DEPTH
16 Accreditation counts NHS England’s Knowledge for Healthcare Learning Acad- emy short courses receives CILIP Accredited status in relaunched programme.
19 A new dawn
A closer look at how learning suppliers can benefit from accreditation, from setting standards to building a cred- ible learned experience that resonates with employers
21 An open and shut case? Lancaster University’s Tom Morley on building an open research culture.
26 Let libraries be libraries Ben White, of Knowledge Rights 21, explains how
libraries can fight back against prohibitive licensing and a lack of protective legislation.
34 Mosul support Janet Peden looks at an international partnership that is supporting library development at the University of Mosul.
38 Join the club
Kimberley Bryce explains how a collaborative approach to Professional Registration is paying dividends.
44 Libraries under attack Lesley Pitman on interna- tional support.
COMMENT
54 Mediawatching Let’s fall in love.
COMMUNITY 48 Obituaries
Thomas Howard, Stella Keenan, Liz McGettigan and Fred Ratcliffe.
50 What’s on Your Guide to CILIP events.
INSIGHT 15 CILIP President Meeting our members.
20 HLG Collaborative working.
24 LGBTQ+ Network Tenderness and Rage. 32 UKeiG
The weight of AI. 37 Schools
Power to the pupils.
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