CONTENTS NEWS
5 Conference season Time to start planning your Conference schedule for 2025.
6 Carnegies 2025 Latest news from CILIP’s flagship children’s book awards, including a new host and the 2025 Writers and Illustrators Medals longlists.
7 Libraries through the lens The latest instalment takes us to Westmount Public Library, Montreal
8 Global impact
Opportunities to represent the UK profession on one of IFLA’s committees.
9 Unlocking ebooks New report to launch with recommendations to help unlock the potential of ebooks.
10 Designing Libraries: A place to escape in prisons Designing Libraries Director Ayub Khan introduces a new series on library design.
12 News feature: HE Funding
Will a squeeze on University funding be the catalyst for no deals and new deals?
INTERVIEW
28 Sue Lacey Bryant CILIP President for 2025, Sue Lacey Bryant shares her long-standing connection to CILIP and the Library Associ- ation.
36 Beth Montague-Hellen With a new book on how small changes can have a big impact on EDI, Beth Montague-Hellen explains why doing it badly can be the right thing to do.
Laurie Gibbs shares her Appreticeship story. Page 46
IN DEPTH
16 Breaking barriers Alan Fricker explores the transformative effect of sharing data that has eased the pain of searching across NHS England’s knowledge and library services.
22 Copyright value Naomi Korn looks at the latest opportunities for information professionals in the ever-changing copyright landscape.
26 Everyone’s responsibility
Ahead of CILIP’s new Data Conference, Jess Pembroke looks at why good governance is everyone’s responsibility.
31 Cover Digital exploration
Public libraries are taking a lead in giving communities a bigger role in shaping how technology is used through the Digital Spaces project.
40 Fighting fake news Enda Murphy, Senior Knowl- edge Management Systems Administrator at A&L Goodbody LLP, on how to help your com- munity beat misinformation.
54 Inside story
Davina Omar tells the inside story behind 18 years as a member of CILIP’s Marketing and Communications Group.
COMMENT
64 Mediawatching The feelgood factor.
COMMUNITY 46 Apprenticeship Story Laurie Gibbs shares her experi- ence as an apprentice working in a secondary school library.
50 Active in CILIP
Lynsey Hawker explains how attending a conference was the starting point for her CILIP activity.
52 Professional Registration Certification, Chartership and Fellowship.
60 Obituaries
Terry Beck, Alice Lock, Peter Pickup and Parthenope Ward.
INSIGHT
15 President’s View Sue Lacey Bryant. 20 Scripturient
Barbara Lemon on surfacing Pacific Island heritage.
24 K&IM
Nurturing your knowledge ecosystems.
30 UKeiG
How to plan a safe X-it. 34 Schools
Investigating play and tech in the library.
39 Health
Sharing knowledge through shadowing.
42 Facet
Lucy Ashworth on the latest trends in publishing.
44 Book Reviews The latest titles from your sector.
48 RPG Focus
Barbara Band on school libraries, and freelancer Binni Brynolf.
57 LGBTQ+ Network Sharing CILIP 125 stories.
58 Disability Network Be prepared come rain or shine.
EVENTS 62 Listings
Getting to grips with tech through play. Page 34 4 INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL
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