CONTENTS NEWS
5 Celebrate your service Preparations are under way for this year’s Libraries Week: Libraries Change Lives celebration. Find out how to take part.
6 Have your say CILIP wants to hear from you as it prepares to create a new five-year strategy. Have your say to guide CILIP’s future.
7 Libraries through the lens The latest instalment takes us to the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto.
8 Shock decision backlash Libraries concern over supplier’s decision to move away from sales to licence agreements.
9 New Trustees Three new trustees join CILIP’s board for 2025.
10 Designing Libraries: Lessons from Beijing Designing Libraries Director Ayub Khan looks at what design lessons we can learn from the new Beijing Library.
12 News feature: ebooks What next for ebooks as KR21 releases advocacy tools to fight for fairer models.
INTERVIEW
16 Cover Gene Tan Gene Tan of the National Library of Singapore talks tech and engagement ahead of his CILIP Conference Keynote.
21 Andy Priestner A look at how libraries can
Andy Priestner looks at how UX impacts services. Page 21
improve user experience (UX) to develop a better services.
26 Regina Everitt Creating better spaces through in-house collabora- tion and partnerships.
30 Kirsty Walker
CILIP Conference speaker Kirsty Walker on capturing and sharing lessons from Grenfell Tower fire inquiry.
36 Data Governance Hear from speakers James Nock and Charlotte Smith on why data protection matters.
CONFERENCE
32 ConferenceProgramme What’s on at CILIP Confer- ence 2025.
34 ConferenceSponsors Sponsors and exhibitors at CILIP Conference 2025.
IN DEPTH
38 Going Solo Lucy Roper shares her insights on life as a solo librarian.
42 Winning changes Winner in the CILIP Disability Network’s inaugural awards Yasir Haniff explains how awareness and simple changes brought about big improvements.
45 Protecting collections Sue Williamson considers the role of information professionals in times of turmoil.
50 Rediscovered book Paul Moorbath shares the story behind the rediscovery of a rare Tudor prayer book.
COMMENT
64 Mediawatching The feelgood factor
COMMUNITY 52 Professional Registration journey Ambrose Hall on his PR jour- ney and how it helped build confidence and skills.
58 Active in CILIP Chair of CIlip Cymru Wales Jamie Finch shares his volunteering highlights.
60 What’s on CILIP training andevents guide.
63 Obituaries
David Bromley and Susan Utting.
INSIGHT
15 President’s View Sue Lacey Bryant. 20 K&IM
Stewards of memory.
24 Scripturient The data of language.
29 Health Randomised coffee trials.
41 Schools Making connections.
44 Facet The latest titles from Facet.
48 UKeiG Education’s digital revolution.
49 LGBTQ+ Network Make a stand.
55 Disability Network Kindness matters. 56 RPG Focus
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