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Urgent appeal: protect funding for public libraries at risk

CILIP

Urgent appeal: protect funding for public libraries at risk CILIP is the leading industry voice championing and representing library and information professionals across the United Kingdom, guided by our Royal Charter to develop and improve library and information services, and as a Charity to act in the public good.

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Libraries, critical thinking and the war on truth – what lies ahead in 2024

CILIP

Libraries, critical thinking and the war on truth – what lies ahead in 2024 Nick Poole, Chief Executive, CILIP will leave CILIP at the end of March 2024. In all her courage and conviction, she was confronting the reality of a brutal Taliban regime that used violence to deny millions of women and girls the basic right to an education.

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News alert: Introducing Mayhem Security — ForAllSecure unveils name change, fresh focus

The Last Watchdog

Today, the Mayhem platform has been integrated into thousands of open-source projects, building a library of behavioral tests, identifying new zero-days, and helping defend against software supply chain threats. Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. In 2016, the company won DARPA’s cyber grand challenge focused on autonomous security.

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Louis Coiffait-Gunn: 100 days at CILIP

CILIP

What is clear is that many people really do love libraries and librarians, just look at all the celebrities – especially among the author community – who come out in vocal support. We quickly developed the Trust Libraries election campaign to highlight 10 agendas the sector is already delivering, and what we need to achieve even more.

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COVID-19 Guidance for School Libraries

CILIP

COVID-19 Guidance for School Libraries. This Guidance has been developed by a Working Party convened jointly by CILIP, the CILIP School Libraries Group (CILIP SLG) and the School Library Association (SLA). Schools and school libraries differ vastly in their size, governance and operations. Disclaimer.

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The EU AI Act – the countdown begins

Data Protection Report

These prohibit some use cases e.g. emotion recognition systems in the workplace and in education or inappropriate use of social scoring. August 2, 2026 – obligations apply for high-risk AI brought into scope due to the use case (e.g. These include various risk management and governance obligations.

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Brexit means new risks for the sector

CILIP

Brexit means new risks for the sector. That means greater risk aversion, more obstacles and more costs for library and information professionals. But the target moved as the government shifted from a ?soft? Risk and orphan works. The most immediate problem for the library and information sector is orphan works.

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