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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. As a profession, our responsibility is not to ‘see both sides’ of the debate about volunteerism and cuts to library services. So where do we go from here?”

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Wartime Reading: The Library War Service

Unwritten Record

When America entered World War I in 1917, the American Library Association decided to take part in the war effort by establishing the Library War Service. Its purpose was to provide library services to American soldiers in training camps and overseas.

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Documentation Theory for Information Governance

ARMA International

This article is part of a collaboration between ARMA and AIEF and is included in Information Management Magazine, ARMA-AIEF Special Edition , which will be available for download in November. This article aims to consider what a documentary focus can offer to the practices and understandings of information governance.

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Who to Follow in 2019 for Big Data, Data Governance and GDPR Advice

erwin

With this in mind, the erwin team has compiled a list of the most valuable data governance, GDPR and Big data blogs and news sources for data management and data governance best practice advice from around the web. to driving revenue through proactive data governance initiatives and Big Data strategies, these accounts cover it all.

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2021 - A year in review

CILIP

We have also been able to grow our influence in Westminster and the Devolved Administrations, particularly thanks to the re-launch of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Libraries, Information and Knowledge (APPG LInK) ? to promote collaboration between libraries in the UK and overseas. Building bridges, not walls.

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CILIP in the press – Summer 2024

CILIP

CILIP in the press – Summer 2024 This summer, CILIP’s public affairs and general election activities have been raising awareness about the value and significance of libraries in all sectors, and have placed libraries at the heart of the political conversation. paywalled) Full story from the Telegraph Libraries give us power.

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12.9 else: “The most mericful thing in the world”

John Battelle's Searchblog

This week, the tension between industry, governments, and regulation gets hashed out over the NSA, drones, bitcoins, and DNA databases; bots are running research on our behalf, and I became “postdigital.” Tech Giants Issue Call for Limits on Government Surveillance of Users – New York Times. The post 12.9 The post 12.9