CILIP

APRIL 16, 2024

Libraries Change Lives Week anticipates this year’s General Election, puts the sector on a public platform where libraries, library staff and library users can evidence the value of this statutory service - both locally and nationally - to the leaders of tomorrow.

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CILIP

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

New Future Libraries project to support resilience and strategic growth in Public Libraries Future Libraries is a two-part initiative from CILIP to challenge and engage librarians and library leaders to reimagine libraries in a world of evolving living and working patterns in the context of a rapidly changing world.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Sonatype: Cryptominers Launched in Windows, macOS, Linux Devices Researchers at open-source software firm Sonatype have uncovered multiple malicious packages that disguise themselves as legitimate JavaScript libraries on npm registries to launch cryptominers on Windows, macOS and Linux machines.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Last weekend, the British Library suffered a cyberattack that caused a major IT outage, impacting many of its services. The British Library is facing a major outage that impacts the website and many of its services following a cyber attack that took place on October 28. ” reads a tweet published by the library.

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CILIP

AUGUST 30, 2024

CILIP writes to Libraries Minister CILIP has written to Sir Chris Bryant, detailing how CILIP can support the new government’s key missions. Chief Executive Louis Coiffait-Gunn reached out to the MP after he was announced as heading up responsibility for public libraries.

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CILIP

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Libraries lead the way with Green Libraries Week This year, Libraries Week went Green, with libraries from Jersey to John O’Groats hosting more than 280 environmental and sustainability activities,* from 2nd-8th October 2023.

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CILIP

MARCH 18, 2024

Libraries at Risk: Update CILIP has written to eight councils in the Libraries at Risk Campaign, launched the #DearChancellor campaign on social media, and written a formal letter to Lord Parkinson to initiate dialogue on the future of libraries. View all the #DearChancellor tweets on X (formerly Twitter).

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CILIP

JUNE 4, 2024

Libraries Change Lives: Prison library tackles low literacy with Poet Laureate workshop Poet Laureate Simon Armitage visited HMP East Sutton Park and brought a new joy in reading and writing poetry for the prisoners. See how libraries are changing lives in your area, view the interactive impact map. Deadline Monday 24 June.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Rather than Apple, Google, and Citizen Lab coordinating and accurately reporting the common origin of the vulnerability, they chose to use a separate CVE designation, the researchers said.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Rhysida ransomware group claimed responsibility for the recent cyberattack on the British Library that has caused a major IT outage. The Rhysida ransomware gang added the British Library to the list of victims on its Tor leak site. It is one of the largest libraries in the world. ” reads the announcement.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 29, 2024

You might think that libraries are kind of boring, but this self-analysis of a 2023 ransomware and extortion attack against the British Library is anything but.

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CILIP

AUGUST 16, 2024

Green Libraries Campaign welcomes RLUK, CONUL, and the National Library of Scotland Three new partners join The Green Libraries Campaign to explore and create new opportunities for environmental and sustainable action in Libraries across all sectors.

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CILIP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Green Libraries Week – not long to go! Libraries from all sectors will be taking part in Green Libraries Week 2024, from National Libraries to university libraries to the high street, green activities, education and literacy events will be happening near you.

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CILIP

AUGUST 6, 2024

Approaching AI at the National Library of Scotland Image of the National Library of Scotland by Magnus Hagdorn, from Flickr Robert Cawston, Director of Digital and Service Transformation, introduces a new AI Statement for the National Library of Scotland.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2023

The FBI disrupted once again the illegal eBook library Z-Library the authorities seized several domains used by the service. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized multiple domains used by the illegal shadow eBook library Z-Library. The library is still reachable through TOR and I2P networks.

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CILIP

JANUARY 5, 2024

Will ‘Project Hope’ protect public libraries? We welcome Keir Starmer’s recognition at the beginning of his speech of those who have campaigned against library closures: “If you’ve spent the last 14 years volunteering to keep your park clean, your library open, for children to have opportunities.

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CILIP

JUNE 17, 2024

Libraries and the fight against truth decay Truth decay is the diminishing role of facts and analysis in public life, it is a phenomenon that erodes civil discourse, causes political paralysis, and leads to general uncertainty around what is and is not. A healthy democracy is helped by an open exchange of views,” said Stijn.

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CILIP

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Protect funding for public libraries at risk In this election year it is more important than ever to bring libraries into the public and political spotlight as central government cuts council budgets across the country. The Libraries at Risk Monitor builds on the Know your Rights campaign, which has been running since 2023.

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CILIP

AUGUST 28, 2024

We write as the leaders of national charities representing school library staff; the School Library Association, the Chartered Institute for Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) including CILIP’s School Libraries Group (CILIP SLG), and the Association of Senior Children’s and Education Librarians (ASCEL).

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 17, 2022

Contrast Security CPO Steve Wilson on Why Log4j Hack Is a Sign of Things to Come The discovery and subsequent exploitation of a critical zero-day vulnerability in Apache's Log4j open-source library has highlighted the importance of code security in today's threat landscape, according to Contrast Security Chief Product Officer Steve Wilson.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

Qualys researchers discovered a root access flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-6246, in GNU Library C (glibc) affecting multiple Linux distributions. The Qualys Threat Research Unit discovered four security vulnerabilities in the GNU Library C (glibc) , including a heap-based buffer overflow tracked as CVE-2023-6246. in August 2022.

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CILIP

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Partnership to Campaign: Green Libraries is growing Global leaders, thinkers, and activists from industry and politics will gather this weekend in Dubai for the first day of COP28 to rethink, reboot, and refocus the climate agenda. The Green Libraries partnership gathered unprecedented momentum during its first year.

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CILIP

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Will AI detract from the magic of Libraries? Ruth Rikowski, a professional librarian and information professional, and published author spoke at a CILIP London event on libraries and AI, raising some interesting questions about the future of this technology. One wonders what the future of the public libraries will be with AI.

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CILIP

AUGUST 5, 2024

CILIP statement on the fire damage at Spellow Hub Library in Liverpool Spellow Hub library is located in Liverpool, and was transformed into a 'library of the future' in 2023. Across the country, public libraries should be safe, welcoming and inclusive communities, open to all free of charge.

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CILIP

JUNE 25, 2024

Green Library inspires Gosport community The green library transformation at Bridgemary Library in Gosport is inspiring behaviour change in its local community by providing resources and motivation to engage with climate change. This means more efficient heating and a more comfortable space for building users.

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CILIP

AUGUST 28, 2024

its role of Eco Champion and sponsor of the Green Libraries Campaign.The Green Libraries Campaign brings together a diverse and dedicated community of libraries and library professionals, united by a shared vision of a greener, more sustainable future for people and planet.

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CILIP

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Protect library funding: CILIP writes to every political representative in 20 local authorities CILIP has encouraged councillors, MPs, and Metro Mayors to protect public library funding, ahead of the national Budget on 30 October and local budget discussions. The letters were sent on the morning of Monday 28 October 2024.

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CILIP

MAY 13, 2024

Innovative approaches to literacy: Libraries Change Lives Librarians from across the country have been submitting their stories of impact to share with MPs and political leaders as part of the Libraries Change Lives Campaign.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Boston Public Library was victim of a cyberattack that crippled its computer network, the library revealed in a statement Friday. The Boston Public Library announced on Friday that it was hit by a cyberattack that compromised its computer network. The affected systems were taken offline to prevent the threat from spreading.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2023

A vulnerability in the libcue library impacting GNOME Linux systems can be exploited to achieve remote code execution (RCE) on affected hosts. A threat actor can trigger a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-43641 (CVSS score: 8.8), in the libcue library impacting GNOME Linux systems to achieve remote code execution (RCE) on affected hosts.

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