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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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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chrome and Perl library flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Below is the list of the issues added to the catalog: CVE-2023-7024 – The vulnerability is a Heap buffer overflow issue in WebRTC.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Google released security updates to address a new actively exploited zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-6345, in the Chrome browser. Google on Wednesday released security updates to address a new actively exploited zero-day, tracked as CVE-2023-6345, in the Chrome browser. ” reads the advisory published by Google.

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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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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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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2024

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Mandiant reported a surge in the number of actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in 2023. In 2023, Google (TAG) and Mandiant discovered 29 out of 97 vulnerabilities exploited in the wild. ” continues the report.

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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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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2024

Researchers published a proof-of-concept (PoC) code for the recently disclosed critical flaw CVE-2023-51467 in the Apache OfBiz. Researchers from cybersecurity firm VulnCheck have created a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for the recently disclosed critical flaw CVE-2023-51467 (CVSS score: 9.8) in the Apache OfBiz.

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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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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Google released security updates to address a new actively exploited zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-5217, in the Chrome browser. Google on Wednesday released security updates to address a new actively exploited zero-day flaw in the Chrome browser which is tracked as CVE-2023-5217.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Google rolled out emergency security updates to address a new Chrome zero-day (CVE-2023-4863) actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-4863, is the fourth actively exploited zero-day fixed by Google in 2023. The flaw CVE-2023-4863 is a critical heap buffer overflow that resides in the WebP.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Threat actors started exploiting a critical ownCloud vulnerability (CVE-2023-49103) that can lead to sensitive information disclosure. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-49103 , resides in the Graphapi app, which relies on a third-party GetPhpInfo.php library that provides a URL. ” reported the company.

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CILIP

DECEMBER 21, 2023

2023 Retrospective: One year at CILIP & 125 years of Chartership 125 years since we received our Royal Charter from Queen Victoria, 2023 has been a year of advocacy, action, and new beginnings for CILIP. In January CILIP launched Welcome to Libraries an induction pack that supports new librarians as they start out on their careers.

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CILIP

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Invitation to Tender - Anti-Racist Library Collections training for Wales Content Developers needed for the Anti-Racist Library Collections project. Deadline for application is now 20th November 2023. The project is being funded through a £135,000 grant from the Welsh Government, secured by CILIP Cymru Wales on behalf of CILIP.

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CILIP

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

SCONUL supports Green Libraries The Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL), has joined the Green Libraries Campaign as a partner organisation. Lisa McLaren, Deputy Director at SCONUL, said: “SCONUL is delighted to join the Green Libraries Campaign as a partner organisation. Become a sponsor!

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Enterprise Software Blog

MAY 19, 2023

And as it appears, Angular is a top framework that enables developers to tackle these challenges with the help of extended features and capabilities packed in different UI libraries. But with so many out there, how can you know which is the best Angular component library? 3rd party libraries are added on top of the actual framework.

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CILIP

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Uncensored Library in Minecraft: Promoting Free Press Zakariya Gayle, Academic Support Librarian at UAL High Holborn made the switch from retail management to libraries, starting as a Casual Assistant in the public sector. This blog post was written after he attended Libraries Rewired.

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CILIP

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

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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CILIP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Green Libraries Week is Live! Green Libraries week starts today. This year Libraries Week - the annual event that helps libraries across the country run engagement events for their communities – has gone green! This year, Green Libraries Week runs from Monday 2 to Sunday 8 October, and features over 250 (and counting!)

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CILIP

APRIL 17, 2023

Future Libraries - invitation to tender CILIP is looking to commission a collaborative research and development project focused on re-imagining England’s public library sector for the future and funded by Arts Council England. The core of this project is to undertake a collaborative research and development project to build the new.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2023

Google released security updates to address a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-3079, in its Chrome web browser. The vulnerability has reported on June 1, 2023, it is likely that the flaw was exploited as part of an exploit used by a state-sponsored APT group. ” reads the advisory published by the company.

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CILIP

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Future Literacy and Libraries We are living and working in an age of uncertainty and change. Libraries are at the forefront of this change, and new funding models, policies, and services are required for the sector to adapt to these changes, that are already impacting on the daily lives of library and information users in countless ways.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Library branches remain open, Wi-Fi is still available and materials can still be borrowed. Records breached: According to the library’s 4 November update , there is “no evidence that the personal information of our staff or customers has been compromised”. However, public computers and printing services are unavailable.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

Google rolled out emergency fixes to address another actively exploited high-severity zero-day flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-2136 , in its Chrome web browser. The vulnerability is an Integer overflow in the Skia graphics library, the issue was reported by Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group on April 12, 2023.

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CILIP

JANUARY 25, 2023

Welcome to Libraries - an induction pack for frontline public library staff 25 January 2023 Welcome to Libraries - an induction pack for frontline public library staff Welcome to Libraries - your guide to working in public libraries is available as a digital publication and in a limited print format.

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CILIP

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Invitation to Tender - Anti-Racist Library Collections training for Wales CILIP is looking to commission an external provider/s to develop content for anti-racist library collection training for public libraries across Wales. Contact yvonne.morris@cilip.org.uk

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CILIP

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Learning from our Past: Celebrating Black History Month with Lancaster University Library Slavery Banner in Lancaster Universit Library (to Sunita Abraham) Lancaster University Library takes the lead in decolonisation to reach staff and students of the university, with a diverse range of engaging, and enriching activites, initiatives, and projects.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-42793 , can give unauthenticated attackers remote code execution (RCE) abilities without requiring user input by exploiting an authentication bypass flaw. The problem: Arm has issued a security alert on CVE-2023-4211 , an actively exploited vulnerability in its Mali GPU drivers.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2023

Google released an emergency security update to address the first Chrome zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-2033) in 2023, the company is aware of attacks in the wild exploiting the issue. The vulnerability was reported by Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group on 2023-04-11. “Type Confusion in V8.

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CILIP

JUNE 27, 2023

Facet Catalogue 2023 – get your free copy today! The Facet Catalogue 2023 showcases a wide range of bestsellers and new titles from the world of librarianship, information management, archives and records management, data, and heritage. The book looks at the background context of migration and barriers migrants face.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

The development team behind the vm2 JavaScript sandbox library addressed a critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability. The developers behind the vm2 JavaScript sandbox module have addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-29017 (CVSS score 9.8), that could be exploited to execute arbitrary shellcode.

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CILIP

JANUARY 5, 2024

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.

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CILIP

DECEMBER 14, 2022

£135,000 funding for Anti-racist library collections in Wales. The investment will fund a new project – Anti-racist Library Collections: a training plan for public libraries in Wales with the purpose of raising the profile of libraries. Phase 1 - November 2022-April 2023. Phase 2 - May-October 2023.

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CILIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Mastering RPG Games in Libraries For librarians or teachers who aren’t players themselves, the scope of role-playing games can seem overwhelming, especially because being a game master in a school or public library for a group of students is quite different to being a game master for adults with hours to spend.

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CILIP

APRIL 3, 2023

Farewell Ridgmount Street, hello British Library We are excited (and a little nostalgic) to announce that CILIP has relocated from Ridgmount Street to our new space at the British Library. It had previously been used (in part) as a repository for the British Library. So here we are in 2023.

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CILIP

JULY 17, 2023

CILIP Conference 2023 - Key Takeaways Imogen Loucas is presented her CILIP125 Medal for outstanding librarianship by Sue Williamson, CILIP vice-president. An action-packed conference that brought leadership to the "top-of-mind" took place in the 125th year of CILIP's Royal Chartership. We couldnt do this without our members!

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CILIP

JANUARY 8, 2024

Will ‘Project Hope’ protect public libraries? Children’s author Julia Donaldson joins the Great School Libraries Campaign and shares how everyone can help to ensure a school library in every school in a new video. which identified some positives, as well as inequalities in the school system across England, Scotland and Wales.

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