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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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CILIP Appoints Louis Coiffait-Gunn as new CEO

CILIP

Louis' career has been guided by his interest in evidence-informed policy, mainly in education. His work in a range of settings including government, thinktanks, professional associations, universities, and the press. Louis was introduced to public libraries at a young age as his grandmother was a librarian in a neighbouring village.

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News alert: SandboxAQ launches new open source framework to simplify cryptography management

The Last Watchdog

8, 2023 – SandboxAQ today announced Sandwich, an open source framework and meta-library of cryptographic algorithms that simplifies modern cryptography management. Future iterations will enable the creation of multi-layered, stacked sandwiches with broader functions, such as providing access to cryptography at different abstraction levels.

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FBI warns of PYSA Ransomware attacks against Education Institutions in US and UK

Security Affairs

The FBI has issued an alert to warn about an increase in PYSA ransomware attacks on education institutions in the US and UK. The FBI has issued Tuesday an alert to warn about an increase in PYSA ransomware attacks against education institutions in the United States and the United Kingdom. The malicious code appended the extension .

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Mobile Libraries: Culture on the Go

Unwritten Record

National Bookmobile Day is April 22, part of National Library Week (April 19-25). . A library is a place that stores information, a place where people from all walks of life have the opportunity to obtain textual and audiovisual material for education, entertainment, and enlightenment. Libraries, Mobile — Third Army La.

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Open letter concerning proposed cuts and closures to Croydon Libraries

CILIP

Croydon Libraries: Open letter concerning proposed cuts and closures to Croydon Libraries. Dear Councillor Lewis, Open letter concerning proposed cuts and closures to Croydon Libraries. We are writing in response to the consultation on the future of public library services in Croydon. disability.