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Your New Neighborhood Library

Information Governance Perspectives

Library science is an interdisciplinary field incorporating the humanities, law, and applied science that studies topics related to libraries, the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources, and the political economy of information. What’s it like to work in this field?

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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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Download Now: Making the Difference - an Excellence Framework for Prison Libraries

CILIP

Download Now: Making the Difference - an Excellence Framework for Prison Libraries Making the Difference - an Excellence Framework for Prison Libraries supports prison library providers and prison library staff to develop, deliver and promote prison library services. Every prison library is different.

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Five open-source AI tools to know

IBM Big Data Hub

When AI algorithms, pre-trained models, and data sets are available for public use and experimentation, creative AI applications emerge as a community of volunteer enthusiasts builds upon existing work and accelerates the development of practical AI solutions.

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Apprenticeships: supporting new talent in to libraries

CILIP

Apprenticeships: supporting new talent in to libraries. Last summer Kirklees Libraries recruited two new apprentices as part of a council-wide programme to develop and deliver apprentice opportunities. Among the vanguard of library apprenticeships schemes is Kirklees Libraries in West Yorkshire. Career opportunities.

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Apprenticeship Stories: Lavinia Bentley

CILIP

My redundancy payment allowed me to consider working at an apprentice rate during training and so when I saw a job advertisement that really appealed to me, the £4.81 The job role would be to assist with all aspects of promoting, managing and preserving the archive material and enabling safe access to its contents for users.

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Higher Education Skills Survey Report 2018

CILIP

Higher Education Skills Survey Report 2018. CB Resourcing in partnership with CILIP proudly launched their HE Skills Survey at CILIP headquarters to an audience of senior figures from academic libraries. an accessible way to achieve professional status? Read the full survey report here.