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LibTech EdTech – transition, challenges and contradictions

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CILIP Copyright COnference 2024 By Gary Horrocks THE summer 2023 issue of UKeiG’s open access journal, eLucidate , featured my reflections on the implications of a Members’ Day presentation by Ken Chad on the “library technology ecosystem". LibTech” becomes “EdTech”.

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One world, one library network

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One world, one library network. Working Internationally for Libraries Virtual Conference 2021: A free, virtual conference for Public Libraries in the UK and across the world. Public library services around the world have been confronting massive global challenges while embracing innovation and new opportunities.

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Data, analysis and the library: Joining the dots at the Department for Work and Pensions

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Here he speaks to Information Professional Editor Rob Green about how librarians and library services are now a central part of that function, and how the library service is supporting the wider needs of the Department. s library services more directly within the DWP?s Trevor recently incorporated the department?s Trevor says.

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Learning, work and flexibility: a case study

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Oona Ylinen (OY): I was studying Creative Writing at the University of Surrey but because study space was hard to come by on campus, I would study at the local public library. During one such study session in 2018, I saw a poster advertising a part-time role in the library. Picture Oona Ylinen.

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Sustainable lessons for design

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Connecting town and gown through the library To Celebrate Green Libraries week, we take a look back at an article first published in Information Professional in June 2023. Wright & Wright Architects have worked on a number of major library, archive and gallery projects, with a focus on sustainable design.

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Implementing Plan S- what about the Institutions?

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Ever since Coalition S announced Plan S, the mission to make the transition to full and immediate Open Access a reality by 2020, ( Science Europe, 2019 ) the world of scholarly communications has existed under a cloud of uncertainty. Dr. Burgelman made clear that the European Commission, whilst in full support of Plan S, has yet to sign.

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Archive-It Partner News, November 2022

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Pilot partners will gain early access to web archive visualization and analysis tools in exchange for user experience feedback. At a recent seminar, the team discussed the initiative to involve more Spanish speaking voices in web archives and examine language expressions used by women’s rights movements. Qatar National Library.