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Uncensored Library in Minecraft: Promoting Free Press

CILIP

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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Green Libraries Week is Live!

CILIP

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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New approaches to leadership and combatting imposter syndrome at CILIP conference 2023

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New approaches to leadership and combatting imposter syndrome at CILIP conference 2023 Leadership was the main theme of CILIP Conference 2023, and for an academic librarian and recently-joined CILIP member, the programme of keynotes and seminars that covered topics from imposter syndrome to rethinking leadership was welcoming and insightful.

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Learning from our Past: Celebrating Black History Month with Lancaster University Library

CILIP

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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2023 Retrospective: One year at CILIP & 125 years of Chartership

CILIP

To celebrate this century and a quarter of Royal Chartership, we created the CILIP 125, a group of 125 cross-sector librarians and info-pros who have shown outstanding work and talent in our field, that were announced CILIP’s leadership-focussed conference in July.

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Embeddable AI saves time building powerful AI applications

IBM Big Data Hub

Just a few weeks ago, IBM announced an expansion to their embeddable AI software portfolio with the release of three containerized Watson libraries. The new libraries include: IBM Watson Natural Language Processing Library for Embed. IBM Watson Speech-to-Text Library for Embed. Partner solutions using embeddable AI.

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e-Records 2017 – “Information Governance: Take Control and Succeed” Conference Recap

The Texas Record

The 2017 e-Records conference delivered on all fronts hosting a variety of vendors, local government and state agency representatives and, of course, plenty of staff from the two hosting state agencies: Department of Information Resources (DIR) and Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC).