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Learning, work and flexibility: a case study

CILIP

Learning, work and flexibility: a case study As part of our look at CILIP accredited courses we talk to Oona Ylinen, a part-time LIS student at UCL and Academic Support Librarian at University of Essex. During one such study session in 2018, I saw a poster advertising a part-time role in the library.

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New book highlights the importance of libraries to those seeking sanctuary in the UK

CILIP

New book highlights the importance of libraries to those seeking sanctuary in the UK. However, libraries can provide refuge and support for people in these situations, whether directing them to local groups or in-house help.

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Taking on new roles - Let's Roll: tabletop games in the library

CILIP

Beth Montague-Hellen, the new Head of Library and Information Services at the Francis Crick Institute, asks how big changes like this can be achieved without the help of a crisis. The latest book from Facet looks at how tabletop roleplaying games can be incorporated into school libraries.

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New book tackles the challenges of discovery in the (post-Google) era

CILIP

Facet Publishing announce the release of Resource Discovery for the Twenty-First Century Library: Case studies and perspectives on the role of IT in user engagement and empowerment, edited by Simon McLeish. s suitability for course use, Adrienne Muir said, ?There Noting the book?s Simon McLeish said of the book ?Resource

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How to Package and Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, application owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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RMS Section Meeting: teasers!

The Schedule

Cultural heritage organizations like libraries, archives, and museums create, use, manage, and share records every day in the course of daily operations. Please join us in August! Tentative title: Records Management for Cultural Heritage Organizations.

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COVID-19 in local history web archives: What we collect and why

Archive-It

In addition to all of the Archive-It partners who preserve information about COVID-19 in the course of their regular collecting, more 200 organizations have curated more than 300 new collections specifically about the global pandemic and its effects on their regions, institutions, and local communities. Birmingham Public Library.