Schneier on Security

JULY 30, 2021

The time has come for me to find a new home for my (paper) cryptography library. My preference is that it goes to an educational institution, but will consider a corporate or personal home if that’s the only option available. If you think you can break it up and sell it, I’ll consider that as a last resort.

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CILIP

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

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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CILIP

JANUARY 16, 2024

CILIP welcomes publication of Sanderson Review of Public Libraries CILIP has welcomed the publication of the findings of Baroness Sanderson of Welton’s Independent Review of Public Libraries, announced today at an event at the House of Lords attended by our CEO, Nick Poole.

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Information Governance Perspectives

JANUARY 29, 2024

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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CILIP

JANUARY 5, 2024

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

JULY 30, 2020

Role of Library and Knowledge Specialists in Moving Education and Training Online. This is a statement by the Information Literacy Group, a special interest group of the CILIP, the library and information association. Advising on copyright and licensing issues associated with the use of resources in online learning.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

The Goldoson library was discovered by researchers from McAfee’s Mobile Research Team, it collects lists of applications installed on a device, and a history of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices information, including nearby GPS locations. The experts have found more than 60 applications in Google Play that were containing the malicious library.

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CILIP

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Library buyers’ role in tech start-ups Frode Opdahl, CEO of Keenious explains the origins of an AI-driven start-up and how its success depends on library buyers keeping the sector attractive to start-ups that wish to innovate the research experience. It was later that we saw it as a tool for libraries.”

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CILIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Mastering RPG Games in Libraries For librarians or teachers who aren’t players themselves, the scope of role-playing games can seem overwhelming, especially because being a game master in a school or public library for a group of students is quite different to being a game master for adults with hours to spend.

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CILIP

MARCH 28, 2023

Action, Inspiration and Insight at Inaugural Green Libraries Conference Last week CILIP’s first Green Libraries Conference took place and showcased over a year of sustainable and attainable green projects and initiatives, at the Wellcome Collection in London.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

The development team behind the vm2 JavaScript sandbox library addressed a critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability. servers, it has approximately four million weekly downloads and its library is part of 722 packages. servers, it has approximately four million weekly downloads and its library is part of 722 packages.

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CILIP

JANUARY 8, 2024

Will ‘Project Hope’ protect public libraries? Children’s author Julia Donaldson joins the Great School Libraries Campaign and shares how everyone can help to ensure a school library in every school in a new video.

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CILIP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

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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CILIP

JANUARY 19, 2023

How Libraries Can Support Those with Dementia Libraries are often considered the heart of the community, but not everyone understands just how much they have to offer. When it comes to dementia services, libraries have enormous potential to support people with dementia and their carers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

FritzFrog P2P botnet is back and is targeting servers belonging to entities in the healthcare, education, and government sectors. The bot is written in Golang and implements wormable capabilities, experts reported attacks against entities in the government, education, and finance sectors. ” reads the report published by Akamai.

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CILIP

JUNE 13, 2023

Connecting town and gown through the library How to help a community explore its slave-trading history: Lesley English, Head of Library Engagement at Lancaster University Library, explains how the library plays a key role in building bridges between town and gown. We connect, we innovate, we include.”

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CILIP

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

International library leaders explore the purpose and future of libraries. Facet Publishing announces the publication of Bold Minds: Library leadership in a time of disruption edited by Margaret Weaver and Leo Appleton. Are librarians and libraries relevant in the 21st century?

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CILIP

APRIL 4, 2023

CILIP CEO Nick Poole joins Samira Ahmed in candid discussion on funding for libraries Nick Poole, CILIP CEO, was on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row on 28 Mar 2023 and talked to Samira Ahmed about library funding in the UK. Libraries, after all, have been levelling up since the 1850s. million allocated to 27 projects.

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CILIP

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Apprentice Library Assistant. My transition into an apprenticeship and the start of my time in the NHS followed a long journey of higher education, part-time work and an ongoing unfulfillment with my professional progress. Working in a library was always a goal of mine, but I was never quite sure how to get there.

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Unwritten Record

APRIL 14, 2020

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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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CILIP

MARCH 11, 2021

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.

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CILIP

AUGUST 1, 2024

CILIP invites researchers to submit a proposal to conduct an independent study into the economic, social, cultural, educational and innovation and research impacts of enabling more sustainable and inclusive eBook lending and to present the findings in a short report.

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CILIP

APRIL 15, 2024

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". Ken notes there is “a dichotomy between the provision of library resources and learning resources.”

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 2, 2024

Lack of security awareness and education. Often, employees within organizations lack sufficient security awareness and education. Organizations need to invest in cybersecurity training programs to educate their employees about security best practices. Promote security awareness and education among employees.

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CILIP

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Engage your MP with the new Libraries, Information and Knowledge APPG. CILIP is pleased to launch the new All Party Parliamentary Group for Libraries, Information and Knowledge (LInK), highlighting the value and impact of knowledge, information and libraries in the UK. Libraries and Local Recovery- the way ahead?

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CILIP

AUGUST 6, 2020

Libraries are not just books ? We need] strong advocates who see the library as a place where STEM-rich learning takes place. ? Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning is a key part of conversations about education, policy, the economy, and our future. if indeed they ever were? [We Research participant.

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CILIP

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Marcin’s Apprenticeship Story Marcin Tumidajski is Assistant Librarian in the academic support team at Paul Hamlyn Library University of West London, Ealing and completed his apprenticeship at the end of 2023. Only after some research, did I find out that it has a lot more to do with libraries.

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CILIP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

One shining example occurred after the senseless burning and destruction of Spellow Library and Community Centre in Liverpool. Alex McCormick started an appeal to help Spellow Library start to rebuild. So often we see and hear of protests when an individual library is scheduled for closure or reduction in hours.

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CILIP

MAY 12, 2020

National Working Party to provide COVID-19 Guidance for School Libraries. The School Library Association (SLA), CILIP and the CILIP School Libraries Group (CILIP SLG) have created a joint National Working Party to develop guidance for school library staff when planning for the re-commencement of services disrupted by COVID-19.

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CILIP

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

NHS Library and Knowledge specialist give health professionals the gift of time. NHS Library and Knowledge Services are helping to deliver the best care and treatment possible to patients. If applicable to the NHS it suggests that library and knowledge services are already delivering a net economic benefit of ?77m gift of time?

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CILIP

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

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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CILIP

JUNE 7, 2021

Now more than ever, libraries must find ways to engage with their communities in order to demonstrate the value they create and deliver. It takes each element of the strategic marketing domain and outlines both current marketing best practice and its detailed application in the library and information sector.

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CILIP

MAY 12, 2020

COVID-19 Guidance for School Libraries. This Guidance has been developed by a Working Party convened jointly by CILIP, the CILIP School Libraries Group (CILIP SLG) and the School Library Association (SLA). Schools and school libraries differ vastly in their size, governance and operations. Last updated on: 14th May2020.

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CILIP

JUNE 13, 2024

A National Data Library could ensure public services are built on the latest data and high-quality research, delivering world-leading innovation in a way that makes the most of public funding. Trust Libraries Published: June 2024 More from Information Professional News In depth Interview Insight This reporting is funded by CILIP members.

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CILIP

JUNE 21, 2024

Two CILIP members, Andrea Claire Ellison, lately Chief Librarian, Leeds Libraries and Lucas Maxwell, School Librarian, Glenthorne High School, Surrey, have received OBEs for services to libraries and education, respectively. For services to Libraries Lucas Maxwell (member) School Librarian, Glenthorne High School, Surrey.

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CILIP

JULY 31, 2019

New book on improving library services with assessment data. Facet Publishing announces the publication of Putting Library Assessment Data to Work by Selena Killick and Frankie Wilson. Effective library assessment is crucial for a successful academic library. Selena Killick and Frankie Wilson said: ?Effective

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