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Chinese firm got Covid testing contract despite trying to hack NHS data, minister says

The Guardian Data Protection

The BGI Group was making multiple attempts every week to “hack” into Genomics England in 2014, George Freeman, a Cabinet Office minister has revealed to MPs, and is said to remain a “danger”. Continue reading.

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New Partner in Green Libraries Campaign: NHS Knowledge and Library Services Community of Practice

CILIP

New Partner in Green Libraries Campaign: NHS Knowledge and Library Services Community of Practice There are more than 500 libraries within NHS England, an organisation that is committed to net zero by 2040. Green Libraries Campaign Find out more about the Green Libraries Campaign and how your library can get involved!

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Libraries in 19 councils at risk of ‘fire sale’ with new Exceptional Financial Support Framework

CILIP

Libraries in 19 councils at risk of ‘fire sale’ with new Exceptional Financial Support Framework Image of birmingham library via wikimedia commons CILIP is sounding the alarm over a potential 'fire sale' of library buildings following the Government announcement of 'exceptional financial support' to 19 Councils.

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Partnership to Campaign: Green Libraries is growing

CILIP

Meanwhile libraries across the UK and beyond have been working hard to bring climate action and awareness to their communities as part of the Green Libraries Partnership. Now, the Green Libraries Partnership is becoming the Green Libraries Campaign, with the first round of funding, generously provided by Arts Council England, now finished.

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Nick Poole to step down as CEO of CILIP

CILIP

Nick Poole to step down as CEO of CILIP CILIP has announced that Nick Poole is to step down as CEO from the end of March 2024, after eight years of transformative leadership through which CILIP has become firmly established as the leading voice for the UK’s library, information and knowledge management profession. Together #WeAreCILIP.”

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Protect funding for public libraries at risk

CILIP

Libraries at Risk Monitor CILIP has always had a responsibility under its Royal Charter to "promote and encourage the maintenance of adequate and appropriate provision of library and information services throughout the UK. The Libraries at Risk Monitor builds on the Know your Rights campaign, which has been running since 2023.

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Copyright: The demise of ‘skill, labour and effort’?

CILIP

Since copyright relies on a work being ‘original,’ it has long been argued that no new copyright can arise in a photographic copy of a 2D artwork. Harmonisation with EU copyright law however shifted the UK away from its relatively low bar of a ‘skill and labour’ test for originality.

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