Dorset school ban on book about race is a mistake | Letters www.theguardian.com/education/20... What the Professor said #GreatSchoolLibraries

If the school had a librarian who'd had SLT/governors sign-off book challenge and collections policies this probably wouldn't have happened. All our children deserve more than just a shelf of books.

Reeves pledges £10m to put a library in every primary schoolsweek.co.uk/rachel-reeve... Great news 1,700 libraries will get £ for spaces & stock, the next step is access to expert librarian staff

#TheLibrarians film review — when school staff fought back against book bans. 4/5 stars. In cinemas now www.ft.com/content/3bd3...

Rachel Reeves pledges a library in every primary school in England www.theguardian.com/politics/202... good to hear more on this, will it include access to a librarian though? #LAB25

Dorset school urged to reinstate banned book about race to reading list

The Librarians review – the heroic women battling against book bans and censorship www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se... #TheLibrarians

Mary Beard warns that autocrats rely on collaborators not just activists, and asks if we would allow books we don't like to be banned #TheLibrarians thelibrariansfilm.com

Ahead of screening #TheLibrarians, The Bodleian and Royal Society of Literature remind us censorship's nothing new, and the role of all librarians deserves recognition

A great piece from the British Library LibraryOn team as we celebrate 175 years since the first Public Libraries Act and ask if the second version from 1964 is still fit for purpose blogs.bl.uk/thenewsroom/...

Big shoes to fill but what an exciting role tackling #DigitalInclusion as CEO of Good Things Foundation starfishsearch.com/jobs/gtf-ceo/ up to £120k, deadline 24 Oct

What would encourage today's rich to found libraries? BBC News - The unknown Manchester lady who funded a Hogwarts-style library

BBC News - Lib Dems call for police desks in libraries www.bbc.com/news/article... would want to see evidence/pilots before taking a view on this, others' thoughts? #LDCon25

This govt-funded scheme helps encourage young people to consider careers in the creative industries, of which all types of libraries are a part - all library services should consider getting involved #DiscoverCreativeCareers discovercreative.careers/employers/di...

‘They said I should be purged and killed’: The librarians who stood up for free speech

Our CEO, @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social was interviewed by the Legal Information Management journal for the British & Irish Association of Law Librarians @biall.org.uk. Law librarians are an impressively innovative & highly commercial part of the #CILIP community:

Looking forward to speaking at the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) conference tomorrow about how public libraries and publishers can collaborate, from author talks, and reader insights, to gaps in the books currently available www.independentpublishersguild.com/SharedConten...

CILIP responded to the government's consultation on the new Local Government Outcomes Framework. Great that library visits feature, but other metrics should be included, and better data invested in www.gov.uk/government/p...

"Perlmutter is free to get back to work while she sues to keep her job." Celebrating the first clause while we stand with Perlmutter on the second. www.wordsandmoney.com/appeals-cour...

What do we want? Investment in #AILiteracy. When do we want it? About 3 years ago. AI chatbots are the ‘go to’ for millions of children | Internet Matters

It was a pleasure to be interviewed by the Legal Information Management journal team for the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL), law librarians are an impressively innovative and highly commercial part of the CILIP community www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

After the reshuffle, we'd like to welcome new Communities Secretary Steve Reed to MHCLG, and note his long-standing interest in and support for libraries, looking forward to working with you www.parallelparliament.co.uk/lord/lyn-bro... labourlist.org/2018/10/stev...

The information profession cares deeply about everyone's right to access trustworthy information, to inform their decisions. That's why we responded to the Human Rights Committee Inquiry into Human Rights and the Regulation of AI committees.parliament.uk/work/9220/ #AI

There are more than twice as many male House of Lords members than female, and as many Tory members as Labour and Lib Dem combined. Great data dashboard on peers from the House of Lords Library team lordslibrary.parliament.uk/house-of-lor...

Lovely trip to sunny Eastbourne to discuss Journeys Into Reading with the CILIP Youth Libraries Group community for its national conference, including how CILIP supports their positive impact www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...

Budgets not bans are the single biggest factor restricting people's access to books www.thebookseller.com/features/lib....

Between the Spreadsheets: Classifying and Fixing Dirty Data - bravo Susan Walsh and the Facet publishing team on this title 🫡 www.facetpublishing.co.uk

AI startup Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5bn to settle book piracy lawsuit. www.theguardian.com/technology/2... First of many

'Library work puts the librarian in touch with every human interest ... the profession on which all other professions and occupations depend' Love this old ALA graphic spotted on LinkedIn, anyone have a year for it?

The Queen: “To actually see a new library like this … I wish a lot of other people would follow your example and open more libraries all over the country, because I think, sadly, a lot of them have been closing down" www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...

Heads of Service should contact CILIP member Dr McKenna-Aspell about her important research on public libraries' physical collections, including budgets, spending and decision-making sheffield.ac.uk/ijc/people/j... #LibrariesChangeLives

Great to see #TheLibrarians documentary coming to the UK over this week later in Sep - at the Bodleian in Oxford then twice in London, then London again on 27 Oct visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/sep25/... #IntellectualFreedom

'Library work puts the librarian in touch with every human interest ... the profession on which all other professions and occupations depend' Love this old ALA graphic spotted on LinkedIn, anyone have a year for it?

We're also still looking for a chair for LGBTQ+ Network @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social to replace me. Very much only continuing for a short time as an interim chair. #librarian #cilip

Interesting research on AI literacy in schools from NLT, with librarians and teaching assistants surveyed alongside teachers, and further in-depth work with a range of professionals including librarians to follow literacytrust.org.uk/research-ser... #AI #AILiteracy

What's more long-sighted than ensuring every pupil accesses a good quality range of books on a shelf (literacy step 1), let alone a professional librarian (step 2)? Disappointing NAHT Cymru, most school leaders recognise other professions' vital role www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Some great volunteer roles going for CILIP members to develop their skills, build their networks, and give back to their profession

How should school pupils develop AI literacy? And what role can school librarians play? Free webinar on this important new research www.cilip.org.uk/news/news.as... #AI #EthicalAI #SchoolLibrarians

Our national networks of different types of libraries have huge potential as delivery partners across a range of issues, from literacy and critical thinking, to digital skills and accessing culture

🤘Punk’s past and future live at this D.C. public library - The Washington Post share.google/tf3IFt8HpzLp...

Intellectual freedom leader to fight effects of censorship www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fac... #ChangingFaces

Lovely to meet local information professionals, see some Kazakh dancing and hear some music, including v. cool throat singing (you may have heard similar recently from the Sardaukar in the Dune films) #WLIC25

Sunčica Ostoić of Zagreb Libraries, my neighbour at lunch, just won the networking game with these business cards #WLIC25

Insights about how effective different types of libraries are in different national systems, based on two #IFLA research projects repository.ifla.org/items/281674... #WLIC25 A clear 'stronger together' theme, at local, regional and national levels

Focus on partnerships & adapting to user needs, #WLIC25 session w/ President Vicki McDonald, ALA Presidents Sam Helmick/Maria McCauley, Rebecca Lawrence British Library, John Szabo LA Libraries, Dolores Carungui Philippines Nat. Library, & Juha Manninen Finnish Library Assoc.

Interesting talk from Stanford Center for Open Metadata openmetadata.stanford.edu & EBSCO, here're some of the orgs already with open (meta)data policies e.g. using CC0 #WLIC25

@masudk.com you're here in Kazakhstan!

80% respondents to this snapshot survey of how library and information professionals are engaging with #AI, want support in the form of short courses and webinars. I suggest you check out upcoming courses from the @cilip.bsky.social @ukeig.bsky.social www.cilip.org.uk/events/event...

Different Libraries coming together to meet their community needs! @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social @cilip.bsky.social giving the incredible example of #TheHive #Worcester of university & public. During #WLIC2025 @ifla.org President's session. Was so excited to visit The Hive myself in 2022 📚✨️🖤

Dr David McMenemy of University of Glasgow (& current CILIP Scotland President) appointed inaugural Chair of new CILIP Intellectual Freedom Committee #IntellectualFreedom www.cilip.org.uk/news/news.as... We'll advertise for other members across & beyond the profession soon