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🛡️ Want to strengthen your organisation’s resilience?
Clare Chatfield shares her top 5 practical Data Protection tips to protect people, research & reputation.
👉 Register: https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/DataConf26
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🤝 How do you build a thriving copyright community?
Nancy Beckett‑Jones & Sian Furmage share how they grew a 50‑member practice network, boosted confidence & fostered collaboration across the library.
👉 Register: https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/CopyrightConf26
Weekly CILIP events schedule from April 20-23 covering workplace rights, subject analysis, chartership, health literacy, and training webinars.
🟪What's on at #CILIP this week?
Sign up for one of our excellent CPD events. Don't forget - #CILIP events are FREE or discounted for our members
See our full listings: https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/event_list.asp
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Confused by UK GDPR or data breach strategies? Get hands-on training to navigate real-world scenarios with confidence. This course is designed for all professional backgrounds.
✨ Half-day ✨ Online & Convenient ✨ CPD Certified
Book now: https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/DataProtectionBasics2026
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Volunteers wanted for #ProfessionalRegistration assessors, examiners and support officers! These roles are a great opportunity to share your time, skills, and expertise to make a meaningful impact within our industry. To learn more and apply: https://ow.ly/6wjt50Yy3gr
📚 Feminist Librarianship Webinar
🗓️ 11 May | 7–8pm (Zoom)
🎟️ Free + recording available
Join Kirsten MacQuarrie & contributors to explore feminist practice in libraries, school spaces & beyond.
🎁 Plus book giveaway
🔗 www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
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Registration is now open for @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social Public Library Forum 2026, a day conference in Nottingham on 20th May. Presentations from @towerhamletsnow.bsky.social libraries on their LEGO workshops... (1/2)
This is a great opportunity to lead the Team that creates, edits, and manages metadata for printed material at this world-class University Library #LISjobs #libraries @ciliplondon.bsky.social
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Today's the last day to apply to join the Green Library Hub project for year 2!
Open to all public library authorities across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Deadline: TODAY, 5pm
Apply now:- https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/GreenLibraryHubs
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Accessit Library joins #CILIP Supplier Showcase to help schools & FE colleges discover modern, cloud-based library software that doesn't come at the expense of their book budget. Visit them to find out how their offer can power up your library. Register: https://ow.ly/a9b450YKuCe
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We're heading towards 500 learners on our New Skills training! Feedback is consistently positive, so what's stopping you signing up? All public library staff across England are welcome to apply for this Arts Council England funded training. https://forms.office.com/e/bm6Xxya21R
Teal and grey graphic with following bilingual text: Dulliau ymarferol o ddelio â deunyddiau dadleuol mewn llyfrgelloedd / Practical approaches to dealing with controversial materials in libraries. Dr David McMenemy. There is a photo of Dr McMenemy looking thoughtful. The bottom of the graphic shows the CILIP Wales logo and conference details: Cynhadledd Llyfrgell a Gwybodaeth / Library and Information Conference. Ar-lein / Online, 9 Mai 2026 / 9 May 2026.
Bydd ein Siaradwr Allweddnod, Dr David McMenemy, yn ymuno â ni am ail sesiwn ar 9 Mai! / Our Keynote Speaker, Dr David McMenemy, will join us for a second session on 9 May! #CILIPCW26 www.cilip.org.uk/event/Cynhad...
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Delighted to welcome DeepStore, suppliers of Records Management storage & retrieval services to #CILIP Supplier Showcase. Their experts will showcase their services & sector knowledge, discuss your storage requirements & offer free goodies. Find them at stand 15. Register: https://ow.ly/IIis50YKj54
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#CILIP, represented here by our Chair and President, is proud to be a founding partner of the Libraries Alliance. Libraries are trusted public institutions that bring people together, protect access to information, and support active citizenship, learning and the economy. https://ow.ly/Gc0r50YJSh0
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Data protection isn’t always black and white…
Dr Kit Good explores the murky middle ground between pseudonymisation & anonymisation — and the lurking “motivated intruder.”
👉 Register: https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/DataConf26
Nominations open today for the National Apprenticeship and Skills Awards 2026! If you want to recognise your apprentice, find out how here: https://apprenticeshipandskillsawards.co.uk/
Teal and grey graphic with following bilingual text: Rhyddid deallusol: gwerth dadleuol i lyfrgelloedd? Intellectual freedom: a contested value for libraries? Siaradwr Allweddnod / Keynote Speaker Dr David McMenemy. There is a photo of Dr McMenemy looking thoughtful. The bottom of the graphic shows the CILIP Wales logo and conference details: Cynhadledd Llyfrgell a Gwybodaeth / Library and Information Conference. Ar-lein / Online, 9 Mai 2026 / 9 May 2026.
Rhyddid deallusol: gwerth dadleuol i lyfrgelloedd? Ymunwch â ni ar 9 Mai i glywed y Siaradwr Allweddnod Dr David McMenemy. / Intellectual freedom: a controversial value for libraries? Join us on 9 May to hear Keynote Speaker Dr David McMenemy. #CILIPCW26 www.cilip.org.uk/event/Cynhad...
Final chance to book for next Monday’s Your Rights & Wellbeing in the Workplace webinar — bookings close Saturday. Sign up to get the recording if you can’t attend live:
www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event... @cilip.bsky.social
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Data breaches are still making headlines—is your organisation ready? 🛡️
Join expert Jess Pembroke on 5 May for CPD-certified Data Protection Basics. Get practical UK guidance and read Jess’s latest analysis of the Salford City College breach.
Book now: https://ow.ly/FYvN50YILpF
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Delighted to welcome Bibliotheca to CILIP #SupplierShowcase. Visit their stand to try out the new selfCheck 3000 & selfCheck 2500 kiosks & test their functionality. PLUS find out their plans for libraryConnect Link APP + AI. 👉 Register: https://ow.ly/M2Cu50YIIcb
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📚Booksellers & children/YA librarians! Have you signed up to get Pen&inc. #CILIP's free EDI-focused Children’s & YA magazine straight to your inbox?
It's digital, open access & completely FREE!
Sign up to get editorial + listings to your inbox: https://ow.ly/4Z0B50Yi6nR
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⌛Become a Green Library Hub in our second cohort!
We're recruiting three Green Library Hubs, from public library authorities, for a two-year period (September 2026 – August 2028) across all four nations.
Submit your application by 5pm on Fri 17 April. https://ow.ly/AZST50YIGqO
Several years ago I co-started a collection of LGBTQ+ resources for library, knowledge & information workers, which I now maintain ie I add useful links when I come across them. Follow this new Bluesky account which updates when new items are added. Feel free to suggest resources!
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📣 Interested in hosting a Satellite Meeting for #WLIC 2027?
Join our online drop‑in webinar on 23 April to learn more, ask questions, and explore how your organisation can get involved! 🌍📚✨
👉 Register now: https://www.cilip.org.uk/event/wlic27satellitewebinar
Headlines about data breaches aren’t going away - our CPD‑certified Data Protection Basics offers practical guidance for data protection & info pros. Read Jess Pembroke's analysis on the recent Salford City College data breach: https://ow.ly/7PV950YI5bk Book:https://ow.ly/SGC250YI5bl
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CILIP Buyers' Guide 2026: Out now!
Topics from green procurement through to collective funding models and the sustainability of AI in libraries. We also look at the potential benefits of WLIC 2027 for buyers and suppliers along with listings of the sector’s key suppliers. https://ow.ly/v72O50YGtMN
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🔎 Struggling to track down rights holders?
Jackie Bishop shows how the WATCH database helps streamline the search — plus tips for approaching creators & using additional resources.
👉 Register: https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/CopyrightConf26
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Delighted to welcome #SirsiDynix to Supplier Showcase, demoing Symphony & EOS.Web LMS, reading lists & discovery. PLUS content management platform CloudSource OA, which can supplement / replace content subscriptions for a fraction of the cost. 👉 Register: https://ow.ly/4Wib50YGVPZ
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New to CILIP, or just wondering how to get the most out of your membership with us?
You're cordially invited to our New Members Welcome webinar - a friendly, informal drop-in session to help you get started!
🗓️ 14 April 2026
🕐 1 - 2:00pm
https://ow.ly/ra5V50YGu9Q
Dive into the amazing shadowing reading resources for the #Carnegies2026 Shortlists by CLPE English and Media Centre and the Youth Librarians Group!
Access the packs on each book's page, or download all here: carnegies.co.uk/take-part/downloadable-m...
