Published May 9th 2023. Our Carbon Neutrality plan mid-year update comes in advance of the CILIPS23 Conference. Developing on the insightful feedback offered by delegates from CILIPS22, we have taken strides in our commitment to Carbon Neutrality within the Library sector and our plans for the remainder of 2023 are outlined in this document.
Category: #CILIPSGoGreen
Published Mar 9th 2023. 'These changes could leave Aberdeen as having the lowest number of library branches per population in Scotland.' Head of CILIPS Sean McNamara warns Aberdeen City Councillors of the devastating impact that their proposal to decommission six public library branches would have on literacy, health and wellbeing, digital inclusion and community access to vital services.
Category: Consultation Responses
Author: CILIPS
Published Mar 9th 2023. 'It is your legal duty as a Council to provide library services that meet the needs of your community... Additionally, the changes you propose making to school libraries will strongly reduce the service you offer and directly affect the quality of education available.' Sean McNamara warns West Dunbartonshire Council of the adverse effects of budget proposals on public and school library users.
Category: Consultation Responses
Author: CILIPS
Published Mar 8th 2023. 'Just like women working in libraries, information and knowledge, this empowering programme continues to go from strength to strength...' For International Women's Day 2023, CILIPS Membership Officer and #WINspiration lead Kirsten MacQuarrie shared with 'Information Professional' why this fantastic feminist project is having a positive impact on the sector.
Author: Kirsten MacQuarrie
Published Mar 8th 2023. 'If we have an image of a leader being an assertive older man, then that is probably what you are going to get. We should aspire to see leaders who can also be humble, be unsure, ask questions, be empathetic. If we don’t, then we aren’t going to make it a space for diverse leaders...' National Librarian of Scotland and 2022 CILIPS President Amina Shah speaks to Information Professional for IWD23.
Published Feb 22nd 2023. 'The impact on young people would be long-term and substantial. Before it is too late, I ask you to do whatever is within your remit to encourage local authorities to rethink these proposals.' As budgetary threats to school librarianship across Scotland intensify, Head of CILIPS Sean McNamara asks the Cabinet Secretary for Education to establish a level of statutory service.
Category: Consultation Responses
Published Feb 13th 2023. Further to a letter sent on behalf of CILIPS to Clackmannanshire Council on 31st January, Head of CILIPS Sean McNamara shares evidence that refutes their budget proposal claim that library closures can be justified by a 'long term trend of declining use'. Post-COVID, the key metrics of people count and borrower numbers are rising, and supposed decreases in items borrowed fail to consider eBooks.
Category: Consultation Responses
Published Jan 31st 2023. 'We believe it would be deeply unfair on communities to justify closures on this basis, especially when the evidence of recent research reaffirms the vital importance of library spaces to the public.' Head of CILIPS Sean McNamara reminds Clackmannanshire Councillors that libraries have never been needed more as we emerge from the pandemic and must continue to be staffed by skilled professionals.
Category: Consultation Responses
Author: CILIPS