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30/10/2026

🎃Halloween is almost upon us - so here's a little story from CILIP's Information Professional on whether AI "believes" in ghosts, ghouls and vampires.
Enjoy the weekend and try not to get too scared!🎃
https://www.cilip.org.uk/news-publications/news/ai-ghost-busted/

30/10/2026

📚 The wait is nearly over...

We're just three days away from revealing the nominated titles for the 2027 Carnegies.

Who do you think will make the list? 👀

CILIP

30/10/2026

Are you an aspiring or emerging leader in the profession, keen to develop your career and build skills?

CILIP UKeiG is partnering to curate CILIP’s Rewired Conference 2026 and is sponsoring THREE bursary places.

Applications are welcome from CILIP members at any career stage, including students and colleagues who are unwaged. With professional development budgets under pressure, the bursaries offer an opportunity to attend an online event at no cost to you or your organisation.

examines the sector’s response to digital transformation during disruptive change. The bursaries will help tech-curious colleagues strengthen their skills, knowledge and understanding of the digital landscape, supporting transformation and innovation in their workplaces.

Successful recipients must write a report reflecting on their experience and learning outcomes. Reports will be published in UKeiG’s open-access journal, eLucidate, and may also appear in CILIP’s print and online channels.

How to apply: Submit a concise statement of no more than 500 words explaining why you want to attend Rewired 2026 and how a bursary would support your professional development.

Full details here: https://librariesrewired.org.uk/?p=2391
Applications must be received by 6 pm on Friday 6 November

CILIP Rewired Conference | Thursday 19 November | Online

30/10/2026

Did you know that every search you’ve ever run owes something to a self-taught Victorian school teacher?

George Boole was born in 1815, but laid the groundwork for the digital age. He reduced logic to AND, OR and NOT - Boolean logic.

For Information Professionals, Boole is a daily companion. Every database search, every systematic review strategy, every carefully nested set of brackets is Boolean logic at work. Knowing how to combine terms precisely is still what separates a chaotic 10,000 results from the 20 that matter.

For algorithms, he’s even more fundamental. Underneath all the AI and machine learning, it’s still true/false decisions, billions of them per second, running on circuits built on his ideas.
Not a bad legacy for a man who never encountered a computer!
Watch this easy guide to Boolean logic from BBC Ideas: https://www.bbc.co.uk/videos/c69vz1m7rmv9o

Sometimes it’s the simplest ideas that are most game-changing. And arguably that’s the case with Boolean logic. Here's a very short guide, made in partnership with the Royal Society.

29/10/2026

Professional Registration Assessors Needed!

Are you a Chartered member ready to give back to the profession - and boost your own CPD?

Join our team of Professional Registration Assessors and help shape the future of the library and information workforce. This voluntary role is a powerful way to support professional standards and connect with peers across the sector. We are looking for general assessors as well as Welsh speaking assessors.

🔍 As an assessor, you will:
✅ Review evidence-based portfolios and CPD logs
✅ Collaborate with fellow assessors
✅ Contribute to maintaining professional standards
✅ Demonstrate your commitment to the profession
📩 Interested?

Apply here: https://informationprofessionaljobs.com/jobs/professional-registration-assessors/2862-1/

🗓️ Deadline: 30 November 2026

Let’s build the future of the profession—together.

29/10/2026

We welcome the Chancellor’s announcement of £15 million for book charities to distribute books directly to children. Gifting books to children is a wonderful thing, but it is only a start of a journey. Libraries provide the ongoing opportunity to access books without limit. The pleasure of reading, and the benefits it brings come from the agency of being able to choose from a wide range of books, and to discover and develop individual tastes and interests that build a lifelong engagement in reading for pleasure

We ask that this investment is matched by sustained funding for public libraries, where professionally trained staff provide vital support to children from low-income households and ensure that people of all ages and backgrounds can access not only books, but trusted guidance, digital services and opportunities to learn.

School library provision must not be overlooked - access remains inconsistent and non-statutory. If the Government is serious about improving literacy and widening opportunity, it must invest in a strong, professionally staffed library network in every community and school.

28/10/2026

As the library profession's chartered institute we will very much welcome any recognition in this year’s Budget that will help more children access books and discover a lifelong love of reading. Our public libraries are the perfect place to invest in local communities and nurture the nation's children.

28/10/2026

28/10/2026

It's the LAST day of Week and what a week we've had!

Thank you to each and every library that participated this year! Whether it was your first time or not, we're pleased you joined us and we hope the week has a made a difference to your users and your communities with their green learning and future efforts for our environment.

To close this year's green week, we're sharing a Camden Libraries Storyteller's poem, 'Libraries Will Always Be Green' by Richard Neville.

This wonderful poem was written for the https://www.unrollthescroll.org.uk/ project and was commissioned by Camden Council Library Service.

Watch it now for a lovely end to your Week! https://vimeo.com/1239580308

A celebration of Green Libraries Week in words, images and music.

27/10/2026

⏰ Two weeks remaining!

This is your reminder to submit a proposal for Members' Fest 2027.

As part of 's 150th anniversary programme, we're looking for sessions that celebrate our profession's achievements while exploring what's next.

Last year's festival attracted more than 1,700 unique attendees, offering a powerful platform for communities to showcase their expertise and engage new audiences.

Don't miss your chance to be part of this milestone year.

📅 Call for papers closes: 6 November 2026

https://www.cilip.org.uk/community-events/members-fest-2027-call-for-papers/