Please do send us your #GreenLibrariesWeek feedback - there are some really exciting plans afoot for 2024 and on and we'd really value your input to help shape the future for this work.

🟩Time to share your #GreenLibrariesWeek feedback!
We've had a great response, but we'd love to to hear from even more of you. If you took part this year, please fill out the form & share your thoughts on your experience & this year's theme. forms.office.com/e/SG4KxCfYT1

Pleasure to speak with CILIP colleagues this morning, to talk through the RLUK strategy, and to identify areas of common interest

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If you’re coming, check out our full programme with new sessions on user research-informed UX and ethics and emerging technologies just added. And don't forget to book a demo with our incredible sponsors.
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In my opinion, social media would be improved immeasurably if all tweets were automatically prefaced with the words 'In my opinion...'

Thank you so much to David Prosser for joining the CILIP team this morning to talk about the work of RLUK. Fascinating insights and great to talk about shared priorities and opportunities.

Today we are hosting a delegation of staff from #Wuhan University, including iSchool alum Lihong Zhou!

The delegation are pictured here with our Head of School Prof Briony Birdi. They will also be meeting with our programme teams, PGR students & research group heads.

Wuhan University

It was day one of the People's Panel on AI today! Our panellists heard from Nick Clegg, Madhumita Murgia, Nigel Shadbolt, Chloe Smith and Abeba Birhane

The panel discussed:
- Building public trust
- Making sense of AI
- Dealing with data

Read our update here:
connectedbydata.org/news/2023/10/3…

Every morning now when I walk into UChicago Library, I am greeted by our growing collection of #bannedbooks . Every morning, I am sad that we had to do this, but glad we did. It is worth standing up for the freedom to read.

From Green Libraries Week to the Joseph Coehlo at the AGM, its been a busy October at CILIP and in the sector! Find out more about what's been going on at CILIP and the sector here: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…
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Want to find out how #AI is already being used across the heritage sector? Come along to our free National Lottery Heritage Fund #DigitalForHeritage leadership briefing - online, 16 Nov 2pm ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/onlin…

This leadership group/Advisory Council is just...stellar. Highly recommend following/joining the Online Safety Act Network, both to keep informed about this legislation and to see this amazing group of people in action!

Much is made in #AI of the 'human in the loop' as the ultimate safeguard. But humans can act in good or bad faith. What we need is ethical, trained and reflective #infopros in the loop, nurturing the lifecycle of #ResponsibleAI

Got my t-shirt today!😊📚 shall be styling it sometime soon! #FactsMatter #CILIP #librarians

Only 3 days left to register for CITE 2023!
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to hear from the likes of Copyright Licensing Agency, Jisc, UCL, Phil Bradley and RNIB Bookshare: UK education collection on topics around accessibility, AI and copyright.
Thurs 2 Nov | 10AM – 4PM
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The role of #librarians cannot be to hide harmful books from #library users. Instead, we must empower users to approach harmful concepts critically, to set them in their proper context & to act according to our values to create a more democratic & inclusive society. #FreeThinking

I’ll be there! 💚 #FreeThinking