Libraries Change Lives Award 2014 – Shadowing Opportunity – New Professional or Student

The Libraries Change Lives Award 2014  is now open for entries and we are launching a shadowing opportunity for either a Young professional or a Student to be part of the Libraries Change Lives Award  Judging process and to attend the CILIP Big Day in September where the Winner will be announced.

You must have:

•         a demonstrable interest in, and passion for promoting the capacity of libraries to make a positive change to people's lives.

•         an understanding of the CILIP Libraries Change Lives Award.

You must be a member of CILIP.

The requirement is to attend an LCLA 2014 meeting after 30 April (closing date of LCLA 2014 entries)  and the CILIP Big Day in September with travel expenses available.

 

If you would like to be considered, please provide a statement (maximum 250 words) with the reasons why you should be offered this opportunity by Monday 31st March 2014.

 

For more information:

http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/advocacy-awards-and-projects/awards-and-medals/cilip-libraries-change-lives-award

Community,  Diversity and Equality Group who organise the award with CILIP - http://www.cilip.org.uk/community-diversity-and-equality-group/community-diversity-and-equality-group-about-us

Send to: Linda Constable, Chair of Libraries Change Lives Judging Panel, linda@lindaconstable.com<mailto:linda@lindaconstable.com>

Librarian's Skillbook Skill#3: Digital Archiving

Hunt and Grossman (2013) state that digital archiving goes hand in hand with digitization and electronic indexing. It involves all the tasks centred around organising the digital archive. Many organisations are looking to save space by digitizing their records and this process also facilitates better access and preservation. Librarians already possess many of the skills necessary for archival work, with many smaller archives being a hybrid collection of books, papers and ephemera relating to a central theme. There are archival standards, such as Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) and Encoded Archival Description (EAD) (I'm not sure if these are American or used internationally). They are basically a set of rules that can be used to describe and catalogue an archival item. Hunt and Grossman suggest that gaining some experience of archival and digital cataloguing will widen employment opportunities.

Hunt, Deborah and Grossman, David  (2013) Librarian's Skillbook: 51 essential career skills for information professionals