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MEDIA RELEASE
Tuesday 6 January 2004
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CELEBRATE THE VALUE OF LIBRARIES TO PEOPLE AND THEIR COMMUNITIES

Three weeks left to enter the CILIP / LiS Libraries Change Lives Award

Library and Information Services in all sectors of the information world are invited to enter a project for the prestigious CILIP / LiS Libraries Change Lives Award.  

Its aim is to highlight and reward good practice in any innovative library/information related project that affects people's lives for the better - whoever those people might be.

"We will be looking for projects that bring people together; involve communities; share information or encourage reading or learning," says Nigel Thomas from CILIP's Community Services Group who is Chair of the judges.  "A strength of the award is discovering good practice which has the potential to be developed and adapted elsewhere, allowing other communities to benefit."
 
The winning project will receive £4,000 to put towards their project and a trophy. Two highly commended projects will receive a £1000 and a certificate.   The Award is sponsored by the Library + information Show and it will be presented during the Show at the ExCeL Events Venue in London's Docklands, 21 & 22 April 2004.

"LiS is delighted to sponsor and host this award for the sixth year running," adds the Show's Chairman Gospatrick Home. "Our involvement helps us understand the pressures and constraints that librarians face more clearly and therefore develop the exhibition and seminars to address some of the key issues."

The closing date for entries is 30 January 2004. For more information on the Libraries Change Lives Award along with details of how to enter, visit the website www.cilip.org.uk/lcla or contact Louisa Myatt or Eileen Simpson Tel: 020 7255 0650 Email: [log in to unmask]

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Notes to Editors

*       The Libraries Change Lives Award, now in its 12th year is run by CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals and its Community Services Group and is sponsored by the Library + information Show.

*       CILIP is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers, with over 22,000 members working in all sectors, including business and industry, science and technology, further and higher education, schools, local and central government, the health service, the voluntary sector, national and public libraries.
*       It is highly desirable that where mention of the Libraries Change Lives Award is made, credit should be given to the Library + information Show who sponsor the Award.
*       Resources Exhibitions, joint organisers of the Library + information Show, was formed 19 years ago and has successfully organised and promoted 76 exhibitions in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Belfast, Dublin, Glasgow, Uganda and Australia.  The company has specialised in the field of churches, education, libraries and information, and market research. In each of these fields its exhibitions have become the market leader in the UK. For more information, visit www.resourcex.co.uk <http://www.resourcex.co.uk>
*       Imark Communications, joint organisers of the Library + information Show, has considerable expertise in the information industry, having spearheaded the promotion of the use and exchange of information electronically for over 27 years through the annual Online Information exhibition and conference. Imark also produces market-leading business-to-business technology exhibitions and seminars for specific industries such as accountancy and finance and human resources management. www.imark.co.uk <http://www.imark.co.uk> Imark Communications and Learned Information are companies of VNU Business Media Europe and merged their operations in January 2002. VNU also publishes the information industries magazine - Information World Review. VNU is one of the world's leading media and information companies. Its core activities are marketing information, media measurement & information, business media and directories. 

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