 |
 |
This bulletin
is also available in PDF format at:
http://www.dis.aber.ac.uk/cilip_w/English/CurrentAwareness/index.htm
Mae'r bwletin
hwn hefyd ar gael fel PDF ar:
http://www.dis.aber.ac.uk/cilip_w/Welsh/CurrentAwareness/index.htm
1
DIGWYDDIADAU / EVENTS
1.1 Developing Information Literacy skills amongst library users -
tools and techniques
CLIC (Cardiff Libraries in Cooperation) and CILIP CSG Information Literacy group are holding a FREE staff development event:
Thursday September 7th, 10am - 1pm at Room 1.40, Bute Building, Cathays Park Campus, Cardiff University.
Please contact Angela Jones-Evans for a full programme or to reserve a place: [log in to unmask]
1.2
Institute of Conservation (Icon) – Welsh
Launch
The Welsh Launch of the
Institute of Conservation will be held at the
National Museum Cardiff on the
12th September 2006, between 6 and 8pm. Nick Poole, MDA Director, will be
joining us to talk about Collections Link, the national advisory service for
collections management, and Carol Brown, ICON Training Development Manager, will
speak about the training bursary scheme.
There will also be a CPD
training event before the launch on the topic of digital preservation. This will
begin at 3.30 pm and run until the start of the evening event.
All those with an interest in
the care and conservation of collections and cultural heritage are invited to
celebrate the formation of Icon and its
achievements.
Contact: Heather Perry:
[log in to unmask]
1.2 Cymru
Institute of Conservation
Fe fydd achlysur agor swyddfa Cymru
Institute of Conservation yn cael ei gynnal yn Amgueddfa Cymru nos Fercher 12
Medi 2006, o 6.00 tan 8.00. Fe fydd
Nick Poole, Cyfarwyddwr Cymdeithas Ddogfennaeth yr Amgueddfeydd (MDA), yn siarad
am waith Cyswllt Casgliadau/Collections Link, gwasanaeth ymgynghori cenedlaethol
ar gyfer cadw trefn ar gasgliadau a bydd Carol Brown, Rheolwr Datblygu
Hyfforddiant y sefydliad yn siarad am ei gynllun
hyfforddi.
Bydd sesiwn
hyfforddiant datblygu proffesyddol parhaus ar bwnc cadwraeth cyfrwng digidol cyn
yr achlysur. Bydd hynny'n dechrau
am 3.30 tan ddechrau'r prif achlysur.
Dyma wahoddiad i bawb sydd â
diddordeb ym maes cadw casgliadau a threftadaeth diwylliannol i ddathlu agor
swyddfa Cymru'r sefydliad a'i flawniadau.
Cyswllt: Heather
Perry: [log in to unmask]
2
CYNULLIAD / WELSH
ASSEMBLY
2.1 Engaging Audiences: CyMAL
workshops
CyMAL: Museums Archives and Libraries Wales, is pleased to announce a
series of Inspiring Learning Network Wales workshops looking at engaging
audiences.
The workshops are aimed at staff from museums, archives and libraries
in Wales who wish to reflect on their own practices, and start to consider an
action plan for community engagement. They are designed to be freestanding but
complementary, so that participants can attend as many as are relevant to
them.
To
book a place on any of these events, please complete a CyMAL booking
form
at
http://www.cymal.wales.gov.uk/event/bookingform-en.html
For further information please contact Helen Williams
on
[log in to unmask] / (01970) 610233 or
Sian Hughes on [log in to unmask] / (01970)
610231.
More information at
http://www.cymal.wales.gov.uk/event/building-strong-partnerships-e.pdf
1)
White Rose Resource Centre, New Tredegar, 21 September
2006
2)
Royal International Pavilion, Llangollen, 26 September
2006
More information at
http://www.cymal.wales.gov.uk/event/communicating-consulting-e.pdf
1)
Halliwell Conference Centre, Carmarthen, 11 October 2006
2)
National Slate Museum, Llanberis, 16 October 2006
More information at
http://www.cymal.wales.gov.uk/event/hard-to-reach-groups-e.pdf
1)
White Rose Resource Centre, New Tredegar, 14 November
2006
2)
Bodelwyddan Castle, Rhyl, 21 November 2006
Mae CyMAL:
Amgueddfeydd Archifau a Llyfrgelloedd Cymru yn falch i gyhoeddi cyfres o
weithdai Rhwydwaith Annog Addysg Cymru sydd yn edrych ar ymgysylltu â'r gymuned.
Mae'r gweithdai ar gyfer staff amgueddfeydd, archifau a llyfrgelloedd yng
Nghymru i adlewyrchu ar eu modd o weithio, er mwyn ymgysylltu â chymunedau
lleol. Mae pob un o'r gweithdai yn annibynnol ond yn gyflenwol, fel y medr
cyfranogwyr fynychu cyn gymaint ohonynt a sydd yn berthnasol ac addas
iddynt.
Er mwyn cadw lle
ar unrhyw un o'r digwyddiadau hyn, dylech gwblhau ffurflen archebu CyMAL ar
http://www.cymal.cymru.gov.uk/event/bookingform_cy.html
.
Am fwy o
wybodaeth, cysylltwch â Helen Williams ar
[log in to unmask] / (01970) 610233 neu
Sian Hughes ar [log in to unmask] / (01970) 610231.
Am fwy o
wybodaeth, ewch i
http://www.cymal.cymru.gov.uk/event/building-strong-partnerships-w.pdf
1) Y Ganolfan
Adnoddau a Gwybodaeth y Rhosyn Gwyn,
Tredegar Newydd, 21 Medi 2006
2) Pafiliwn
Cydwladol Brenhinol, Llangollen, 26 Medi 2006
Am fwy o
wybodaeth, ewch i
http://www.cymal.cymru.gov.uk/event/communicating-consulting-w.pdf
1) Canolfan
Halliwell, Caerfyrddin, 11 Hydref 2006
2) Amgueddfa
Llechi Cymru, Llanberis, 16 Hydref 2006
Am fwy o
wybodaeth, ewch i
http://www.cymal.cymru.gov.uk/event/hard-to-reach-groups-w.pdf
1) Y Ganolfan
Adnoddau a Gwybodaeth y Rhosyn Gwyn, Tredegar Newydd,
14
Tachwedd
2006
2) Castell Bodelwyddan, Rhyl, 21
Tachwedd 2006
3 ADDYSG
BELLACH AC UWCH / HE AND FE
3.1 Three-year
degree now costs GBP33,000
Article on the rising cost of
gaining a degree.
Times, p23, 15
August
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2313466.html
CILIP Daily
News
4
LLYFRGELLOEDD CYHOEDDUS / PUBLIC
LIBRARIES
4.1 Better Stock, Better Libraries: stock procurement proposals
MLA have published Better Stock, Better Libraries, outlining proposals for library stock purchasing with the potential to save up to £20million a year.
The new procurement proposals, which maintain local accountability for stock selection, would mean better availability and more efficient management of stock, more flexibility to meet local needs and reduced unit costs of stock. Local authorities would have more money and resources to reinvest in refreshed book stocks, improved information and communications technology, longer opening hours and more staff helping customers get the best out of their local library.
The report is available from the MLA website at:
http://www.mla.gov.uk/website/programmes/framework/framework_programmes/stock_procurement
Radical overhaul for library
supply
Article about the PricewaterhouseCooper report that
proposes the setting up of a single national 'contracting
agency'.
Bookseller, p3, 18
August
See also: Libraries may buy direct
(Bookseller, p6, 18
August)
Fears over re-investment
(Bookseller, p6, 18
August)
The battle for libraries is just
beginning (Bookseller, p21, 18
August)
Saving Grace: Reactions to
the PwC Report
Responses from,
amongst others, Minister for Culture David Lammy, head of policy at CILIP Guy
Daines, and head of library policy at MLA John Dolan.
Bookseller, p6, 18
August
CILIP Daily
News
4.2 Commons
Written Answers published on Libraries
Paul Holmes MP (Lib Dem,
Chesterfield) asked the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what
percentage of public libraries were classed as of (a) good and (b) excellent
standard in each year since 1997; and what criteria are used to determine the
quality of public libraries. Culture Minister, David Lammy MP informed him that
different aspects of the performance of the 149 public library authorities in
England have been assessed, on different basis, for DCMS since 1998. There was
no formal assessment by the Department before then. Full response:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm060724/text/60724w1914.htm
Source: MLa
North East
4.3 Public
Libraries Authorities (PLA) Conference 2006
Date: 11-13
October
Venue: De Vere Grand Harbour Hotel, Southampton
'Putting the Public back into Public Libraries' - the theme of this year's PLA Conference is simply 'the public'. Also known as users, customers, readers, citizens, residents, and all people who live, work or study full-time in our areas.
What values and ambitions does 'the public' have for their public libraries? What is their perception of the service, how satisfied are they with it, what impact is it having on their lives, and how engaged and accountable are they for its development and operation?
Online registration is now open at: www.cilip.org.uk/groups/plg/pla2006/registration.html
4.4 Libraries spending pays off with record
usage
Library usage has increased by 30 per cent and
borrowing by 25 per cent following a GBP7.2m investment programme to improve
public library services in North Yorkshire.
Yorkshire Post, 11
August
http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1084&ArticleID=1689762
CILIP Weekly Information
World
5 DATBLYGU
DARLLENWYR / READER DEVELOPMENT
After-six hour marathon, judges serve up a familiar longlist
The longlist has
been unveiled.
(Guardian, p9, 15 August)
http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1844564,00.html
See also:
Carey on
long-list for historic third Booker prize (Independent,
p8, 15 August)
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/news/article1219248.ece
How Booker list turned into an epic (Times, p20, 15 August)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,923-2312553.html
CILIP Daily
News
6
AMRYWIAETH /
DIVERSITY
6.1 Quantifying Diversity: Mesur
Amrywiaeth
Update
Following interviews on 31
July, CyMAL has awarded the research contract for Quantifying Diversity to
Carolyn Carter of CJC Consultancy.
Carolyn is based in Somerset but has previous experience working with
libraries in south Wales. She has a
strong background in conducting equalities research in the museum, archive and
library sector.
The results of the research
will provide CyMAL with critical baseline data and the Quantifying Diversity
report - which will be completed in the early part of 2007 - will identify
priority areas for development work.
This will enable CyMAL to help museums, archives and libraries to address
issues of equality and diversity with regard to their local
communities.
Services will receive
questionnaires in mid October for completion by mid-November but Carolyn will be
making initial contact with museums, archives and libraries in September - so
look out for more information coming soon.
6.1 Quantifying
Diversity: Mesur Amrywiaeth
Diweddariad
Yn dilyn cyfweliadau ar 31
Gorffennaf, mae CyMAL wedi rhoi’r contract ymchwil ar gyfer Mesur Amrywiaeth i
Carolyn Carter o CJC Consultancy.
Mae Carolyn yn gweithio yng Ngwlad yr Haf, ond mae ganddi brofiad
blaenorol o weithio gyda llyfrgelloedd yn ne Cymru. Mae ganddi gefndir cadarn ym maes
ymchwil cydraddoldebau yn y sector amgueddfeydd, archifau a
llyfrgelloedd.
Bydd
canlyniadau’r gwaith ymchwil yn darparu data llinell sylfaen
hollbwysig i
CyMAL a bydd yr adroddiad Mesur Amrywiaeth – a gwblheir ddechrau 2007 – yn nodi
meysydd blaenoriaeth ar gyfer gwaith datblygu. Bydd hyn yn galluogi CyMAL i gynorthwyo
amgueddfeydd, archifau a llyfrgelloedd i fynd i’r afael â materion cydraddoldeb
ac amrywiaeth yn eu cymunedau lleol.
Bydd gwasanaethau’n derbyn
holiaduron ganol mis Hydref i’w cwblhau erbyn canol mis Tachwedd, ond bydd
Carolyn yn cysylltu ag amgueddfeydd, archifau a llyfrgelloedd ym mis Medi gyntaf
– felly cadwch lygad am ragor o wybodaeth fydd ar gael yn fuan.
6.2 Images of Disability website launched
today
'A new website, www.imagesofdisability.gov.uk,
which contains guidance about portraying disabled people in communications
materials, was launched today'.
Department for Work and Pensions, Press
release, 7 August 2006
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/mediacentre/pressreleases/2006/aug/drc032070806.asp
CILIP News
7 DATBLYGIAD
PROFFESIYNOL / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Survey paves
way for dialogue with employers
A major survey of skills
needs in the lifelong learning sector, including libraries, archives and
information services, gets underway next month. It is being carried out by
Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK), the Sector Skills Council responsible for the
professional development of all those working in the lifelong learning field.
The survey is the first part
of an 18-month process that will lead to the signing of a Sector Skills
Agreement between lifelong learning employers and funding bodies across the
UK.
Hundreds of employers within
the sector will be invited to take part in telephone interviews and an online
survey to identify their current and future skills needs. They will also be
asked about the quality and quantity of training their employees
receive.
For more information visit:
www.lifelonglearninguk.org/ssa/employer_survey.html
To ensure that LLUK are able
to accurately represent the views of
employers in our sector, in
Wales, they need employers to support the completion of an online questionnaire
survey, which can be accessed at
http://www.lifelonglearninguk.org/ssa/employer_survey.html
The survey will take
respondents approximately 25 minutes to complete (and needs to be done in one
sitting). A downloadable version of
the questions is available on the survey web page to enable employers to draw
down the information and discuss it with their management teams before their
responses are input online.
The survey will remain open
until Saturday 30th September.
8 CADWRAETH /
CONSERVATION
Conservation Awards
The new round of the
Conservation Awards will be launched this autumn. If you have been involved in
an exceptional project aimed at conserving and preserving the cultural heritage,
why not apply for an Award:
The £15,000 Award for
Conservation, for an outstanding project conserving individual items or
collections.
Entry deadline: 15 December
2006
The Award for Care of
Collections, increased this year to £15,000, for an initiative leading to
significant and sustainable improvements in caring for
collections.
Entry deadline: 15 December
2006
The £10,000 Student
Conservator of the Year Award, for an exceptional project completed during a UK
training programme or internship.
Entry deadline: 28 February
2007
The £5000 Digital Preservation
Award, recognising leadership and practical advancement in the digital
preservation arena.
Entry deadline: 31 March 2007
The £2500 Anna Plowden Trust
Award, for a completed programme of research or development advancing the
knowledge and practice of conservation.
Entry deadline: 31 March
2007
Manylion Pellach/Further
Details:
http://www.icon.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8&Itemid=9
9 ETIFEDDIAETH / HERITAGE
9.1 MA
Programmes
The International Centre for Cultural & Heritage Studies at Newcastle
University welcomes applications for its two exciting new MA Programmes:
Art Museum & Gallery Education / Heritage Management, both commencing in September 2006.
On-line Application Forms can be found at
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/applicationforms.phtml.
9.2
"Your Place or Mine?
Engaging Audiences with Heritage
A major conference for
professionals working across the heritage sector in the UK and
internationally.
2nd-3rd November 2006,
Manchester Town Hall
Your Place or Mine? Is a major
national conference for 400 delegates commissioned by English Heritage Outreach
Department and the National Trust's Learning Department. It will address some of
the key questions facing both practitioners and strategists in the heritage
sector that are working to broaden and increase community involvement with
heritage.
Further
details:
http://www.sensorytrust.org.uk/news/conferences/your_place.html
10 DIWYLLIANT / CULTURE
10.1 Arts & Business
A&B aspires to be the
world's most successful & widespread creative network. We help business
people support the arts & the arts inspire business people, because good
business & great art together create a richer society. With support from
both the private and public sectors, we run a series of highly reputed
professional development programmes which promote the exchange and development
of skills between the business and arts communities.
The Prince of Wales Arts &
Kids Foundation has been established to
highlight the vital importance
that the arts play in developing our
children. We help businesses
develop practical ways of helping children engage with the arts.
http://www.artsandkids.org.uk/
For more information see:
http://www.aandb.org.uk/
or contact Arts & Business
Cymru: South Wales
Office: 029 2030 3023. North
Wales Office: 01492 574003. Email
10.2 Global Memory Net
Global Memory Net, http://www.memorynet.org/ an online image library and gateway to
cultural, historical, and heritage images around the world, has just been
launched with a number of collections included in UNESCO's Memory of the World
Programme.
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22616&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
11
AMGUEDDFEYDD / MUSEUMS
11.1 Show
Launch for Virtual Museum
This year's County Show will see the unveiling
of Pembrokeshire County Council's exciting new website - the Pembrokeshire
Virtual Museum.
Using modern technology to
depict the historical and cultural past of the County, the website will allow
people from all over the world to discover and explore the historical past of
Pembrokeshire at the click of a button.
The website has been created
as part of the Cultural X-Change Project, which was a joint initiative between
Pembrokeshire County Council and Carlow County Council in
Ireland.
For further information visit
www.pembrokeshirevirtualmuseum.co.uk or contact Owen Roberts on 01437 779500 or email: [log in to unmask]
11.1 Lansio Rhith Amgueddfa yn y
Sioe
Yn Sioe’r Sir eleni cawn weld
dadorchuddio gwefan newydd gyffrous Cyngor Sir Penfro – sef Rhith Amgueddfa Sir
Benfro.
Gyda’r dechnoleg ddiweddaraf yn dangos gorffennol hanesyddol a
diwylliannol y Sir, bydd y wefan yn fodd i bobl o bob rhan o’r byd ddarganfod ac
archwilio gorffennol hanesyddol Sir Benfro gyda chlic ar fotwm.
Gwnaethpwyd y wefan o dan adain y Prosiect Cyfnewid Diwylliannol, a
oedd yn fenter ar y cyd rhwng Cyngor Sir Penfro a Chyngor Sir Carlow yn
Iwerddon.
Bydd arddangosfa ynglŷn â’r wefan ac arddangosiadau o wahanol
greiriau a chasgliadau o Amgueddfa’r Sir i’w gweld yn Sioe Amaethyddol Sir
Benfro.
Fe gewch ragor o wybodaeth
ar www.pembrokeshirevirtualmuseum.co.uk neu drwy alw Owen Roberts ar 01437 779500 neu
e-bostio: [log in to unmask]
11.2
Human Tissue
New Regulations have been introduced for any organisation, including museums, which hold human tissue in their collections.
From August 31 2006 the organisation will need a licence to hold human tissues which come from a person who died after 1 Sept 1906.
A bilingual website gives detailed advice and information. Licences can be purchased on-line. http://www.hta.gov.uk/
11.2 Meinwe
Ddynol
Mae'r Awdurdod Meinwe Ddynol wedi gosod rheolau newydd ar unrhyw sefydliad, yn cynnwys amgueddfeydd, sy'n cadw meinwe ddynol yn ei gasgliad.
O 31 Awst bydd angen trwydded cadw samplau meinwe o berson a fu farw
ar ôl 1 Medi 1906.
Mae gwe fan ddwyieithog gyda chyngor a gwybodaeth fanwl. Gellir prynu trwydded ar-lein: http://www.hta.gov.uk/
12 GOGLEDD
IWERDDON / NORTHERN IRELAND
Online archive to catalogue history of the
Troubles
The ARK project aims to create 'one of the largest
and most comprehensive catalogues relating to the Troubles'.
University of Ulster press
release
http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2006/2536.html
13 YR ALBAN /
SCOTLAND
SLIC Innovation and Development Fund
2006
News of recipients of funding.
SLAINTE News, August
2006
http://www.slainte.org.uk/news/index.htm
14 Y
WASG / PRESS
14.1 Welsh libraries stay open
Public protests at the news of the closure of three libraries in
Powys, has brought about a change of heart by the council.
Bookseller, p7,
11 August
CILIP Daily News
14.2 First blood to library protest
Powys County Times
THREE Powys libraries facing closure
have been given a reprieve thanks to overwhelming public support led by a County
Times campaign.
Members of Powys County Council’s scrutiny committee
voted unanimously to pass back the original decision, calling for the services
to be axed, to a full council meeting in the Autumn.
http://www.countytimes.co.uk/titlesites2/detail.asp?storyid=307&catid=News&officeid=3
14.3
Library crèche
18/8/06
South Wales Echo
A library in Merthyr Tydfil is launching a free weekly crèche for families.
14.4
Library will hit road
17/08/06
South Wales Echo
Bridgend council is set to launch a new mobile library in October and wants to hear from anyone who would like the van to visit.
14.5
Books help patients turn over a new leaf
14/08/06 icWales
A useful review of the first year by Dr Brian Gibbons, Minister for Health and Social Services.
Between July 2005 and the end of March this year more than 14,730 books were borrowed from the list of 32 professionally selected self-help books to complement traditional treatments.
14.6 Border
Country
12/08/06
Western Mail
ANOTHER instalment in the admirable Library of Wales series is Raymond Williams' classic 1960s novel, Border Country.
Cofiwch anfon sylwadau ac ychwanegiadau i'r cynnwys at [log in to unmask]
Please send comments and additions to [log in to unmask]