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CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals 7 Ridgmount St, London WC1E 7AE. Tel: 020 7255 0500 Textphone: 020 7255 0505 Fax: 020 7255 0501 Email: Mailto:[log in to unmask] News from CILIP Friday 4th May 2007 For immediate release (Please copy to online discussion lists) Celebrating Diversity in Libraries and Information - shortlist for the Diversity Awards announced The Diversity Group of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals have announced the shortlist for the Diversity Awards 2007. The Awards are made in two categories - organisational change, which recognises the work, which library and information organisations do to promote diversity and personal achievement, which rewards the work of individuals. Shortlist for the Organisational Change Category * London Borough of Camden for Refugee Workplacement in Libraries * Hertfordshire Libraries, Heritage & Arts for Community Language Stock Survey * Staffordshire County Council for Right to Read Shortlist for the Personal Achievement Category * Joanne Harvey, Service Development Manager, Reader Development at Brighton & Hove City Council * Andrew Pearson, Community Librarian, Grange Town Library, Middlesborough & Cleveland * Judith Preece, Campus Manager, University of East London Library & Learning Services The winners will be announced at the Umbrella Awards Dinner on 29th June. Contact: Karen Berry - Email: Mailto:[log in to unmask] Telephone: 024 7667 9458. Notes to Editors CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. It forms a community of around 35,000 people engaged in library and information work, of whom around 22,000 are CILIP members and around 13,000 are regular customers of CILIP Enterprises. More information is available at www.cilip.org.uk. The aims of the Diversity Group are to unite those members of CILIP engaged in or interested in issues of diversity as they affect the library and information community, to foster communication between such members, to facilitate exchange of experience and the promotion of work relevant to those interests in order to promote and support library and information services to diversity and excluded communities. "Diversity" covers issues of race, religion, culture, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, age, disability - and other factors that result in discrimination and inequality. -Ends-