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Dear all CILIP is looking at compiling a response to this Select Committee (see below) I would be grateful for your comments, contributions and evidence of what we can offer in this area, so that we can take this opportunity to advocate our value. Please would you send any input you would like to offer to me at [log in to unmask] by 10 November if possible, so that I have time to organise it into an ELG contribution by the end of that week. Many thanks Lucy >To: Chair of Youth & School Libraries Joint Committee, Chairs of >SLG, YLG, ELG and CoFHE > >Dear All > >Please note this Select Committee Inquiry that has just been >announced (see below). Is this an opportunity to advocate >effectively the services provided by libraries and the skills and >knowledge of professional library staff? Or on the whole do you >think it will require a great deal of effort to put a submission >together for only a small return? Do we have a good story to tell? > >Please let me know what you think and what help your SIG might >provide in putting a response together. > >With best wishes and thanks > >Guy >Guy Daines >Director, Policy & Advocacy >CILIP >Tel: 020 7255 0632 >Mobile: 07746 796387 >Email: [log in to unmask] > >New Inquiries and Calls for Evidence > >Education and Skills Select Committee - Education Committee press >notice - New inquiry announced >Thu, 21 October 10 | Commons Select Committee Press Release > >Contents > >Education Committee > >Select Committee Announcement > >21 October 2010 >For Immediate Release: > >new inquiry: SERVICES for young people > >Call for evidence > >The Education Committee is today announcing an inquiry into the >provision of services beyond the school/college day for young >people, primarily those aged 13-25. > >The inquiry will consider both universal services - for instance >youth clubs, or sporting, musical and cultural activities - and >targeted services for vulnerable groups. Please note that this >inquiry will not examine formal careers guidance services, including >those provided by Connexions. > >Written submissions are invited, addressing the following points: > >- The relationship between universal and targeted services for young >people; - How services for young people can meet the Government's >priorities for volunteering, including the role of National Citizen >Service; - Which young people access services, what they want from >those services and their role in shaping provision; - The relative >roles of the voluntary, community, statutory and private sectors in >providing services for young people; - The training and workforce >development needs of the sector; - The impact of public sector >spending cuts on funding and commissioning of services, including >how available resources can best be maximised, and whether payment >by results is desirable and achievable; - How local government >structures and statutory frameworks impact on service provision; and >- How the value and effectiveness of services should be assessed. > >The Committee asks for written submissions in accordance with the >guidelines below by noon on Wednesday 15 December 2010. > >Please note >A copy of the submission should be sent by e-mail to ><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] and marked >"Services for young people inquiry". The Committee's strong >preference is for submissions in electronic form, although hard copy >originals will be accepted and should be sent to Kathryn Smith, >Committee Assistant, at: > >Education Select Committee >House of Commons >7 Millbank >London, SW1P 3JA > >Each submission should: >* be no more than 3,000 words in length; >* have numbered paragraphs; and >* (if in electronic form) be in Word format or a rich text format >with as little use of colour or logos as possible. > >For Data Protection purposes, it would be helpful if individuals >submitting written evidence send their contact details separately in >a covering letter. You should be aware that there may be >circumstances in which the House of Commons will be required to >communicate information to third parties on request, in order to >comply with its obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. > >Please supply a postal address so that a copy of the Committee's >report can be sent to you upon publication. > >A guide for written submissions to Select Committees may be found on >the parliamentary website at: ><http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/witnessguide.pdf>http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/witnessguide.pdf > >Please also note that: > >* Memoranda submitted must be kept confidential until published by >the Committee, unless publication by the person or organization >submitting it is specifically authorised. * Once submitted, evidence >is the property of the Committee. The Committee normally, although >not always, chooses to make public the written evidence it receives, >by publishing it on the internet (where it will be searchable), by >printing it or by making it available through the Parliamentary >Archives. If there is any information you believe to be sensitive >you should highlight it and explain what harm you believe would >result from its disclosure. The Committee will take this into >account in deciding whether to publish or further disclose the >evidence. * The Committee does not normally investigate individual cases. > >FURTHER INFORMATION: > >Committee Membership is as follows: >Mr Graham Stuart (Chair), Conservative, Beverley and Holderness >Conor Burns, Conservative, Bournemouth West >Nic Dakin, Labour, Scunthorpe >Pat Glass, Labour, North West Durham >Damian Hinds, Conservative, East Hampshire >Liz Kendall, Labour, Leicester West >Charlotte Leslie, Conservative, Bristol North West >Ian Mearns, Labour, Gateshead >Tessa Munt, Liberal Democrat, Wells >Lisa Nandy, Labour, Wigan >Craig Whittaker, Conservative, Calder Valley > >Specific Committee Information: ><mailto:[log in to unmask]:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] >/ 020 7219 6181 > >Media Information: Rebecca Jones, ><mailto:[log in to unmask]:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] >/ 020 7219 5693 > >Committee Website: ><www.parliament.uk/education-committee%3chttp:/www.parliament.uk/education-committee%3e>www.parliament.uk/education-committee > >Watch committees and parliamentary debates online: ><www.parliamentlive.tv%3chttp:/www.parliamentlive.tv/%3e>www.parliamentlive.tv > >Publications / Reports / Reference Material: Copies of all select >committee reports are available from the Parliamentary Bookshop (12 >Bridge St, Westminster, 020 7219 3890) or the Stationery Office >(0845 7023474). Committee reports, press releases, evidence >transcripts, Bills; research papers, a directory of MPs, plus >Hansard (from 8am daily) and much more, can be found on ><www.parliament.uk%3chttp:/www.parliament.uk/%3e>www.parliament.uk > > L Gildersleeves Lecturer Department of Information Studies (formerly known as School of Library,Archive & Information Studies) University College London Gower Street LONDON WC1E 6BT office tel: 0207 679 7204 direct line: 0207 679 2630 e-mail: [log in to unmask]