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CILIP Information Services Group (London and
South-East Section) and University, College and
Research Group (London Section) invite you to attend the following:
Evening Discussion Meeting - "Policing Library
Users - Ethics & Practice" - Wednesday 8th
October 2008 at CILIP HQ, Ridgmount Street.
Refreshments and food from 5.30 p.m. for 6.00
p.m. start. The meeting should finish by 8.00 p.m.
There will be no charge for attending the event.
There is concern that library staff may be
enlisted to police library users suspected of
involvement in terrorism, a matter highlighted by
Tim Buckley-Owen in his recent lecture "Bloggers,
Blowers and Leakers" to the Association of UK
Media Librarians (reported in Information World
Review - see
<http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/features/2221469/bloggers-blowers-leakers-4087452>http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/features/2221469/bloggers-blowers-leakers-4087452).
This meeting is an opportunity to discuss and explore the issue.
Speakers
John Pateman – Head of Libraries, Learning and
Inclusion, Lincolnshire County Council
William Marsterson - Pro Vice-Chancellor,
Director of Learning Resources and University
Librarian Sheppard Library Middlesex University
Stephen Bury - Head of European and American
collections at the British Library
If you are interested in attending, or would like
further details, please contact Vicky Robertson
via e-mail -
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
or by telephone (0207) 753 5833.
Vicky Robertson
Reader Services Librarian
Library
School of Pharmacy
University of London
29-39 Brunswick Square
London
WC1N 1AX
Tel: (0207) 753 5833
Fax: (0207) 753 5947
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