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On International Library and Information Work ISSN 2058-8399 (Online) on International Library and Information Work ISSN 2058-8399 (Online) Volume 46, Number 3, 2015 Editorial 85 Cycling for Libraries Nordic Tour 86 Karen Gibbins Medical Librarian in the Great Midwest 90 Abinola Alayo Focus on Focus 95 Alice Tyler From Bremen Town to Fisherman’s Wharf 99 Ian Stringer Global Projects at the British Library for Development Studies 108 Karen Butcher and Thomas Gebhart Eurotoolbox - What is That? 114 John Lake Eurotoolbox 2015 Launch 115 Renee De Luycker Book Review 116 ILIG Business 120 News from Around the World 122 Calendar of Events 126 Now you can Advertise in Focus reaching around 600 ILIG members and subscribers, both individual and organisational, in over 60 countries Focus is published electronically three times a year, in March, July and November and there is a bumper hard copy in December Advertisements may be placed in any single issue or in each of issues in any one year/volume. 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For further information, please contact: Kathleen Ladizesky [email protected] 84 Focus on International Library and Information Work Vol. 46, No. 3, 2015 Editorial Keeping Focus on the path of encouraging good practice and new developments around the world with positive articles of advancement sometimes feels like following an uphill path when there is so much evidence of the sector shrinking in size in the United Kingdom (UK), especially in public sector provision. However, there is much evidence amongst the articles in this issue, of library and information professionals sharing good practice at conferences, on visits and online which serves to re-enforce the notion that our profession does think and act globally in spite of the pressures that exist amongst and between world nations. Karen Gibbins has described another successful Cycling for Libraries ‘un-conference’ which took place in the Nordic countries in August. Abi Alayo describes her fact-finding visit to the health libraries of the Great Midwest in the United States of America (USA) which will feed in to the current National Health Service review process. Ian Stringer provides an overview of the content of conferences in Bremen, Germany and San Francisco, USA with a light touch which shows that in addition to the serious work involved, there is much else to be gained on the social and networking level by attending a conference. There is also a review on the launch of the Eurotoolbox, now in its 15th year of appearance as a promotion of children’s books in European languages, which has increasing relevance to UK libraries with so much migration around Europe. And from the British Library for Development Studies there is much to share especially for librarians in the southern hemisphere. Lastly, in anticipation of Focus reaching its 50th anniversary, our tireless Associate Editor Alice Tyler, has started trawling through the archives to reveal how the journal started and to share the highlights and changes which have been made to it since the journal began from its humble beginnings in 1967. I sincerely hope that you will be reading the journal in 2017 by the time she finishes her endeavours – it makes fascinating reading. John Lake, Editor Focus on International Library and Information Work is published electronically three times a year (March, July and November) plus an annual hard copy bumper issue in December by the International Library and Information Group (ILIG) of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). Editor: John Lake InDesign work by Gillian Harris Email: [email protected] Subscriptions for 2016: £80.00; US$160.00; €120.00 or [email protected] Orders, remittances (payable to ‘CILIP-ILIG’), Associate Editor: Alice Tyler and advertisements to: Kathleen Ladizesky, Tel.: +44 (0)116 275 1379 Glantrisant, Trisant, Aberystwyth SY23 4RL Email: [email protected] UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 (0)1974 282 411 Book Review Editor: Vacancy Email: [email protected] ILIG’s Website: www.cilip.org.uk/ilig ILIG’s discussion list: [email protected] cilip ILIG on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/13131232426 ILIG on Twitter: @CILIP_ILIG ILIG on YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/CILIPILIG ILIG on Linkedin: ILIG-International-Library- CILIP registered charity number 313014 Information-Group Focus on International Library and Information Work Vol. 46, No. 3, 2015 85 Cycling for Libraries Nordic Tour by Karen Gibbins* The Cycling for Libraries website proudly and use the skills, knowledge and interests of states that the New Nordic international tour in the attendees to deliver interesting insights to 2015 IS OVER! and I was part of it. I am still good practice, progressive ideas, innovation relishing that feeling of pride and achievement and debates. The traditional conference of having cycled further than ever before format remains popular and useful but the - 730km, visiting three countries (Norway, unstructured format without the costs and Sweden and Denmark) and visiting around 30 managed environment do have their appeal. library venues along the way finishing in the brand new Dokk1 Library and cultural centre Un-conferences share their current popularity in Aarhus, Denmark. with mashups, maker days and hackathons. All these have in common a collaborative Thanks to the ingenuity and passion of approach to making, learning or developing attendees at an International Federation of something new in an unstructured way. This Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) was a theme which suited further exploration World Library and Information Conference as part of the touring cycling project. 2010 in Gothenburg and the continuing efforts of individuals such as Jukka Pennanen, this Some may question if it is possible to really event has run for 5 years and hosted 10 tours address professional development and library in various countries. advocacy by such activities, however… Its aim was to investigate whether librarians Road cycling is surpassing golf as the had the sticking power, resourcefulness and preferred way of networking for the stamina to adapt and change to meet the modern professional challenges to libraries in a new digital age. The ( http://www.economist.com/blogs/ idea that travelling together over an extended prospero/2013/04/business-networking) time facing poor weather, adversity, changing landscapes, hills and road surfaces could The Nordic 2015 tour allowed this with create a touring “un-conference” event where perfect ease. A hundred attendees from 20 attendees could discuss, learn and discover countries around the world found a common innovation in library services throughout the language in libraries to bond them together journey. over 10 days and still continue to share and discuss after the event finished. The This un-conference idea has been building requirements for attendees were just to have in popularity with many popping up across an average ability in cycling, a love of libraries, the UK. They are low key and low budget curiosity and some personal determination to see them through to the end. *Karen Gibbins is a Principal Librarian for Information and Learning at Swansea Library and Information The tour was organised by a small planning Service, City and County of Swansea. She is a past Chair team, one for each country - Ann-Christin of CILIP Wales. Karen is a Chartered Member of CILIP Karlén Gramming, Bo Jacobsen, Rasmus from Loughborough University and has worked in special, Fangel Vestergaard and Jukka Pennanen. school and public libraries. Other volunteers helped along the way. This 86 Focus on International Library and Information Work Vol. 46, No. 3, 2015 Cycling for Libraries Nordic Tour The tour exposed some amazing examples of Scandinavian library design often in amazing architecturally designed spaces, which was helping change service delivery. We also learnt of the impact of library legislation in Norway and Danish collaborative and bottom up project management structures. The revised Norwegian Library Act which came into force in January 2014, emphasises active promotion of information, education and culture and states that public libraries shall be “independent meeting places and arenas for public conversation and debate”. So the Cycling for Libraries tour began with an insight into how re-focussing of national library legislation Karen Gibbins in Swansea with lovely new can re-invigorate libraries and re-focus service road bike, in training delivery.
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