CILIP and the Governance Implementation Group

Colleagues may like to know that the CILIP Governance Implementation Group – the group charged with implementing the recommendations of the Governance Review Task Force – have opened a thread (The Governance Implementation Group Thread) in the ‘CILIP – the Organisation’ forum of the CILIP Communities of Practice.

Members can access and comment at: http://communities.cilip.org.uk/forums/28/ShowForum.aspx

As it says in the initial message:

“One of the first statements in the Task Force’s report notes that ‘the interests and needs of the membership are paramount’. It also states that, ‘The membership is at the heart of the Institute. It will be the aim… to facilitate all members involvement… The Institute is a democratic organisation. Its good governance is critically dependent on the membership’s active involvement in the governance and the electoral process.’ Consequently, the GiG undertakes to take note of all your comments.”

Chris Armstrong
National Councillor (CILIP)
Governance Implementation Group

SLA Europe Information Professional 2007: Call for Nominations

Posted on behalf of Penny Leach, SLA Board

The Board of SLA Europe would like to remind you that the closing date for nominations for the SLA Europe Information Professional 2007 Award (SLA Europe IP 2007) is 28th February 2007.

The goal of the annual Information Professional Award is to recognise outstanding achievement in the information profession amongst those living and working in Europe, so this is a chance to gain recognition for a professional colleague or yourself.

The winner receives an expenses-paid trip to the SLA Conference in
Denver, June 2007. The nominator of the winner will receive a magnum of champagne.

Further information about the Award, including past winners, can be
found on the SLA Europe web site. The from is available in Word and PDF. All you need to do at this stage is complete the form and email it to Penny Leach (penny.leach@gs.com), including a short statement as to why the nominee should be considered (and attaching any relevant information). You do not need to be a member of SLA to nominate or be nominated.

The Award is sponsored by sponsored by Factiva.

Petition against ID cards

A reminder that there are only two days left to sign this petition, which so far has a tremendous 23,076 signatures:

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to scrap the proposed introduction of ID cards.

You can sign at: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/IDcards/

If you need convincing about the need to scrap the idea, please read my blog, iNG, and The Register article.

Thank you.

UKeiG Intranets Forum meeting: 14th March 2007

Do you work with intranets? Have you always wished you could take a look at other organisations' intranets? Would you welcome the opportunity to share your experiences and learn from others working in similar jobs?

If so, why not come along to the informal intranet forum meetings now being run for UKeiG members? And they are free.

The next meeting is on Wednesday 14th March at 3pm at the Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square, London. W1G 0RN. The theme of the meeting will be "Planning your Intranet Strategy".

Dr Janet Smith will be talking about Imperial College London Library's intranet and communication strategy. Meg Pratley will be demonstrating the Royal College of Nursing's intranet. And there will be plenty of opportunity to share your experiences, and hear other peoples.

If you would like to attend, please email Helen Davies: hdavies@tuc.org.uk

UKeiG Browser Share

Time for another report on the browser usage amongst people visiting the UKeiG site. Top of the list is IE 6 with a share of 47%, Firefox 2 is runner up with 18% quickly followed by IE 7 at 17%. The IE all-version total is 65% and Firefox is 26%. The remainder is made up of Mozilla, Netscape, and Safari. Both Konqueror and Opera are missing from the graph although they are in the visitor stats - the graphing part of the package ignores anything below 1%. The figures are based on 43,271 page views in January 2007.