Catalogue & Index Blog

Raise your profile

Mr Andrew Coburn — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:59:00 GMT

CILIP's Commercial, Legal & Scientific Information Group has asked Matthew Mezey to give some tips on how to use the media to raise the profile of information groups and information services. It's being held at Ridgmount Street, Wednesday 12 November, 6 - 7.30, £10 for CLSIG members, £15 for others.

http://www.cilip.org.uk/training/calendar/bydate/November08/CLSIGProfessionalDevelopmentClubMediaPRforInformationProfessionals.htm

If anyone would like to attend, just email events@clsig.org.uk.

IFLA RDA Satellite Meeting Presentations

Mr Andrew Coburn — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:53:00 GMT

The Powerpoint presentations and speaker notes from the IFLA RDA Satellite Meeting held in conjunction with the 2008 IFLA Conference are now available on the JSC website. You can find them at:

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/jsc/rda.html#presentations

With thnaks to Nathalie Schulz (JSC Secretary) and Marjorie E. Bloss (RDA Project Manager.)

CILIP Branch and Group Funding review

Mr Andrew Coburn — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:59:00 GMT

CILIP has published a consultation paper on the funding of its Special Interest Groups (of which CIG is one) and Branches. You can find it at http://www.cilip.org.uk/aboutcilip/howcilipworks/council/boards/workinggroups/fundingworkinggroup/discussionpaper.htm The closing date for responses is 18 September and the CIG committee would welcome contributions to the discussion. Generally there has been very little public debate that we have seen so I published the following to the CILIP Communities forum for Branch and Group officers this morning:

I am surprised that I have seen no public discussion of the task and finish group report either here or on (say) lis-profession. So I thought I would fly a kite.

I wonder if the reason for the silence is that people are pleasantly surprised by the recommendations. Keeping the current arrangements for membership of Branches and Groups and increasing the capitation (albeit marginally) seems a welcome suggestion for those of us who had heard the merchants of gloom predicting something draconian and life (or at least budget) threatening.

I am slightly doubtful about the recruitment fee - how it will be administered or more precisely how one will attribute a new member to a specific group/ branch. But I am prepared to wait for the detail. That goes for the other incentive schemes too.

These are not the views of the Cataloguing & Indexing Group which will be collated and submitted in due course.

Andrew Coburn

Chair CIG

Cataloguing & Indexing Group AGM 2008

Mr Andrew Coburn — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:56:00 GMT

The CIG AGM will take place at 16:30hrs on Thursday 4 September 2008 on the John Anderson Campus of the University of Strathclyde. All CIG members are welcome though it would be helfpul if any member wanting to attend the AGM but who is not registered as a delegate for the CIG conference (during which the AGM takes place) would contact the Secretary Ann Chapman lisadc@ukoln.ac.uk

Andrew Coburn

Group Chair

DC-2008 - Early Bird Discount till 31 July

Ms Anne Welsh — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:18:00 GMT

"The final programme of DC-2008, to be held from 22 through 26 September in Berlin, is expected to be published on 14 July. The early bird discount will be available until 31 July 2008. Please go to the registration page to register for the conference, tutorials and seminars."

~ DCMI News 2008-07-07