‘I’ve learnt that leadership is about more than being able to see or even to communicate a vision, project, plan and objectives. It is about how you can make these connect to people and be meaningful for them. I feel lucky to have been part of an especially supportive and creative cohort of Fellows. The group dynamic has been a remarkably positive experience.’
2010/11 Clore Fellow

The Clore Leadership Programme is currently inviting applications from exceptional individuals with the potential to take on a significant leadership role within the Libraries sector.

The Fellowship Programme aims to shape emerging creative leaders from across the cultural sector through in-depth learning, tailored as far as possible to the needs, aspirations and circumstances of the individual Fellow.

The structure of the programme includes:

• residential courses
• an extended placement for a period of approximately 3 months
• individually-selected training, mentoring and coaching.
  

Fellows can choose to take a period of about six months away from work and receive a bursary while undertaking their programme; or continue to be attached to their place of work, with their employer being compensated for the sustained periods when they're away.

The closing date for all applications is 12 noon, 24 February 2012. 

For further details on the Programme and to access the online application form please visit www.cloreleadership.org

The CILIP Libraries Change Lives Award is a nationally recognised award that highlights outstanding partnership work involving library staff and services that have changed lives.

Entries are welcomed from any sector of the library and information world.

They can be reading projects, learning projects, or projects that promote information.

> Download an entry form or enter online here

 Celebrating Charles Dickens

Details of celebratory events being held in the East Midlands to mark the bicentenary of Charles Dickens birth on February 7th 1812 can be found below.

Rutland
We are holding a Dickens celebration on Thursday 9 February at Rutland County Museum. 
There will be some readings by the Dickens Fellowship from 8pm, followed by a screening of 'Oliver!' at 8.15pm.

Nottinghamshire
Dickens Day at Mansfield Library with screening of Oliver in the afternoon as part of celebrations for National Libraries Day, Saturday 4th Feb

Leicester
"Knighton Library will be having a Dickens evening on the 7th of February, from 5 to 7:30. This will consist of Readings from the works of C. Dickens esq, Tea and Biscuits. Members of Leicester Literary Community will be presenting their own favourite passages, and all members of the public are invited to join in the reading, presenting their own favourite passages. Please do bring a copy of the work you wish to read aloud." Professional readers will be available to read on behalf of the coy. Period Costume is encouraged.

Leicestershire
An Audience with Charles Dickens -  A virtuoso performance of the greatest scenes from some of Dickens best stories performed by Dickens great great grandson  21st April, at the Century Theatre,Snibston

Derbyshire
Two members of library staff are doing a Dickens ‘Between the Covers’  - readings from, and recommendations of, various Dickens books - for some of our reader groups. Another one of our reader groups – Belper Book Chat – have been selected as Dickens Reading Champions. Some other Dickens-related activities throughout the year are in the planning stage.

Nottingham
Tuesday 8th May: Bringing Dickens to Life – 10.30 – 12 pm Basford Library, FREE
In the bi-centenary year of Charles Dickens’ birth, join us for a fascinating talk by the Dickens Fellowship.  
Everyone welcome.   Contact the library for more information – Tel 0115 915 5797

Friday 10 February Light Night: Readings with Dickens 7– 8pm, Nottingham Central Library, Exhibition Area Floor 1, FREE
Celebrate the works of Dickens with evening of readings from his work selected and read by the Nottingham Dickens Fellowship.  Tickets available from the Ground Floor Helpdesk of Nottingham Central Library or telephone 0115 9152825.  Pre booking is advised. Jane.brierley@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Thursday 5 April Bringing Dickens to Life 10.30am – 12pm, Clifton Library, FREE
In the bicentenary year of Charles Dickens’ birth, join us for a fascinating talk by Dickens Fellowship.  Everyone welcome.
For more information contact the library on 0115 915 52945. Laura.parker@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

The Media Archive for Central England has unveiled its state of the art facilities at the University of Lincoln.

MACE provides opportunities for everyone to connect with the culture and history of the Midlands through a 70,000 strong collection of film, tape and digital material, much of which is searchable. MACE's new facilities at the University of Lincoln comprise a series of spaces purposely designed and created for their specialised work:

The technical suite houses film preparation and transfer facilities for copying 8mm and Super8mm, 9.5mm and 16mm film as well as domestic and professional analogue videotape formats such as BetaMax, VHS, U-Matic, Beta SP, 1" and D2.
In general, copies are made to digital files but it is also possible to provide copies on DVD, Mini DV and DVCam.

The John Swallow Room is a multi functional space named in honour of the former ATV Today & Central News reporter. This room includes a large flat-screen television and meeting space and next door to this is a viewing room equipped with video and film viewing equipment for both staff and visitor/researcher use.

Adjacent to the offices and technical space, and therefore easily accessible, is the archive store itself; film and videotape are some of the most fragile of archive materials so to keep them in good space is a key element of the work. Maintained at a steady 10 degrees and 30% relative humidity, the store is capable of holding all of our collections film and tape in conditions designed to inhibit decay.  Mobile shelving maximises space utilisation and its design makes accessing the collections very easy.

MACE's move to the University of Lincoln has been funded by Revitalising the Regions, a strand of the Screen Heritage UK Programme: A Partnership between the British Film Institute, Screen Yorkshire and the regional film archives across England, to safeguard the future of the UK's national and regional film archives. The programme was funded by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport.

Find out more about the services offered to individuals, organisations and communities in the Midlands and beyond:
 
Media Archive for Central England, MHT Building, University of Lincoln,  Brayfood Pool, Lincoln LN6 7TS

General Enquiries: 01522 837750 /info@macearchive.org
Sales Enquiries: 01522 837753 / sales@macearchive.org
http://www.macearchive.org/

An East Midlands initiative led by Lincolnshire Libraries and working with Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire Libraries has been selected as one of eight pilot projects to help people effectively navigate the range of national information sources available online.  

The pilot project will help the public to access digital information about health and social care; working with health partners to support the information accessed through the NHS Choices website.  The project will involve six libraries and aims to establish the type and level of training that frontline library staff need to help people access and use health websites.  A "health button” on every library computer will lead users directly to NHS Choices and local health and social care websites.

The projects, which are due to be completed by the end of March 2012, are funded by Arts Council England.

Report from the Arts Nation pilot project in Derbyshire

The Summer Reading Challenge is a national library programme co-ordinated by The Reading Agency with library partners to support reading for pleasure activity for 4-12 year olds.

The Derbyshire Arts Nation pilot used the 2011Circus Stars theme as a springboard for a family programme of participatory carnival arts. Families coming into the library with children taking part in the challenge were invited to engage in circus themed creative activity including stories, songs and crafts, cartooning and circus skills.

The pilot was co-ordinated by Derbyshire Library Service as part of the Arts Nation Library programme managed by The Reading Agency and funded by Arts Council England.

The pilot was co-ordinated by Derbyshire Libraries as part of the Arts Nation Library programme managed by The Reading Agency and funded by Arts Council England.

Arts Nation - report from pilot project in Derbyshire   

News from SUNCAT, the Serials Union CATalogue for the UK research community

Records in SUNCAT listed under the British Geological Survey, based in the East MIdlands, are now being loaded as part of
NERC: Natural Environment Research Council http://www.nerc.ac.uk/.

NERC incorporates the British Geological Survey http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/research/bgs.asp, the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/research/ceh.asp and the British Antarctic Survey http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/research/bas.asp.

These libraries add interesting and unique serials collections to SUNCAT, as well as extending the coverage well beyond the UK, with locations for the British Antarctic Survey, including Bird Island in South Georgia and Rothera in Antarctica!

For a full list of the 80 libraries contributing to SUNCAT, please go to:
http://www.suncat.ac.uk/description/contributing_libraries.html

For further information about the service please see http://www.suncat.ac.uk , subscribe to the blog at http://www.suncatblog.blogspot.com/ or contact the EDINA helpdesk at edina@ed.ac.uk

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Presentations from this workshop held at the David Wilson Library, University of Leicester on 3rd November 2011 can be found on LIEM's FIL page or on the FIL website.

They include:

Gareth Johnson (FIL Chair) – The Challenge of Delivering an Effective Interlending Service
Tim Peacock (E-Resources Administrator, University of Derby) – Ebb and Flow: Meeting the challenges at the University of Derby
Annie Charlton (Application Services Consultant, OCLC) – Finding a book in UK libraries - towards a national catalogue
Barry Smith (Head of Commerical Services, British Library) – British Library Update

Following a five-month project run by Nottinghamshire Archives, in association with the University of Nottingham's Manuscripts and Special Collections department and supported by The National Archives, the Nottinghamshire section of the Manorial Documents Register (MDR) has been made available online at nationalarchives.gov.uk/mdr/. 

The MDR records information on Nottinghamshire's manorial records from over 255 manors, held at 49 different locations worldwide, some in publicly accessible institutions and others still in private ownership. The Nottinghamshire project benefits researchers worldwide, enabling them to search for manorial records by manor, parish, type of record or by date, and to identify relevant records online for the first time for this county.

The Manorial Documents Register (MDR) identifies the nature and location of manorial records. The MDR is partially computerised – Wales, the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, the three Ridings of Yorkshire, Shropshire, Surrey, Middlesex, Cumberland, Westmorland, Lancashire North of the Sands (the Furness area, part of Cumbria since 1974), Berkshire and Buckinghamshire are available online

The records noted in the Manorial Documents Register include court rolls, surveys, maps, terriers, documents and all other documents relating to the boundaries, franchises, wastes, customs or courts of a manor. Title deeds are not included in the Register.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/mdr/

The Reading Agency's September newsletter features the success of Northampton college with a massive rise of 89% in numbers of students completing the challenge this year.

The Reading Agency's annual Six Book Challenge is being used to engage thousands of adults in reading for pleasure in a range of settings including libraries, colleges, prisons and workplaces. It delivers on local priorities of social inclusion, partnership working, formal and informal adult learning and it supports literacy, ESOL and family learning tutors with student retention, progression and achievement for employability.

Six Book Challenge training: Friday 14th October 2011, Free Word Centre, London EC1R 3GA

More information and to book a place, visit: http://www.readingagency.org.uk/new-thinking/training/