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KNOWvember - Learning from Failure—Before It Happens

What if you could learn from failure before it happens? 🤔In our final #KNOWvember webinar extract, Luke Spencer (UK Home Office) introduces the Catastrophise technique—a proactive way to explore what could go wrong, share insights, and build stronger plans. cilipgig.blogspot.com/2025/11/know...

KNOWvember - Models of KM and organisational fit

In the third of our KNOWvember postings, we recognise that knowledge management (KM) can only ever occur within an organisational context, and this will inform an organisation’s KM model. cilipgig.blogspot.com/2025/11/know...

KNOWvember - Storytelling at the Home Office

We're looking at the power of storytelling as a knowledge capture and dissemination tool as part of KNOWvember. cilipgig.blogspot.com/2025/11/know...

Are you in GKIM and working towards @cilip.bsky.social Professional Registration? Portfolio extracts addressing criterion 2 are available in the Prof Reg candidates' section of the CILIP website via the following link (login required): www.cilip.org.uk/global_engin...

Nominations are now open for the 2026 GIG Awards 🎉GIG presents two awards each year recognising significant contributions to GKIM. Read our latest blog for further info on the different awards and how to nominate yourself, your team or a colleague: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...

Welcome to KNOWvember!

Happy KNOWvember! This month, @cilip-gig.bsky.social along with many UK gov departments and agencies will be sharing important messages about GKIM. read our latest blog for further info: cilipgig.blogspot.com/2025/11/welc...

The journey of knowledge: Lessons from CILIP Conference 2025

Our 2025 CILIP Conference Bursary winner, George has provided a great report on the @cilip.bsky.social Conference which took place in July. Read about George experience of and take-aways from the conference here: cilipgig.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

CILIP: the library and information association The 2025 K&IM Awards evening will be held over Zoom

Sign up for the CILIP K&IM Annual Awards Evening🏆 on Wednesday 12th Nov at 5.30pm and find out who the current high flyers are in the world of Knowledge and Information!:
cilip.org.uk/events/Event...

CILIP Government Information Group webinar: “The more you KNOW(vember): sharing the successes of GIG's annual award winners”, Wednesday 12 November, 12pm - 1pm

As part of the KNOWvember campaign, @cilip-gig.bsky.social are holding a webinar celebrating the winners of our 2025 annual awards. Read more in our latest blog: cilipgig.blogspot.com/2025/09/cili...

CILIP / Government Information Group panel webinar: Professional Registration on the go: Maximising your chances in Government Knowledge and Information Management, Wednesday 22 October, 12pm - 1pm

Thinking of Professional Registration? @cilip-gig.bsky.social and @cilip.bsky.social are hosting an online panel event featuring speakers with first-hand knowledge of Prof Reg including presenters working in GKIM. Read our latest blog for more info: cilipgig.blogspot.com/2025/09/cili...

The Public Authority (Accountability) Bill, if passed, will introduce a range of new duty of candour measures on public bodies and officials which will have implications for records management and information disclosure. Find out more in this factsheet: Duty_of_Candour_Fact_Sheet.pdf

Gov.UK have updated their guidance on using AI to manage the digital heap: www.gov.uk/government/p...

CILIP GIG Visit to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Historical Collection at King’s College London, by Rossitza Atanassova

Learn about the @cilip-gig.bsky.social visit to the FCDO historical collection @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social in our latest blog!: cilipgig.blogspot.com/2025/08/cili...

Cabinet Office maintains use of data disposal algorithm | UKAuthority

The Cabinet Office is planning to use an algorithm each year to review the relevance of digital files for possible disposal. Read the full article here: www.ukauthority.com/articles/cab...

Should we trust Humphrey to boost public sector efficiency? | Computer Weekly Labour is betting on Humphrey, an AI toolkit named after a Yes Minister character, to drive public sector efficiency

An interesting article was published in Computer Weekly recently on Humphrey, a suite of AI tools being rolled out by the Civil Service. CW notes the need to address "foundational data literacy across the board": www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Shou...

@cilip-gig.bsky.social next committee meeting will be on 8th July at 1pm. @cilip.bsky.social members are welcome to observe our meetings and raise any issue for our considerations. Email secretary.gig@cilip.org.uk to take part 🙂

GIG Committee Vacancies

There are two exciting opportunities to join our friendly and supportive @cilip-gig.bsky.social committee as either a Blog Editor or Web Pages Editor. See our blog for info on what is involved and how to apply: cilipgig.blogspot.com/2025/05/gig-...

There's still time to sign @cilip-gig.bsky.social
AGM 2025 and Awards Presentation on 5th June! See our latest blog for more information: cilipgig.blogspot.com/2025/05/gove...

GIG Committee Vacancies

We have two vacancies on our committee! @cilip-gig.bsky.social is looking for a Blog Editor and a Web Pages Editor (Digital Champion) to join our friendly team - if you are interested, more info is available in our latest blog: cilipgig.blogspot.com/2025/05/gig-...

Agenda - CILIP Conference 2025 Agenda - CILIP Conference 2025

The programme for the @cilip.bsky.social Conference 2025 includes some interesting sessions from GKIM professionals!: cilipconference.org.uk/agenda/
@cilip-gig.bsky.social are sponsoring a bursary place for the conference-more details available here: cilipgig.blogspot.com/2025/05/cili...

Government Information Group - Awards Presentations and AGM 2025

Join us at the @cilip-gig.bsky.social AGM 2025 and Awards Presentation on 5th June! See our latest blog for more information: cilipgig.blogspot.com/2025/05/gove...

How to stay in touch with CILIP GIG

The @cilip-gig.bsky.social latest ebulletin has been sent out- have you received it? If not, make sure to update your @cilip.bsky.social mailing preferences - more information is available in our blog on how to stay in touch with GIG: cilipgig.blogspot.com/2025/04/how-...

CILIP Conference 2025 - GIG Bursary offer

We are delighted to announce that we are sponsoring one bursary place at the @cilip.bsky.social Conference 2025 which takes place in Birmingham on 2-3 July. For info on how to apply for this opportunity, see our latest blog: cilipgig.blogspot.com/2025/05/cili...

CILIP Government Information Group visit: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Historical Library Collection / Thursday 10 July 2025, 2:30pm – 4:30pm

@cilip-gig.bsky.social next group visit will be to King's College London's Maughan Library, focusing on the historical library collection of the FCDO. For information on the collection, and how to attend the visit, see our latest blog 🙂: cilipgig.blogspot.com/2025/05/cili...

ICO 40 online exhibition - Our lives, our privacy: the 40 items that shaped 40 years of privacy rights

The ICO has put together an online exhibition detailing how significant events over the past 40 years have helped to shape data privacy rights. You can view the exhibition here:

How to stay in touch with CILIP GIG

Are you missing out on emails from @cilip-gig.bsky.social? We know that approximately half of GIG members do not receive our emails - please see our new blog detailing how you can make sure you're not missing out: cilipgig.blogspot.com/2025/04/how-...

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Are you working in GKIM and have or are currently working on completing your professional registration? We'd love to hear from you! Please fill out our survey which will be used during our roundtable at the end of the month: smartsurvey.co.uk/s/profession...

Event: Online roundtable and survey: “Professional Registration in Government Knowledge and Information Management”, Tuesday 29 April 2025, 2pm – 3:15pm

@cilip-gig.bsky.social and @cilip.bsky.social are holding a roundtable session on Professional Registration for those in GKIM. See our latest blog for information on how to participate: cilipgig.blogspot.com/2025/04/even...

CILIP Cymru Wales / GIG webinar: “Preserving the past for the future: exploring the Welsh Government Publications Archive”, Tuesday 13 May 2025, 12pm – 1:15pm

We have teamed up with CILIP Cymru Wales to deliver our next webinar - Preserving the past for the future: exploring the Welsh Government Publications Archive - which will be happening on 13th May at 12pm. Read our latest blog for more information: cilipgig.blogspot.com/2025/03/cili...

The @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy has produced a useful guide on Crown copyright and the use of AI. Read the guide here: cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/ai...