Old, new, and award winning libraries
Since our previous post on the different libraries we have visited, team members have continued to make the most of every opportunity to visit libraries.
Julia originally trained as a librarian, spent 10 years working in Government libraries then moved into the digital world, building websites and intranets, and exploring how social media could support government communications.
She wrote the digital strategy for the Department for International Development and has now moved to the Taskforce to lead on communications.
Since our previous post on the different libraries we have visited, team members have continued to make the most of every opportunity to visit libraries.
We want to make sure that the Libraries Taskforce take every opportunity to include views from people with a wide range of experience. We were, therefore, very pleased when members of staff from the public library sector were prepared to help.
Members of the taskforce take every opportunity to visit libraries all around the country – it is probably one of the best bits about this job.
The DCMS Libraries team supports ministers, as they oversee and promote the improvement of local government's provision of public library services in England. It is also responsible for other library policy such as DCMS sponsorship of the British Library and Public Lending Right Scheme. On this blog, members of the team talk about their work. Find out more