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Taskforce
Visits to libraries in Newcastle, York and Stafford
Branch libraries in Newcastle, the mutual model in York, and a new library opens in Stafford
Taskforce meet in Newcastle
The Libraries Taskforce held its fifth meeting on 19 November
Our first six months
Today we’ve published our first six month progress report.
Another digital secondment opportunity
As mentioned in our post on 3rd November, there is a long list of activities on the digital for public library services agenda, and I wont have time to work on them all. I’m therefore really pleased that the Taskforce …
Another secondee comes on board!
Sharon Kirkpatrick and Sue Wills' blog of 12 October highlighted the importance we place in members of the library workforce influencing the work of the Taskforce. We do this through a number of mechanisms - for example, SCL and CILIP …
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.
Keeping us grounded in reality......
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.
First impressions: a selection of library visits
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.
Introducing the Libraries Taskforce
The Libraries Taskforce has met 4 times so far this year, the most recent meeting being in the British Library.