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A ‘Flourishing’ library - in Mowbray Gardens, Rotherham

Posted by: Chris Gaynor and Alnaar Clayton, Posted on: 12 March 2018 - Categories: Library news, Outcome: communities
Artwork created during the Butterfly project.

Fascinating and diverse range of community projects taking place in a library in Rotherham

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Lunch at the library - an update

Posted by: Mandy Macdonald, Posted on: 9 March 2018 - Categories: Library news, Outcome: culture, Outcome: learning
Looking down on children having Lunch at the library.

An update on the LOFE funded project that ran in Plymouth libraries

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Setting our goals

Posted by: Kim Bromley-Derry, Posted on: 7 March 2018 - Categories: Taskforce
Taskforce action plan to March 2020

Kim Bromley-Derry sets out the Taskforce goals for 2018 and beyond

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Islington’s reading champion: an interview with Councillor Raphael Andrews

Posted by: Tony Brown, Posted on: 28 February 2018 - Categories: Library news, Outcome: literacy

At the start of Islington Reads week 2018, and the launch of their 2018:Year of Reading programme, Tony Brown talked to their reading champion.

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British Standards Online

Posted by: Deborah Brown, Posted on: 26 February 2018 - Categories: Digital
Screenshot of the BSOL homepage

Deborah Brown from the British Standards Institute writes about their new offer for libraries.

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Immersive, age appropriate, sensory story times

Posted by: Helen Green, Posted on: 23 February 2018 - Categories: Outcome: culture
Staff training session. Photo credit: Helen Green/Bradford libraries

Helen Green writes about Bradford libraries' Libraries: Opportunities for Everyone project

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Regulations on the re-use of public sector information

Posted by: Howard Davies, Posted on: 22 February 2018 - Categories: Good practice
screenshot of the statutory instrument

The National Archives' Howard Davies shares guidance which sets out clearly what libraries should do to comply

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Do people trust librarians?

Posted by: Nick Poole, Posted on: 21 February 2018 - Categories: Library workforce

[Editor’s note: Guest post written by Nick Poole, CEO of CILIP: the library and information association, announcing the results of a poll they commissioned] We commissioned a YouGov poll to explore which professional groups the public believe are most likely …

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Bucking the trend - Taskforce meets in the Woolwich centre

Posted by: Julia Chandler, Posted on: 19 February 2018 - Categories: Taskforce
Creation station in the children’s library, Woolwich centre. Photo credit: Julia Chandler/Libraries Taskforce

A report of the 18th full meeting

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Libraries in Birmingham

Posted by: Julia Chandler, Posted on: 16 February 2018 - Categories: Library news
The children’s section in Kings Norton library. Photo credit: Julia Chandler/Libraries Taskforce

Reporting on new structures and visits to Selly Oak, Kings Norton and Thimblemill.

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