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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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Young People’s Library Survey

Posted by: Sarah Mears, Programme Manager, Libraries Connected, Posted on: 14 February 2018 - Categories: Good practice
Child enjoying reading. Photo credit: Essex council

Sarah Mears, Library Service Manager, Essex Libraries and Chair of the Young People’s Library Survey Group writes about the recent report which analysed the Young People’s Library Survey from 2014 -2017.

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Catalogue discoverability – a marked improvement?

Posted by: Catherine Cooke, Posted on: 13 February 2018 - Categories: Digital, Good practice, Library news
Graph showing increase in views

Catherine Cooke describes how TriBorough have improved the visibility of their catalogue to internet search engines through the use of linked data, positioning the library where its users - and potential users - are.

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Hillingdon Libraries launch the first Tovertafel in a public library

Posted by: Daniel Waller, Posted on: 9 February 2018 - Categories: Outcome: wellbeing
Boris Johnson MP and guests at the launch of Tovertafel in Uxbridge library. Photo credit: Hillingdon Council

Daniel Waller writes about the launch of the first Tovertafel device in a public library, as part of creating a dementia friendly community

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Introducing the new Libraries Minister

Posted by: Michael Ellis MP, Posted on: 8 February 2018 - Categories: Taskforce
Michael Ellis in Woolwich Centre library.

Michael Ellis MP, the new Libraries Minister shares his thoughts about libraries, and mentions libraries he has visited around the country since starting his role.

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2017 report card - and looking forward to 2018

Posted by: Kim Bromley-Derry, Posted on: 8 February 2018 - Categories: Taskforce
Kim Bromley-Derry with Michael Ellis MP in Woolwich centre library, before the Taskforce meeting.

Kim Bromley-Derry, Chair of the Libraries Taskforce, shares his reflections on 2017 and looks ahead to a packed work programme in 2018

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