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#OurDay 2017

Posted by: Ian Leete, Posted on: 1 November 2017 - Categories: Events
graphic containing date: 21 November 2017 and hashtag: #ourday

The Local Government Association’s Ian Leete shares plans for this year’s campaign

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Thinking about exploring an alternative delivery model for your library service?

Posted by: Peter Gaw, Posted on: 31 October 2017 - Categories: Libraries Deliver: how we'll achieve this
Logos of the 5 organisations involved in the consortium. From left: Suffolk libraries, Inspire, Mutual Ventures, Explore York, and Libraries Unlimited

Peter Gaw invites people to a masterclass intended to support library services considering exploring alternative delivery models

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A growing cultural quarter in Halifax

Posted by: Julia Chandler and Jon Medcalf, Posted on: 30 October 2017 - Categories: Library news
New library

As the new library and archives centre opens in Halifax, we reflect on how the project came about, and report on the opening ceremony.

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The Word celebrates its first birthday

Posted by: Julia Robinson, Posted on: 27 October 2017 - Categories: Library news
Inside The Word.

Julia Robinson, Principal Librarian at South Tyneside Libraries, writes about the first anniversary of the opening of the new library in South Shields

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Understanding cultural engagement: introducing the Cambridgeshire Culture Card

Posted by: Michelle Lord, Posted on: 26 October 2017 - Categories: Data, Outcome: culture
Cambridgeshire Culture Card creative consultation sessions (image credit: The District)

Michelle Lord writes about a project to bring local partners together to offer a consistent and high quality art and cultural education to all children and young people.

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One year on from Ambition: let us know what you think

Posted by: Kathy Settle, Posted on: 25 October 2017 - Categories: Libraries Deliver: how we'll achieve this, Taskforce
printed action plan with postit note saying: one year on - what next?

As we approach the first anniversary of publication of our strategy, we'd like your views on what we've been doing. This short post links to a survey.

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#LibrariesWeek

Posted by: Julia Chandler, Posted on: 24 October 2017 - Categories: Events, Library news
Libraries Week display in Skipton library. Photo credit: Kathy Settle/Libraries Taskforce

A roundup of activities that took place in libraries across the country during Libraries Week 2017

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Isle of Wight assisted digital pilot under the Government Digital Services Framework: A success story

Posted by: Rob Jones, Posted on: 19 October 2017 - Categories: Outcome: digital
Signs in Ryde library.

Rob Jones writes about their experience in the Isle of Wight as they took part in the first project to be called on to bid for work under the Digital Training and Support Framework.

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Masterclasses on evidence-based strategic planning and libraries benchmarking toolkits

Posted by: Sheila Bennett, Posted on: 17 October 2017 - Categories: Libraries Deliver: how we'll achieve this, Taskforce

Sheila Bennett writes about our plans to run 2 events to find out more about the toolkits

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Investing in Manchester’s libraries

Posted by: Luthfur Rahman, Posted on: 17 October 2017 - Categories: Library news
Some of Manchester's refurbished libraries: clockwise from top left: Brooklands, Longsight and Beswick. Photo credits: Manchester libraries 

Cllr Luthfur Rahman writes about Manchester libraries - on the day the libraries team take over the Manchester City Council twitter account

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