8 days of activities: discover your library
Looking forward to Libraries Week, Fun Palaces weekend, and the London Libraries festival
Lloyds Banking Group supporting Get Online Week
Nahid Saif of Lloyds Banking Group, writes about their support of Get Online Week - and how libraries are involved
Free tools promoting better engagement - an offer from Leapfrog
Debbie Stubbs, project manager for Leapfrog, reporting on their work with Lancashire libraries around staff and community engagement
International Games Week
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Darren Edwards, Posted on:
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Library news, Outcome: culture, Outcome: learning
Darren Edwards writes about International Games week 2017. Still time for more libraries to join the 62 already registered to take part - but deadline for claiming free stuff is close.
Deputy Mayor launches the Mi Wifi digital inclusion project in Lewisham
Siobhán McKenna writes about the GLA sponsored project working with Lewisham libraries
Reducing loneliness in the City of London: how libraries contribute
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Libraries Deliver: how we'll achieve this, Outcome: communities
Carol Boswarthack and Adam Johnstone write about how ‘libraries first’ has been adopted in the City of London
Tablet loans in Leeds
Ian McArdle, acting Digital Engagement Librarian for Leeds Libraries, writes about their project to loan tablets to community organisations throughout Leeds and work with them directly to boost digital inclusion
Libraries kick-starting the next generation of entrepreneurs
Isabel Oswell, Head of Business Audiences at the British Library, writes about Start-up day 2017.
Benchmarking Framework
The LGA's Ian Leete introduces a a benchmarking framework to support library services to identify their strengths and weaknesses, assess themselves against recognised good practice, and deliver continuous improvement
Makerspaces in libraries: progress
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Julia Chandler, Posted on:
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Case study, Good practice, Outcome: culture, Outcome: digital, Outcome: learning
A report on the recent makerspaces masterclass, held in Leeds central library.