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Can gaming really benefit children? New library club gets kids excited about esports

Posted by: Dom Sacco, Posted on: 13 September 2017 - Categories: Case study, Library news, Outcome: learning
Participants in one of the pilot esports session

Dominic Sacco writes about the esports project in Maida Vale library.

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Cinegi Arts&Film – the library as a cinema?

Posted by: Mandy Berry, Posted on: 11 September 2017 - Categories: Outcome: culture
Vintage evening. Photo credit: Cinegi Arts&Film

Mandy Berry, CEO of Cinegi Arts&Film writes about a project that can transform a library into a pop-up cinema for special events or regular screenings

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London Super Comic Con

Posted by: Tony Brown, Posted on: 8 September 2017 - Categories: Events, Library news
Councillors O’Halloran and Comer-Schwartz attend London Super Comic Con. Photo credit: Islington libraries

Islington libraries used the opportunity offered by an international event to promote libraries to an audience who might not associate their local library with comics/graphic novels.

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Community managed libraries research - what we’ll do next

Posted by: Sheila Bennett, Posted on: 5 September 2017 - Categories: Research, Taskforce

A response from the Taskforce to the SERIO research

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Exploring the service effectiveness and sustainability of community managed libraries in England

Posted by: Lee Richards, Posted on: 5 September 2017 - Categories: Research
Noticeboard in Minchinhampton community library. Photo credit: Julia Chandler/Libraries Taskforce

Written by Lee Richards, Senior Research Manager, SERIO, who was commissioned to conduct a national research project to understand more about how community managed libraries operate.

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From idea to initiative: empowering library innovation on demand

Posted by: Erik Boekesteijn, Posted on: 4 September 2017 - Categories: Library news
Art deco style roof of the former cinema.

Erik Boekesteijn writes about his involvement with preparatory work as Storyhouse was developed

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Big Ideas Generators: Update

Posted by: Neil MacInnes, Posted on: 1 September 2017 - Categories: Case study, Good practice, Library news
Twitter for Beginners at Manchester Central Library

Neil Macinnes shares an update on work done by the LOFE funded project in Greater Manchester libraries

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An evidence-based strategic planning toolkit

Posted by: Ian Leete, Posted on: 30 August 2017 - Categories: Libraries Deliver: how we'll achieve this
Ian presenting progress on the toolkit at an event in the Whitechapel Ideas store.

The LGA's Ian Leete introduces the beta version of the strategic planning toolkit.

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New newsletter for people who work in libraries

Posted by: Julia Chandler, Posted on: 29 August 2017 - Categories: Libraries Deliver: how we'll achieve this, Taskforce
Newsletter header

Introducing a new newsletter produced by the Libraries Taskforce

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Ambition Progress Indicators - the story so far (a lot can happen in a year…)

Posted by: Nick Partridge, Posted on: 25 August 2017 - Categories: Libraries Deliver: how we'll achieve this

Nick Partridge shares his reflections on a year spent with the Taskforce, describes his work to create a set of Performance Indicators, and invites people to give feedback on them

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