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Taskforce meeting at Cambridge Central Library

Posted by: Charlotte Lane, Posted on: 4 August 2017 - Categories: Outcome: culture, Taskforce

Report on our most recent Taskforce meeting at Cambridge Central Library

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12th year of the East Sussex Children’s Book Award

Posted by: Chloe Williams, Posted on: 2 August 2017 - Categories: Outcome: literacy
Children queueing to meet their favourite authors. Photo credit: East Sussex libraries

Chloe Williams writes about the involvement of schools, children and authors in this years event.

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Reading groups, libraries and communities: an exploratory study

Posted by: Lesley Dee, Susan Hart and Cathy Jennings, Posted on: 28 July 2017 - Categories: Outcome: literacy
Reading group in a library in London. Photo credit: @thereaderorg

An update on an earlier blog post, which links to the finished research report into the value of reading groups

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Transformation Review: Bracknell Forest Library Service

Posted by: Vincent Paliczka, Posted on: 25 July 2017 - Categories: Good practice
Logo: Bracknell Forest Council

Bracknell Forest Council's Director of Environment, Culture and Communities writes about changes made to their original plans, following consultation

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A core dataset for libraries

Posted by: Charlotte Lane, Posted on: 20 July 2017 - Categories: Data
laptop showing data dashboard

Publication of the Libraries Taskforce's list of contents for the core dataset for libraries.

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I’m the Girl I Want To Be

Posted by: Jo Hoyer, Posted on: 18 July 2017 - Categories: Outcome: wellbeing
Inspirational reminder. Photo credit: First for Wellbeing

Jo describes the project, which works with young girls in Northamptonshire libraries

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Leadership for libraries

Posted by: Ian Leete, Posted on: 14 July 2017 - Categories: Events, Libraries Deliver: how we'll achieve this
Tabitha Witherick, Service Manager – Development, Somerset Library Service. Photo credit: Ian Leete/LGA

The Local Government Association's Ian Leete writes about their recent annual conference, and where the spotlight shone on libraries.

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#cultureisdigital

Posted by: Helen Williams and Kate McGavin, Posted on: 13 July 2017 - Categories: Digital, Outcome: culture
culture is digital - logo

Helen Williams and Kate McGavin introduce the #cultureisdigital project, and invite all library people to get involved.

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New Moulton Library – Fun, Functional and Fabulous!

Posted by: Anne Lovely, Posted on: 11 July 2017 - Categories: Library news
Children’s library. Photo credit: First for Wellbeing

Anne Lovely writes for us about the new library in Moulton, a large village about 5 miles north of Northampton town centre.

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An oral history of readers' lives in libraries

Posted by: Shelley Trower, Posted on: 7 July 2017 - Categories: Outcome: literacy
Inside Brighton library

Dr Shelley Trower writes about her research project the role of reading across people's' life spans, which includes interviews with members of reading groups in libraries.

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