Meeting the teams in community run libraries
Visits to 4 counties and stories from many others.
Parliamentary Report on Libraries: a response
As many of you have noticed, the House of Commons Library recently published a Report on Public Libraries. It updated a similar report published in 2011. The Libraries Taskforce team and DCMS libraries policy team would like to confirm that …
Are new libraries rarer than the giant panda?
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Ayub Khan, Service Manager (Universal Services), Warwickshire and Libraries Connected President Elect and Neil MacInnes, Posted on:
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Events, Library news
Showcasing new libraries in Warwickshire and Manchester
National Libraries Day 2016 #LibrariesDay
As experienced by members of the Libraries Taskforce, and delivered by libraries all around England.
Reading and learning with Newcastle libraries
Sharon talks about the 60+ reading groups running in Newcastle libraries
Toolkit number 2: community libraries
Sharon outlines the next steps towards production of the second set of guidelines.
Report shows need for a unifying digital presence for libraries
Report produced by Bibliocommons on behalf of SCL examines the potential for public libraries across the country to develop a single digital presence
Fourth secondee joins the Taskforce
Following the whistlestop recruitment process announced in our post on 19 November, I’d like to introduce Darren Smart who joined us on 4 January to work full-time as the latest member of the team of secondees focussing on digital issues. …
Library transformation in Staffordshire
Cllr Ben Adams describes their experiences since 2012, ending with opening the new Stafford library
Finding common purpose
Second post from Andy Wright on his secondment to the Wellcome Trust