Libraries and climate change: reducing, reusing and recycling in GLL
How GLL libraries are becoming more environmentally friendly
How WIILMA partners with local libraries to widen community cohesion and reduce loneliness.
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JJ Khun, WIILMA Founder, Posted on:
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Case study, Outcome: communities, Outcome: culture, Outcome: wellbeing
Guest author JJ Khun WIILMA Founder, writes about working with libraries and Waltham Forest council to reduce loneliness, isolation and improve mental wellbeing in the community.
BookTrust Storytime – how libraries are supporting families to discover reading.
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Annie Crombie, Director of Programmes and Partnerships , BookTrust, Posted on:
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Case study, Outcome: communities
Guest author Annie Crombie from BookTrust, writes about BookTrust Storytime.
Read, Talk, Share – Stories from the frontline
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Karen Napier, Chief Executive, The Reading Agency, Posted on:
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Case study, Outcome: communities, Outcome: wellbeing
The Reading Agency shares stories from libraries and participants involved in its Reading Friends programme.
Online Media Literacy: why public libraries are the perfect partners
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Olive Baring, Media Literacy Policy Adviser, DCMS, Posted on:
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Digital, Good practice
Read about the role that libraries will have in the Online Media Literacy Strategy
Read-iscover Summer: Celebrating Reading Week
As we Rediscover Summer, we celebrate Reading Week from 26 July to 1 August. From reading your favourite books to visiting the places that inspired them, where will reading take you this summer?
Rediscover Reading this summer with your local library
Caroline Dinenage MP, Minister for Digital and Culture marks the start of Reading Week for Rediscover Summer
Read, Talk, Share – How the Reading Agency helped libraries tackle loneliness
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Karen Napier, Chief Executive, The Reading Agency, Posted on:
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Case study, Outcome: communities, Outcome: wellbeing
Read, Talk, Share – How the Reading Agency helped libraries tackle loneliness. Guest post from Karen Napier, Chief Executive of The Reading Agency
Libraries and High Streets
The future of our High Streets is a very live conversation at the moment, thrown into even more sharp relief by the COVID pandemic. But way before this last extraordinary year, there was much debate about how our shopping habits …
Libraries sector in the New Year Honours list
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Cheryl Shorter, Libraries Team, DCMS, Posted on:
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Library news, Library workforce
Congratulations to the 6 people working in or with the public libraries sector in England who were awarded honours last week in recognition of their contribution to libraries. Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) Mark Freeman, President …