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Liverpool MakeFest - 5 years in the making

Posted by: Denise Jones - Development Manager: Liverpool Libraries and Information Services, Posted on: 11 October 2019 - Categories: Outcome: digital
White dress on a mannekin with coloured parallelograms with LEDs attached to it

How to run your own Makefest from the team behind Liverpool Makefest

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Libraries and open data

Posted by: Jenny Harland - Libraries team, DCMS, Posted on: 6 September 2019 - Categories: Data
Hand holding a piece of paper with text We Need You.

Update and next steps on libraries and open data.

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How will the Libraries Taskforce communicate in future?

Posted by: Sheila Bennett, Posted on: 4 June 2019 - Categories: Taskforce
Screen showing the Libraries Taskforce page on Arts Council England's website

Information on how you can find out about the work of the Libraries Taskforce in future.

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Voyage of the Data Treader: Put your library on the map

Posted by: Claire Back - Business Analyst, Plymouth City Council, Posted on: 4 March 2019 - Categories: Data, Events
A ship is sailing around an unidentified landmass with the slogan: The Voyage of the Data Treader part 2: put your library on the map: never written by C S Lewis

Find out about Library Data Camp 2019 and how to get your tickets

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Evaluation workshops: mythbusting and methodologies

Posted by: Charlotte Lane, Posted on: 12 February 2019 - Categories: Events
Attendees at a workshop sitting around tables

Sign up to workshops which offer a practical exploration of how to conduct effective audience evaluation in libraries.

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Tea and tech in Belsize library

Posted by: Julia Chandler, Posted on: 20 December 2018 - Categories: Outcome: digital
Man and older woman sitting in a library, her guide dog at her feet

The Friends Group in Belsize library have been forging links with local tech companies, who help older people in the community get to grips with digital devices.

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How Gloucestershire libraries are supporting business growth

Posted by: Katie Smith, Posted on: 4 December 2018 - Categories: Outcome: prosperity
Large room with bright lights and desks, and a sign saying The Growth Hub

Katie Smith writes about the network of growth hubs in all Gloucestershire libraries

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31 days, 31 Creative Challenges. Bring it on, January

Posted by: Jemima Frankel, Posted on: 30 November 2018 - Categories: Outcome: culture
Part of a poster, inviting you to take part in the January Challenge

64 Millions Artists look forward to the January Challenge 2019 - and invite libraries and their members to take part

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Public Libraries: leading the way on data privacy

Posted by: Aude Charillon and Jenny Peachey, Posted on: 29 November 2018 - Categories: Data, Good practice
Front cover of Leading the Way: a guide to data privacy for library staff

A new guide to privacy for public library staff from Carnegie UK Trust, CILIP and Newcastle libraries.

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VR Day!

Posted by: Mark Sutcliffe, Posted on: 21 November 2018 - Categories: Outcome: culture, Outcome: digital
Young library visitor who has scanned his own face, using the HP Sprout.

Mark Sutcliffe, Digital, Information and Learning Librarian for Oxfordshire libraries writes about their plans for using the HP Sprout device, and their VR day

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