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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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Drama, the library and senior citizens

Posted by: Dr Ron Wiener, Posted on: 19 November 2018 - Categories: Outcome: communities, Outcome: culture
Group of women striking dramatic poses

Dr. Ron Wiener writes about his work with older people in libraries in the US and in England

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Official opening of the extension to the Great Ayton Discovery Centre

Posted by: Ken Taylor, Posted on: 15 November 2018 - Categories: Library news
A group of people at the opening of the new extension

Ken Taylor writes about the award-winning project to extend the Great Ayton Discovery Centre.

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How you can work more closely with Arts Council England?

Posted by: Sue Williamson, Posted on: 13 November 2018 - Categories: Taskforce
screenshot of the cover of the report - a blue picture showing faint outlines of human figures, overlaid with the words Arts Council England: the conversation

Sue Williamson writes about working more closely with Library Relationship Managers, and encourages everyone to take part in the consultation to shape the strategy which govern the next 10 years of ACE activity.

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30 projects, 46 library services: what did we learn?

Posted by: Charlotte Lane, Posted on: 12 November 2018 - Categories: Good practice, Libraries Deliver: how we'll achieve this
Michael Ellis speaking in front of an audience

Celebrating the completion of projects funded by Libraries: Opportunities for Everyone, presenting the evaluation report and hearing about legacy.

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