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Why I’m looking forward to Libraries Week

Posted by: Michael Ellis MP, Posted on: 8 October 2018 - Categories: Library news, Outcome: wellbeing
lady hands a child a bag containing a packed lunch, in a library

Michael Ellis MP, Libraries minister, introduces Libraries Week and writes about what they mean to him and his ministerial priorities

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Mischief Makers and Pirate Pants

Posted by: Cheryl Shorter, Libraries Team, DCMS, Posted on: 4 October 2018 - Categories: Outcome: literacy
closeup of someone reading the child's picture book Monsters love underpants, in a library

Cheryl Shorter, DCMS Libraries team, shares her experience volunteering in her local library to help with the Summer Reading Challenge

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Evidencing impact in Norfolk

Posted by: Charlotte Lane, Posted on: 3 October 2018 - Categories: Events, Good practice

The fifth and final blog post from the Making an Impact workshops: read about Norfolk's new Impact tool

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Salisbury - back in business

Posted by: Chris Moore, Posted on: 2 October 2018 - Categories: Library news
A colourful painting of a dragon

Chris Moore describes the range of cultural activities taking place in the city, and how the library is supporting the community

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Library makerspaces for young children: a national conference

Posted by: Charlotte Lane, Posted on: 1 October 2018 - Categories: Outcome: digital
a group of young children sitting on the floor in a library, clustered around a board. an adult is sitting with them, showing them a robot about to enter a maze on the board

Conference in November will share research on how to offer makerspace activities for young children in libraries

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Somerset libraries redesign programme

Posted by: Charlotte Lane, Posted on: 27 September 2018 - Categories: Events, Good practice
Somerset’s proposals for consultation

The fourth blog post from the Making an Impact workshops: Somerset’s data mapping exercise

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Impact: rhyme times and maternal mental health

Posted by: Charlotte Lane, Posted on: 24 September 2018 - Categories: Events, Good practice, Outcome: wellbeing, Research
Mood charts used for measuring the impact of modified rhyme times. Photo credit: Ben Lee

This is the third blog post from the Making an Impact workshops: Ben Lee shared his work around measuring the impact of rhyme times on maternal mental health

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Taskforce meets in Warrington

Posted by: Julia Chandler, Posted on: 21 September 2018 - Categories: Taskforce
Entrance to the library in Orford Jubilee Park

Report on the 21st meeting - in Orford Jubilee Hub, Warrington

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Word on Tour

Posted by: Helen Chaloner, Posted on: 19 September 2018 - Categories: Outcome: culture
Patrick Gale and Julia Copus, in Nether Stowey library. Photo credit: from a film made by Literature works

Helen Chaloner from Literature Works writes about the literature touring programme in libraries in south west England.

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The Reading Den at Chelmsley Wood library

Posted by: Steve Palmer, Posted on: 17 September 2018 - Categories: Library news, Outcome: wellbeing
Chelmsely Wood reading den logo - a tree with books instead of leaves

Steve Palmer writes about the new collection in Chelmsley Wood library, created to support the mental health and wellbeing of children in Solihull

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The DCMS Libraries team supports ministers, as they oversee and promote the improvement of local government's provision of public library services in England. It is also responsible for other library policy such as DCMS sponsorship of the British Library and Public Lending Right Scheme. On this blog, members of the team talk about their work. Find out more

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