Monthly Archive for September, 2016

Live @ The Library

            For my final guest blogger post, I want to highlight the award-winning work at Oldham Libraries – a small authority on the edge of the city of Manchester. This year they won gold at the CILIP / PPRG Marketing Excellence Awards for their innovative […]

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Come to Code Club!

        This week I’ll be mentioning an activity closer to home for me – we launched a Code Club in Tamworth Library in Staffordshire. This is the third code club within Staffordshire, and several more are planned in our other libraries.   Code Clubs are aimed at […]

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Carnegie Library Labs Snapshot Report

In 2014 we reported on the Carnegie Library Labs project set up by the Carnegie UK Trust This  is a three-year program(2014-2017) created by the Carnegie UK Trust to support and develop innovation and leadership in the public library sector. It supports participants through providing project funding, online learning, mentoring and networking […]

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Fun Palaces

        This is a great idea which has already blossomed into a worldwide campaign and celebration of culture, and is starting to take off in the UK. A Fun Palace is a free, community event with arts and science activities inspired and made by the people who […]

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Is your library dementia-friendly?

          Libraries in the UK are going through an unprecedented period of change – and this is leading to some fantastic initiatives to encourage new audiences. I would like to use my month of blogging to highlight some of these developments. Dementia-Friendly Libraries are being developed […]

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