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Action, Inspiration and Insight at Inaugural Green Libraries Conference

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Action, Inspiration and Insight at Inaugural Green Libraries Conference Last week CILIP’s first Green Libraries Conference took place and showcased over a year of sustainable and attainable green projects and initiatives, at the Wellcome Collection in London.

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LibTech EdTech – transition, challenges and contradictions

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CILIP Copyright COnference 2024 By Gary Horrocks THE summer 2023 issue of UKeiG’s open access journal, eLucidate , featured my reflections on the implications of a Members’ Day presentation by Ken Chad on the “library technology ecosystem". LibTech” becomes “EdTech”. How do we get that balance right?

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International library leaders explore the purpose and future of libraries

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International library leaders explore the purpose and future of libraries. Facet Publishing announces the publication of Bold Minds: Library leadership in a time of disruption edited by Margaret Weaver and Leo Appleton. Are librarians and libraries relevant in the 21st century?

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Connecting town and gown through the library

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Connecting town and gown through the library How to help a community explore its slave-trading history: Lesley English, Head of Library Engagement at Lancaster University Library, explains how the library plays a key role in building bridges between town and gown. We connect, we innovate, we include.”

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Terry Kendrick helps libraries achieve their marketing, communications and engagement goals

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Now more than ever, libraries must find ways to engage with their communities in order to demonstrate the value they create and deliver. It takes each element of the strategic marketing domain and outlines both current marketing best practice and its detailed application in the library and information sector.

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New guide to improving library services using key library assessment methodologies

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New book on improving library services with assessment data. Facet Publishing announces the publication of Putting Library Assessment Data to Work by Selena Killick and Frankie Wilson. Effective library assessment is crucial for a successful academic library. Selena Killick and Frankie Wilson said: ?Effective

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Mobile Libraries: Culture on the Go

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National Bookmobile Day is April 22, part of National Library Week (April 19-25). . A library is a place that stores information, a place where people from all walks of life have the opportunity to obtain textual and audiovisual material for education, entertainment, and enlightenment. Libraries, Mobile — Third Army La.