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Sanderson Report Shows that libraries are part of something bigger

CILIP

Sanderson Report Shows that libraries are part of something bigger UK media, leading writers, including two former Children's Laureates, and library advocates including CILIP CEO, Nick Poole came out in force to defend public and school libraries in response to Baroness Sanderson’s Review of Libraries.

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Libraries, critical thinking and the war on truth – what lies ahead in 2024

CILIP

Libraries, critical thinking and the war on truth – what lies ahead in 2024 Nick Poole, Chief Executive, CILIP will leave CILIP at the end of March 2024. As a profession, our responsibility is not to ‘see both sides’ of the debate about volunteerism and cuts to library services. So where do we go from here?”

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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.

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Honey, I blockchained the library

CILIP

Honey, I blockchained the library. Honey, I blockchained the library. a plot device that suddenly gives everyone permission to think the unthinkable, and reimagine what might have been perceived as the most fundamental aspects of organisations, industries and working processes. A new kind of library. shareholders?

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Beyond digital literacy: STEM learning ideas from library professionals in the UK and Ireland

CILIP

Libraries are not just books ? We need] strong advocates who see the library as a place where STEM-rich learning takes place. ? Library professionals from various communities across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, and Ireland participated in research on STEM learning in libraries. 3D printer.

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The long game: how to get a library into the limelight

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The long game: how to get a library into the limelight. The long game: how to get a library into the limelight. s library, says Arwen Caddy, RB?s s one of a number of big shifts ushered in by the library?s Proof of this is a complete rethinking of the library?s Originally the library was an outsourced service,?

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Apprenticeship Stories: Tom Saye

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Apprenticeship Stories: Tom Saye Tom Saye As we celebrate National Apprentice Week, Tom Saye, Library Assistant, East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust, shares his experience of how an apprenticeship opened the door to a new career. The more I looked into it, the more I came to realise that a job within a library would suit me.