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Libraries lead the way with Green Libraries Week

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Libraries lead the way with Green Libraries Week This year, Libraries Week went Green, with libraries from Jersey to John O’Groats hosting more than 280 environmental and sustainability activities,* from 2nd-8th October 2023.

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Green Libraries Week is Live!

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Green Libraries Week is Live! Green Libraries week starts today. This year Libraries Week - the annual event that helps libraries across the country run engagement events for their communities – has gone green! events and activities in 176 libraries that centre around sustainability and climate action.

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Uncensored Library in Minecraft: Promoting Free Press

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Uncensored Library in Minecraft: Promoting Free Press Zakariya Gayle, Academic Support Librarian at UAL High Holborn made the switch from retail management to libraries, starting as a Casual Assistant in the public sector. This blog post was written after he attended Libraries Rewired.

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CILIP Conference 2023 – Humanity, Leadership and AI

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CILIP Conference 2023 - Key Takeaways Imogen Loucas is presented her CILIP125 Medal for outstanding librarianship by Sue Williamson, CILIP vice-president. An action-packed conference that brought leadership to the "top-of-mind" took place in the 125th year of CILIP's Royal Chartership. We couldnt do this without our members!

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Learning from our Past: Celebrating Black History Month with Lancaster University Library

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Learning from our Past: Celebrating Black History Month with Lancaster University Library Slavery Banner in Lancaster Universit Library (to Sunita Abraham) Lancaster University Library takes the lead in decolonisation to reach staff and students of the university, with a diverse range of engaging, and enriching activites, initiatives, and projects.

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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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Farewell Ridgmount Street, hello British Library

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Farewell Ridgmount Street, hello British Library We are excited (and a little nostalgic) to announce that CILIP has relocated from Ridgmount Street to our new space at the British Library. It had previously been used (in part) as a repository for the British Library. So here we are in 2023.