National Year of Reading
I was reading the CILIP magazines this month (the twice-monthly Gazette and once-monthly Update) and was inspired by a section on the National Year of Reading, specifically looking at how non-public...
View ArticleShould librarians join their public library?
Recently I added my blog to the UK Library Bloggers Wiki, or at least it was added by Jennie, its creator. This prompted me to subscribe to a few other library blogs, not least that of Jennie herself,...
View ArticleLibrary visits to Anglia Ruskin and Colchester Sixth Form
Summer time means the opportunity for a wealth of library visits, and we’ve been to both Anglia Ruskin University (Chelmsford branch) and Colchester Sixth Form College to see their libraries in the...
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Public library promotion
One final thread to tie up from the Essex job before I leave at the end of the week and that’s the public library display we were trying to set up as a part of the National Year of Reading – see this...
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Visit to Chesterfield Public Library
The first library visit of the MA course today, and we went to Chesterfield Public Library, with the slightly broader remit of hearing about Derbyshire Public Libraries in general. If you’ve been...
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Visits to Sheffield Public Libraries
Happy 2009! It’s an odd time of year for our course, as there are no lectures until the start of February – it’s undergraduate examination time. There’s plenty to be getting on with in the meantime...
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The 3Cs of Worksop Library: chartership, collaboration and cuts
View from the upper floor of Worksop Library. Apologies for the blurriness: only had my camera phone! In November I went on a visit to Worksop Public Library run by the East Midlands branch of CILIP,...
View ArticleLetter to my MP re: library cuts in Nottinghamshire
This is a copy of a letter I sent to my Conservative MP Anna Soubry. I wanted to share as I think this is a crucial issue (yes, even though I’m not a public librarian myself!) The government cuts are...
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Read-in at Beeston Library, Nottinghamshire
Read-in-ers at Beeston Library I went down to my local library in Beeston this weekend with a couple of friends to participate in the read-in protest taking place, addressing the cuts to public...
View ArticleMeeting with my local MP to discuss public libraries
Following up on my blog post last January, today I met with my local Conservative MP, Anna Soubry, to discuss public libraries. While the library cuts in Nottinghamshire have long ago been enshrined in...
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