Congratulations to Siobhan Reardon President and Director, Free Library of Philadelphia who has been named as the Library Journal’s 2015 Librarian of the Year. Siobhan has ben recognised for engineering the creation of an ambitious, five-year strategic plan, underpinned by a powerful mission to advance literacy, guide learning, and inspire curiosity through the Free Library of Philadelphia. She […]
Read moreCILIP’s Public and Mobile Libraries Group December Newsletter reported on the the National Literacy Trust’s second annual survey of parents and practitioners on Children’s early literacy practices at home and in early years settings. The report makes for very interesting reading. The Report suggests that the latest survey data indicated that ‘technology may provide a route […]
Read moreEIFL has announced the names of four winners of their seventh Public Library Innovation Award – for Public libraries contributing to education. The EIFL Public Library Innovation Awards recognize innovative library services that improve lives in their communities. The awards are open to all public and community libraries in developing and transition countries. The libraries […]
Read moreEarlier this year y Bournemouth Libraries in Dorset, UK, launched a booklet The Library Flame out to the world of public libraries with a request for each library to add its stamp and pass it on. It was conceived as part of the Holocaust Memorial Day 2014 and reflects this year’s theme of ‘Journeys’. Those […]
Read moreThe long awaited Sieghart Report was officially released today. CILIP are calling the work a ‘convincing roadmap’ as the report outlines a detailed strategy for reinvigorating English public libraries. William Sieghart and panel have three ‘major’ recommendations that form the crux of their proposal: The provision of national digital resources for libraries, to be delivered […]
Read moreIFLA’s Information Technology, Public Libraries and Asia and Oceania Sections together with the Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section are seeking proposals for papers to be presented at a session during the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Cape Town, South Africa 15-21, August 2015. Libraries (and research centres) play a central role in facilitating access […]
Read moreThe IFLA Professional Committee has just released details of the approved programs for the 81st IFLA General Conference and Assembly in Cape Town next August. The Public Libraries Section is partnering with: Library Service for People with Special Needs to present Public Library Service to the Socially Isolated: Homeless, Incarcerated, Mentally Ill Continuing Professional Development […]
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