by Margaret Adjaye | Dec 4, 2018
National/general 15 Nov: Bibliotherapy: how reading and writing have been healing trauma since World War I (The Conversation) 13 Nov: Public Libraries and the Place of Kindness (CILIP) On the recent research from Carnegie UK Trust 13 Nov: 21 Pictures That Prove...
by Margaret Adjaye | Jan 4, 2018
Best wishes for the new year to all our members. We thought we’d take this opportunity to take a quick look back at what we’ve achieved as a network in the last year and more importantly, look ahead to our exciting plans for 2018. Over the last 12 months...
by Margaret Adjaye | Nov 4, 2017
This week we’re posting a round-up of some of the latest news from the library sector, plus details of upcoming workshops and training opportunities. News Latest on library consultations in three areas Three councils are currently going through major...
by Margaret Adjaye | Oct 25, 2017
This is a guest post kindly written by Chris Clarke from Friends of Jesmond Library. Following the first meeting of the national Community Managed Libraries Peer Network, the Friends of Jesmond Library (in Newcastle upon Tyne) decided to mark Libraries Week by hosting...
by Margaret Adjaye | Oct 6, 2017
The Friends of Jesmond Library are organising a free workshop for anyone involved in community libraries, or wanting to know more about taking on the challenge of opening (or re-opening) a community library. The workshop will take place on Wednesday 11 October from...
by Margaret Adjaye | Sep 21, 2017
A new piece of research on community libraries, commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Libraries Taskforce and conducted by SERIO has just been released. The research gives a comprehensive picture of community libraries in England...
