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Essex Library bridges the Generation Gap with Memory Café

CILIP

Essex Library bridges the Generation Gap with Memory Café The Memory Café takes place at the same time as a toddler and family event and attendees come together to talk and take part in activities together. The café was launched in Dementia Action Week in May 2022, and is a pilot for other successful groups in the area.

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Empowering the Future - 200 apprentices pass the Level 3 Library, Information and Archive Services

CILIP

It is wonderful to see the fruits of all the work that the trailblazer group have put into to developing the standard facilitating the development and maintenance of professional standards that meet the current and future needs of employers.

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CILIP, Society of Authors and SLA issue joint statement on censorship in school libraries

CILIP

CILIP, Society of Authors and School Libraries Association issue joint statement on censorship in school libraries "Authors, publishers, teachers, school leaders, and librarians all have a duty to work together to ensure that every child has the opportunity to discover the wide and wonderful world of reading.

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The best of times, the worst of times for public libraries

CILIP

The best of times, the worst of times for public libraries Isobel Hunter, CEO of Libraries Connected, discusses how the sector is demonstrating its best innovation while facing its worst financial crisis. ISOBEL Hunter became the first Chief Executive of Libraries Connected in 2018.

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Libraries and sanctuary

CILIP

Libraries and sanctuary. John Vincent has been actively tackling social exclusion in libraries and other cultural and heritage organisations through The Network (www.seapn.org.uk) and the Libraries of Sanctuary project, that evolved from the Cities of Sanctuary.

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The horizon scanning department for public libraries

CILIP

The horizon scanning department for public libraries THE appetite for horizon scanning among public librarians is huge – as we have recently seen at the CILIP Conference – but the number of public librarians paid to do it is minimal. For me the next progression would have been outside of the library world. “For

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Connecting town and gown through the library

CILIP

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.”