Find out about Library Data Camp 2019 and how to get your tickets […]

Sign up to workshops which offer a practical exploration of how to conduct effective audience evaluation in libraries. […]

The Friends Group in Belsize library have been forging links with local tech companies, who help older people in the community get to grips with digital […]

Katie Smith writes about the network of growth hubs in all Gloucestershire libraries […]

64 Millions Artists look forward to the January Challenge 2019 - and invite libraries and their members to take part […]

A new guide to privacy for public library staff from Carnegie UK Trust, CILIP and Newcastle libraries. […]

Mark Sutcliffe, Digital, Information and Learning Librarian for Oxfordshire libraries writes about their plans for using the HP Sprout device, and their VR day […]

Dr. Ron Wiener writes about his work with older people in libraries in the US and in England […]

Ken Taylor writes about the award-winning project to extend the Great Ayton Discovery Centre. […]

Sue Williamson writes about working more closely with Library Relationship Managers, and encourages everyone to take part in the consultation to shape the […]

Editorial Although the last ten years have been pretty darn tumultuous ones for public libraries, one thing has been constant – the number of public […]

Editorial Good to see computers being replaced in Lancashire this week but, overall, the Huddington Post estimates an impressive 4000 public computers […]

Editorial A fair amount of good news today. In a subject close to my heart – not least because I’ve seen children cry and people walk […]

Editorial A tweet that said “what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose […]

Editorial The big talking point on library-land social media the last few days has been something on the face of it pretty boring: Hertfordshire are changing […]

Editorial There’s something big and national going on at the moment called the “Blueprint project” going on at the moment looking […]

Editorial I come from a fairly typical background in South Wales. My parents could not afford all the books I wanted and I had to catch the bus to the local […]

Editorial Libraries Connected have done some work to their (previously very sparse) website and added links to some useful resources. There’s not much […]

Editorial Considering that it has been a fairly quiet few days, what a heck of a lot of national newspaper coverage. The Express continues its quite impressive […]

Editorial Libraries Connected are doing their first official seminar in June, focusing on “what a future library offer might look like”. The […]

Margaret Fraser Smith, a Suffragette was imprisoned for trying to disrupt a meeting, went on hunger strike and was released to loud cheers from the crowd that […]

Tekla Hultin was Finland’s second female doctor and founded the Finnish Women’s Union in 1907. […]

Agnes Husband, a milliner and dressmaker, was a suffragette and one of Dundee’s first women councillors. […]

Australian-born suffragette Muriel Matters once sailed over London in an airship with ‘Votes for Women’ on the side, dropping leaflets. […]

Ethel Moorhead, an artist from Dundee, was known as Scotland’s most turbulent Suffragette. […]

Anna Munro was a Suffragette and the organising secretary of the Women’s Freedom League. […]

Lila Clunas was a primary school teacher with a passion for women’s rights. […]

Dorothea Chalmers-Smith was a pioneer doctor and a militant Scottish suffragette. […]

Flora Drummond was a Suffragette raised on the Isle of Arran. She was known as The General due to the uniform she wore and the horse she rode at the head of […]

Thank you to all those who submitted lovely stories about our little porcelain bell.  It was wonderful to see her attract so much literary […]

As I write and you read the 72nd Slavonic item of the month piece, it can seem that some things will never end.  This post, however, looks at the […]

Health Education England recently published a report looking into the mental health and wellbeing of NHS staff, as well as future NHS staff such as student […]

If there is one thing I’ve learnt over the last few years of training library staff it’s that they really love a handout! Whether it contains extra […]

Hans Keller and Haydn were sitting together in the Ambrosia Café in Another Place enjoying a cup of Viennese coffee and a gossip. “Happy Birthday […]

Since the last update here on our work focusing on accessibility and inclusivity, Futurelib have been conducting in-depth research work with disabled students […]

The University of Cambridge now provides access to the news media of continental Europe and beyond Through a new subscription to EUROPRESSE members of the […]

The University of Cambridge now has an institution-wide licence to the Times Higher Education (THE). Staff and students keen to keep up to date with […]