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 […]

Celebrating the completion of projects funded by Libraries: Opportunities for Everyone, presenting the evaluation report and hearing about legacy. […]

An update on the PLSS, developed jointly by the Society of Chief Librarians (now Libraries Connected) and CILIP. […]

Editorial So, effectively, it’s goodbye to the Libraries Taskforce, whose duties are now formally part of Arts Council England for a year until it, […]

Editorial A relatively quiet few days, thankfully, although with rumblings from the current library battlegrounds of Ealing, Essex and Worcestershire. The key […]

Editorial Sorry to see that Ealing are discussing dramatic cuts from the current £2.2m down to, and I can’t believe I’m reading this right […]

Editorial I hope you all enjoyed the Christmas / New Years break. I certainly did. The main thing in the library news since way back on 16th December when the […]

Editorial CILIP are going through a major change, with 11 out of 54 posts being lost. Library services have had ample experience of that sort of thing so we […]

Editorial The newest comprehensive (well. OK, eight months after the event and missing one-fifth of all library services) annual Cipfa figures on public […]

Editorial The launch of the very good guide to privacy for library staff was a nice surprise – befittingly, they kept that quiet – as it is very […]

Editorial Three things catch my eye this post. The first is the decline in the Summer Reading Challenge figures this year – a 8% drop is quite serious. […]

Editor To be honest, I was expecting the report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on poverty and human rights in the UK to have, at most, […]

Editorial It’s that time of year when councils need to announce their budget plans for next year if they are to have enough time to consult. Hence, […]

From a one stop guide to the menopause to Sally Rooney's second novel, the history of feminism and a courageous call to arms, collections by Samantha Irby, Nan […]

Rachele, a graduate from the Glasgow School of Art, joined our team in 2017 and worked on a wide range of projects throughout her residency, from creating an […]

We are again looking for a talented, positive and engaged emerging visual communication designer to join us for a residency for 12 months. This is a voluntary […]

Oh how the holidays come and go- I spent my time on the sofa getting through Swansong by author Kerry Andrew; her first novel, an adaption of a Scottish […]

Kirsty became our first Visual Communication Resident in 2015 and has continued to work with us ever since.  Here she shares some of the projects she […]

Our Space, Our Place: Creating Ecofeminism Glasgow Women’s Library Saturday 30th March 2019 10am-4pm       Global ecological activism is […]

I suppose that being drawn to reflect upon the past year is natural as we start to close up our wonderful Library for the festive period. As 2018 dawned, I […]

“I’m looking forward to exploring ways of learning and educating outside school, and the student teacher relationship. By working with the National […]

Our intern Lisa tells us about her involvement in GWL’s Bold Types writing competition.   When I applied for my internship at GWL last spring, I was […]

While unveiling the newest addition to the national collection, the National Gallery also revealed some exciting plans for her future that we're delighted to […]

In late 2017, our department started to produce termly newsletters about our acquisitions work, and the latest newsletter – for Michaelmas 2018, also […]

Cambridge University Library now makes available newspaper archives online for the study of the history of Ireland and the Irish. The Irish Times, founded in […]

A surprising number of composers have composed works aimed at a juvenile audience. In some cases this has complemented their work as a music teacher, in others […]

This post is by Agnieszka Drabek-Prime, Rare Books Superintendent, who is cataloguing a varied collection of school magazines recently acquired by the […]

The Futurelib programme has embarked on a project aiming to identify opportunities to develop the accessibility and inclusivity of Cambridge library […]

St. Augustine in his study by Vittore Carpaccio, 1502 Last month the Library conducted a survey among members of the Faculty on which authors and […]

Today marks the official launch of Cambridge Elements! Cambridge Elements provide a completely new format for publishing scholarly material: succinct and […]

MS Add. 7065 26.9.15 – Dear Mother, The great battle began yesterday and we are now full of wild rumours. On the 25th of September 1915 the Loos-Artois […]

Are you a postgraduate student researching a STEM subject? Are you interested in learning more about tools that can help you research more efficiently and […]