Latest news and blogs from CILIPS, our branches and groups and other guest contributors. Please note opinions stated by guest contributors may not reflect the view of CILIPS or CILIP.
News Posts
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Bigger Isn’t Always Better: In Praise of the Wee Library
by CILIPS on 11/3/2024
By Kavan Stafford, CILIPS Trustee Nobody would deny that large, central public libraries are vital to the culture of Scottish cities. After all, they provide […]
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Women’s History Month – Mary Macbean, librarian and ‘a genius’ #WINspiration
by CILIPS on 4/3/2024
Category: Blog, News, Professional Development
by Kerry Briers, University of Dundee Library The photograph above shows the entrance to Kirkcaldy Central Library, where Mary Macbean worked. Image courtesy of www.kirkcaldyin50objects.com. […]
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Social Media Users, We Need You!
by Shona McKenzie on 28/2/2024
Category: News
Do you follow CILIPS on any social media platforms? If so, we’d love to hear your anonymous thoughts via our quick Communications Survey. The survey […]
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2024 Better World Books Literacy Grants
by CILIPS on 22/2/2024
Category: News
CILIPS24 exhibitors and Green Libraries Manifesto signatories Better World Books are delighted to announce the opening of applications for the 2024 Better World Books Literacy […]
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Meet the Green Team at #CILIPS24!
by CILIPS on 20/2/2024
Category: #CILIPSGoGreen, Blog, News
‘I love the efforts to lessen the environmental impact. I think that this conference could even be used as an example to other conferences. Everything […]
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Ephemera of Love in the Library Book
by CILIPS on 14/2/2024
Recently on the CILIPS blog we wrote of the story of library love as inspired by the legacy of Letitia McKell, who left the library […]
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Love in the Library: The Letitia McKell Makerspace
by CILIPS on 8/2/2024
How many of us library lovers would love to leave a substantial amount of money to our local library which endowed us with so many […]
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Finding Light in the Library: The January Challenge
by CILIPS on 1/2/2024
At the beginning of 2023, CILIPS board member and West College Scotland Senior Librarian Joy McLean introduced the CILIPS team to Jemima Frankel from 64 […]