National Libraries Day

Library Poem by Julia Donaldson

Mark Taylor — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:32:56 +0000

Julia Donaldson, Waterstones Children’s Laureate, has written a dedicated poem to celebrate National Libraries Day. Everyone is welcome to walk through the door. It really doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor. There are books in boxes and books on shelves. They’re free for you to borrow, so help yourselves. Come and meet your heroes, [...]

Welsh Heritage Minister gives his support for National Libraries Day

Mark Taylor — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:13:42 +0000

Huw Lewis AM, Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage, has been presented with hundreds of ‘Love your Library’ postcards from Welsh Women’s Institutes. The postcards began with “I Love Libraries because….” and have been filled in by WI members across Wales, sharing their messages about why libraries are important to them. The Chair of the [...]

Put Your Library on the Map this weekend

Mark Taylor — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:14:29 +0000

Smartphone users up and down the country are being encouraged to celebrate UK public libraries by ‘putting their library on the map’ this weekend. ‘Put Your Library on the Map’ is a campaign led by the Collections Trust, with the support of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) and the Society of [...]

Society of Chief Librarians Supports National Libraries Day

Mark Taylor — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:44:52 +0000

The Society of Chief Librarians is the local government organisation working to develop public libraries and promote their value and contribution. SCL is not a campaigning group, but it is a peer support organisation. SCL supports chief librarians and the public library service by providing regional networks for heads of libraries to share best practices [...]

Profile to publish The Library Book In aid of The Reading Agency’s library programmes

Richard Hawkins — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:48:22 +0000

In The Library Book, published for National Libraries Day on 4 February, twenty-three of our most outstanding writers describe libraries real or imagined, past, present, and future – why they matter and to whom. They are: Anita Anand, Julian Barnes, Bella Bathurst, Alan Bennett, Michael Brooks, James Brown, Ann Cleeves, Stephen Fry, Seth Godin, Susan [...]

New posters from the Federation of Children’s Book Groups

Mark Taylor — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:00:51 +0000

The Federation of Children’s Book Groups is delighted to announce its support for National Libraries Day on 4 February by releasing two new downloadable posters and running a whole host of events across the UK. The Federation is an official supporter of National Libraries Day, which will be celebrated by a large number of the [...]

WIN a visit to your library from author Neil Griffiths

Richard Hawkins — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:21:42 +0000

In celebration and support of National Libraries Day we have teamed up with acclaimed children’s author and storyteller extraordinaire Neil Griffiths to offer an exciting opportunity for your Library to plan a full day of activities with Neil! Neil will be available for a day to work with children, parents and library staff. He will [...]

Press release: Love your libraries on February 4th

Mark Taylor — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:59:49 +0000

PRESS RELEASE Libraries across the UK will be celebrating National Libraries Day on Saturday 4 February 2012 with a range of events for library users and supporters to enjoy. The day is a celebration of the work done in school, college, university, workplace and public libraries to promote learning, literacy and the enjoyment of reading [...]

Great new book bags from The Literary Gift Company

Richard Hawkins — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:31:12 +0000

This post is published on behalf of The Literary Gift Company. The Literary Gift Company is delighted to be launching a new range of bags which celebrate our passion for libraries. We are donating 50p to the National Libraries Day campaign for every bag sold*. The bags feature original hand-lettered designs by our artist Geoff [...]

JCS Online Resources: Schools Competition Launched

Becky Cole — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:10:18 +0000

To celebrate National Libraries Day on 4th February 2012, JCS Online Resources is offering the chance for all secondary schools and 6th Form Colleges in the UK and abroad to win a FREE year's subscription to one of its online resources.