On Monday 21st October, librarians took over the Houses of Parliament! Well, by “took over” I of course mean we queued politely, showed our invitations and followed all the security rules, in order to attend the CILIP-organised Parliamentary reception on the theme of ‘Libraries Change Lives by Creating Opportunities’. The Information Literacy Group was delighted […]
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Sarah Pavey, our Schools Librarian representative, explores the debate around library classification systems in schools, asking the immortal question: to Dewey, or not to Dewey? Over the last few weeks there has been an interesting debate on a school librarian’s forum concerning arranging resources by topic, theme or genre rather than using a classic classification
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Sarah Pavey, our School Librarian representative, looks at how the new Education Policy may impact school librarians. Following the 2024 UK general election, the Labour Party now will be putting the pledges in its manifesto into practice. Indeed, it has laid out a series of ambitious aims for education reform. While not explicitly mentioning school
