Society of Chief Librarians Supports National Libraries Day
Posted on 31 January 2012
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 ...
Read full storyPublic Libraries Committed to Improve Access for Blind and Partially Sighted People
Posted on 20 September 2011
PRESS RELEASE Public Libraries Committed to Improve Access for Blind and Partially Sighted People 20 September 2011, London—Public libraries are adopting six steps in a UK-wide effort to improve access for blind and partially sighted people. For the two million blind and partially sighted people in ...
Read full storyLibraries Help 250000 People Get Online
Posted on 11 May 2011
Public Libraries in the UK have helped more than a quarter of a million people, with no previous online experience, to go online. Libraries are a key partners in the UK’s Raceonline2012, spearheaded by Martha Lane Fox, and in September 2010 the Society of ...
Read full storySCL Supports Race Online 2012
Posted on 26 November 2010
Libraries pledge to get 500,000 people online by 2012 The Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) supports Race Online 2012 and welcomes the announcement by the Cabinet Office on the digital review undertaken for the government by Martha Lane Fox. SCL has pledged that public libraries ...
Read full storySCL Publishes Manifesto for Public Libraries
Posted on 22 March 2010
The SCL Manifesto states that libraries are adapting to and meeting the needs of local people, and every library in the UK is focused on core principles of reading, learning, literacy, and digital inclusion. “Thirty-four million people a year visit public libraries in the UK. ...
Read full storySCL Responds to Library Modernisation Review Consultation
Posted on 1 December 2009
SCL Response to Empower, Inform, Enrich The Society of Chief Librarians responds to the publication of Empower, Inform, Enrich, the consultation document of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport’s modernisation review of public libraries. It is an insightful collection of essays about the future of the ...
Read full storySCL and the NHS Sign MOU on Health
Posted on 19 November 2009
On November 19, at an NHS ‘Live Well Day’ at Peckham Library, the Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) and NHS Choices will sign an agreement that formalises a partnership between the Department of Health and public libraries to provide people with access to more ...
Read full storySCL Announces Universal Membership
Posted on 6 October 2009
From 28 September, more than 4000 public libraries across England, Wales and Northern Ireland* are open for borrowing by any member of the public regardless of where they live. Customers will be able to borrow books from any library, and in some cases use ...
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