http://www.goscl.com/library-news/the-presidents-blog/ http://www.goscl.com/giving-young-people-a-voice-in-libraries/ Janene Cox blogs on the highly inspiring My Voice--a Big Lottery funded, youth-led programme to open up creative reading and writing opportunities to disadvantaged young people aged 11 - 19. http://www.goscl.com/library-user-puts-it-all-in-perspective/ Janene Cox, Assistant Director for Culture and Libraries in Staffordshire, blogs about her day on the job and an email from a library user that lifted her day. http://www.goscl.com/find-a-library-statement/ The Society of Chief Librarians encourages library customers to put their libraries on the map. SCL welcomes the Find a Library initiative which will make libraries even more accessible to customers wherever they happen to be in the UK. Nicky Parker, SCL President, said: ... http://www.goscl.com/society-of-chief-librarians-supports-national-libraries-day/ 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 ... http://www.goscl.com/wales-public-libraries-see-borrowers-up-by-8-3/ The recent figures released by CIPFA show a rise in borrowing at libraries in Wales, up 8.3% in 2010-11. Visits to libraries in Wales also increased, and for the first time ever three of Wales’ libraries were in the top 20 public libraries in ... http://www.goscl.com/get-online-in-your-library-on-the-bbc/ More than 2500 Digital Champions in public libraries are helping others to go online. http://www.goscl.com/summer-reading-challenge-juggling-words-in-scotland/ We are all really inspired every summer by the work of the Reading Agency, and all libraries, in the summer reading challenge. This year is no exception, as the Circus Stars sweep across the UK, igniting passion for reading and learning in libraries. This ... http://www.goscl.com/public-libraries-relevant-and-resilient/ The recent huge ground swell of public support for libraries reminds us all of the essential contribution that public libraries make to their communities. http://www.goscl.com/you-and-yours-are-councils-right-to-close-libraries/ On Radio 4 8th February at 12:00: You and Yours http://www.goscl.com/pushing-boundaries/ I'm excited to be attending the Edge 2010 conference at Edinburgh Castle in February. Edge 2010 will highlight how libraries and information services have modernised and improved and are key to local authorities, e-government, learning, the regeneration of cities and digital inclusion. In the ...