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Libraries
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Written by Ingrid Hopson
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Friday, 03 September 2010 07:00 |
Ingrid Hopson, SLA School Librarian of the Year 2007 and a member of the judging panel for this year's award, explains why schools need librarians and what the judges were looking for when they selected this year’s Honour List (BookBrunch story)
You ask: what do school librarians do?
I answer: we help our pupils become better learners.
Libraries exist not as collections of resources but as places that foster creativity and independent thought. We cannot know what the world will be like for our pupils when they reach adulthood, but we can prepare them for their future.
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Libraries
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Written by Sandeep Mahal
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Wednesday, 05 August 2009 08:25 |
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Reading Partners shows a way to reach readers from all ages and communities, writes Sandeep Mahal
“Building a grass roots readership for writers through libraries is now a vital part of our strategy and serves the long-term commitment we make as publishers to this kind of work.” Stephen Page, CEO, Faber
A lot has changed in five years. In 2004, The Reading Agency set up Reading Partners - a consortium transforming the way publishers and libraries work together. Back then, we presented five major adult publishers with a way to engage in a dialogue with the complex library network. |
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Libraries
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Written by Claire Styles
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Wednesday, 22 July 2009 08:09 |
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"When you get used to going to the library it's just like going round to your mate's house" - Alex Pendlebury, 15, from Woolston High School, volunteer member of Warrington Youth Council for Libraries. In the two years that The Reading Agency has been managing Fulfilling their Potential (FtP), the national youth strategy for libraries, we've seen a massive shift in engagement with young people (aged 11-19). |
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Libraries
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Written by Lynne Taylor
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Thursday, 09 July 2009 07:43 |
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The Summer Reading Challenge is part of a greater involvement by authors in developing children's love of reading, Lynne Taylor writes
Authors are playing a leading role in uniting the children’s book industry to help children develop a love of reading. Alan Gibbons’ Campaign for the Book, for example, seeks to halt library closures and to make school libraries statutory, and Michael Rosen’s Just Read campaign is involving the book industry in supporting schools to encourage children to read more. |
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Libraries
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Written by Genevieve Clarke
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Wednesday, 17 June 2009 13:39 |
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With the Six Book Challenge, libraries can reach new audiences, Genevieve Clarke writes Books were a hot topic at last week’s TUC learning conference. John O’Farrell regaled 400 delegates with tales from his Utterly Impartial History of Britain; Lola Jaye talked about her Quick Read, Reaching for the Stars; and The Reading Agency launched a booklet about a successful partnership between libraries and trade unions to promote its Six Book Challenge scheme, run in association with Costa Coffee, in workplaces as diverse as Corus Steelworks, Fox’s Biscuits, a Royal Mail depot and Tesco in Yorkshire.
Judging by the enthusiastic response of delegates, reading is likely to feature at future conferences as well. The trick has been to recruit union learning reps to the cause, people who have caught the learning bug and now promote learning to their peers. |
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