Category Archives: Scotland

New digital archive for the UK

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

From 6th April 2013, six legal deposit libraries in the UK and Ireland will be using the powers of the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 to enable them to gather and store a vast amount of digital material, particularly stuff … Continue reading →

Posted in Digital things, Digitisation, E-books, England, Libraries, Online resources, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Technology, UK, Wales | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Living in a digital world

Posted on November 16, 2012 by

(And I am a digital girl – well, sort of.*) Whilst we haven’t yet become cyborgs, the governments of Great Britain (ie England**, Scotland and Wales) are all trying to encourage a ‘digital shift’ through their own digital strategies. A … Continue reading →

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Enriching society in Dundee

Posted on July 2, 2012 by

I was fortunate to be the person from CyMAL who went to the CILIP Scotland conference, held in Dundee 11-12th June this year. The theme of ‘enriching society’ featured throughout many of the talks and the keynote speakers were thought … Continue reading →

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A new chapter – the Carnegie UK Trust report on public libraries

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

About six weeks ago (yes, I know, I’m late to the party), the Carnegie UK Trust recently published a report called A new chapter: public library services in the 21st century. The report reviews the current position of public libraries … Continue reading →

Posted in CyMAL, England, Libraries, Northern Ireland, Publications, Republic of Ireland, Research, Scotland, Wales | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

E-books day in Wales – a review

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

Around 60 delegates attended the e-books day in Aberystwyth on Friday 25th November. (I will try not to be biased in this post, although I did help organise the day. NB this post is going to be quite long!) Three … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, CyMAL, E-books, Events, Presentations / talks, Scotland, Wales | 6 Comments

Performance Measurement conference snippets

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

I recently attended (and presented at – see my slides here) the 9th Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Services. There will be a set of conference proceedings published of all the talks and all the presentations are … Continue reading →

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Shared services event, Dundee

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

CyMAL was invited to give the opening talk at the CILIPS Shared Services event in Dundee on 25th May and I was pleased to take up the offer because although Wales seems to be doing well in general with its … Continue reading →

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