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Schools, social media and digital literacy

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

Last week the Minister for Education in Wales, Leighton Andrews, announced that local authorities in Wales should unblock access to social media in schools in order to help teach pupils safe Internet usage. He said “Social networking sites have become integral … Continue reading →

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Trust me, I’m a librarian

Posted on August 22, 2012 by

A recent survey has revealed that librarians are second only to doctors in terms of the trust placed in them by seekers of information. This is according to a research report evaluating a project led by the Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) and … Continue reading →

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Bursaries to improve your library skills

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

As in previous years, CyMAL is providing a variety of grants to librarians in Wales to help improve the skills, qualifications and confidence of the library workforce in Wales. Workforce development is an important aspect of the Libraries Inspire strategy … Continue reading →

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Whizzy revamped website for Welsh libraries!

Posted on October 31, 2011 by

The long-running libary portal in Wales (librarywales.org) has had a big revamp, redesign, refresh. It’s now a lovely blue colour, has user-friendly wording (e.g. ‘find a book’ rather than Cat Cymru) and also features book reviews for the first time, … Continue reading →

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First post

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

I hope you enjoy reading my blog and that it will be informative, useful and interesting. If it isn’t any of these things, let me know!

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