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Sintoblog: January 2011
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A blog on library and information management issues for members of SINTO - the information partnership, a consortium of library and information services in Yorkshire and the north Derbyshire. Monday, 31 January 2011. I click therefore I am. In any case, this event was about democratic engagement and public libraries have to be central to that. There is a debate about public libraries taking place on the Sheffield Forum. But why does he think it is right to promote a hotel and then stop the libraries prom...
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Sintoblog: YLI Music and Drama Service
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A blog on library and information management issues for members of SINTO - the information partnership, a consortium of library and information services in Yorkshire and the north Derbyshire. Tuesday, 1 November 2011. YLI Music and Drama Service. Yorkshire Libraries and Information has decided in principle to close the YLI Music and Drama collection and service as it currently exists. The press release. To stop closure of the service, Making Music is strongly opposed to this, as it will mean the closure ...
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Sintoblog: October 2011
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A blog on library and information management issues for members of SINTO - the information partnership, a consortium of library and information services in Yorkshire and the north Derbyshire. Monday, 24 October 2011. In praise of the Big Library. Has Philip Pullman got it wrong? Few librarians could fail to be inspired by Philip Pullman's address to the Library Campaign's conference. His passionate support for libraries and librarians expressed in such his speech " Consider the context. But despite that ...
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Sintoblog: March 2011
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A blog on library and information management issues for members of SINTO - the information partnership, a consortium of library and information services in Yorkshire and the north Derbyshire. Wednesday, 30 March 2011. MLA report on libraries. The Voices for the Library website has recently posted a link. North East Lincolnshire (Amber):. Cuts comparatively manageable at present. Kingston upon Hull (Amber):. Renaissance plans submitted - stong sense of direction. Tuesday, 1 March 2011. Public Libraries in...
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Sintoblog: July 2011
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A blog on library and information management issues for members of SINTO - the information partnership, a consortium of library and information services in Yorkshire and the north Derbyshire. Thursday, 28 July 2011. The Power Point presentations are available on. Here is short version of Ronan's paper. From Lending to Learning: the development and extension of public libraries. In the UK the information literacy agenda is biased towards the needs of academic libraries with an emphasis on plagiarism. ...
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Sintoblog: August 2011
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A blog on library and information management issues for members of SINTO - the information partnership, a consortium of library and information services in Yorkshire and the north Derbyshire. Tuesday, 23 August 2011. I recently blogged about community engagement. That SINTO is planning to run on this subject. I pointed out that community engagement is one of the "ingredients for change" that are listed in the recent Future libraries report. But in that case why is it relevant to two? I have talked in the...
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Sintoblog: April 2011
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A blog on library and information management issues for members of SINTO - the information partnership, a consortium of library and information services in Yorkshire and the north Derbyshire. Wednesday, 27 April 2011. From Lending to Learning. In a recent post. Is the priority to get greater footfall and higher issues? Should the library service be measured by its contribution to other government agendas or against its own values? From Lending to Learning: the development and extension of public libraries.
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Sintoblog: A fable for our times.
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A blog on library and information management issues for members of SINTO - the information partnership, a consortium of library and information services in Yorkshire and the north Derbyshire. Wednesday, 9 November 2011. A fable for our times. A smartly dressed business man duly turns up at his office with an offer. They will provide a donation of £10,000 in return for product placement in a library book. 8220;What exactly do you have in mind? 8221; asks the librarian. 8221; offers the businessman. The ne...
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Sintoblog: June 2011
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A blog on library and information management issues for members of SINTO - the information partnership, a consortium of library and information services in Yorkshire and the north Derbyshire. Monday, 27 June 2011. The site currently contains details of a request. The correspondence is of interest on many levels. It shows the local authority as being slow to respond to the request and defensive. Perhaps this is justified. There is such a thing as "vexatious" requests and from the Whatdotheykno...Another i...
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Sintoblog: November 2011
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A blog on library and information management issues for members of SINTO - the information partnership, a consortium of library and information services in Yorkshire and the north Derbyshire. Friday, 25 November 2011. An important document of relevance to Public Libraries was published recently. It is the Equality and Human Rights Commission report; Close to home. An enquiry into older people and human rights in home care. By this I don't just mean that there are aspects of the library service that can b...
