Never, in the history of publishing, has so much human misery been created by one book.

An oh so familiar tale. Replace ‘the arts’ with public libraries and it is similarly applicable. I also think the support role of libraries as a start up engine for emerging artists is ignored. theguardian.com/culture/2024/m…

One for the female innovators

Future Libraries Toolkit cilip.org.uk/page/future-li…

Congratulations to one of my Team Leaders Alison Cassidy who agreed to be our Health Champion working within library strategy and collaboratively with social prescribers to define, instigate and deliver the Universal Health and Wellbeing offer in Liverpool Central Library. 👏👏👏

Amazed at the conversation #BBCPoliticsNorthWest this morning talking about digital inclusion and access to online services and not one use of the word libraries. Sign off by the MP ‘the Government has a good record around supporting communities with the digital divide’ 🧐

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Hope Everyone enjoyed #WorldBookDay yesterday . In answer to many enquires about what I dressed up as -the answer is I dressed up as a Librarian

Cracking study that probably shows what many of us already feel we know. Screen reading doesn't replace books and paper! ⬇️
Reasons why I adore libraries! Liverpool Libraries and Information Services Denise Jones BEM 🤣❤️

Great to be at a business refresher
Liverpool Libraries and Information Services with #Luma , brieflyt catch up with Denise Jones BEM

Future generations will look back at this period and wonder at the term 'community led' libraries. They will wonder how we couldn't see it for what it is - a fig-leaf for the systemic failure to secure quality library services for every member of society.

Dostoevsky argued that a society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals. I love Dostoevsky but I think he was wrong. A society should be judged by how it treats its libraries.

In the UK, they have been decimated, more…

Will the universe not crack open and split into many dimensions???

Not hard to see why the UK had Europe's highest Covid death rate, we had the most ineffective, hesitant, incompetent, lying, ill-prepared, stupid, partying leaders. #Breathtaking

Quite

Excellent article Pamela Tulloch Cutting library funding leads to a long-term loss heraldscotland.com/opinion/240977…

I would have to say that public libraries are not community centres - there’s a huge difference but they are hubs of information, connectivity, education, learning, leisure, knowledge, particpation and democracy in a place - that is the role they always have had

Thank you to Liverpool Central Library Liverpool Libraries and Information Services Denise Jones BEM @CentralLibrary_ for the warm welcome and fascinating tour today. An inspiring award-winning library; I have building envy! Loved the #PunkinthePicton exhibition and #SirKenDodd too #teamtrip

'It haunts all our imaginations': Were Neanderthals really like us? trib.al/3IVcEOM

A round of applause for Keeper Keith who didn’t play the media game 👌😂