In the run up to Christmas, our #LibrariesInTheArchive will be singing a festive tune. 🎄🤶🎅☃️ This poem comes from 'Skies,' a poetry collection by Alison Brackenbury featured in the the Carcanet Press Collection. Check out the collection!: 👉 exacted.me/carcanet 👈

Thanks to Claire Sewell for her wonderful talk on 'Research in Parliament.' 👏 It was interesting to discover that the most borrowed book in the House of Commons library is ‘How Parliament Works’! Claire Sewell #BLAWinter24

#BuildYourBestLibrary with Organic Farming Magazine! 🌽 Organic Farming teaches readers how to grow organically with the latest advice and research alongside policy issues and market information. 👩‍🌾 Check it out!: 👉 exacted.me/OrganicFarming 👈 Soil Association

This week's #LibraryKudos goes to the Toledo Library for their Poetry Café event today. 👏 The event will showcase poems by those who participated in the 'Poetry, Prompts & Pens!' workshop. ✍️ Read more: 👉 exacted.me/ToledoLibPoetry 👈

The #GreenLibraries Conference presentations are now available to view & download. They cover Carbon Literacy for Libraries, Global Green Initiatives and the power of public library partnerships & a lot more #GreenLibraries cilip.org.uk/page/green-lib…

#BuildYourBestLibrary with Huizache Magazine! 🤩 Since 2011, Huizache has been at the forefront of Latinx literature and art. ✍️ Check it out!: 👉 exacted.me/Huizache 👈

This week in #LibraryNews, a 130 year old library in Birmingham remains closed with no plans for re-opening. Campaigners suggest that the council is using the closure to save money. 👉 exacted.me/BirminghamLibr… 👈

#BuildYourBestLibrary with the Art & Design Collection! 🤩 Including Art Monthly and Neural, this collection has everything you need to create a creative commons at your institution. 🎨 Check it out!: 👉 exacted.me/ArtandDesignCo… 👈

This week's #LibrariesInTheArchive is a festive poem by Alison Brackenbury from the Carcanet Press Collection. ✍️ 🎄 What will be in your stocking this year? 🎁 Check out the collection!: 👉 exacted.me/carcanet 👈

This week's #LibraryKudos goes to Porthcawl Library for their 'Christmas Eve Story and Craft' today! 🎄 Children can listen to a story while drinking hot chocolate and making snow globes! ❄️ 👉 exacted.me/PorthcawlLibra… 👈

This #LibrariesInTheArchive is thanks to Notting Hill Editions! 🤩 Boxing Day as a bank holiday dates back to 1871, and the tradition continues to this day. 🎄 Check out the Notting Hill Editions Collection!: 👉 exacted.me/SubscribeToNHE 👈

This week in #LibraryNews, a BBC article explores how the PL-480 ("Food for Peace") program launched in 1954 by President Eisenhower led to a wealth of South Asian literature at various US universities. Find out more: 👉 exacted.me/FoodforPeaceUS… 👈

This week's #LibrariesInTheArchive comes from a piece by Elda Maria Roman, featured in a 2023 issue of Huizache. The extract explores how #libraries are sources of learning for children without access to books at home. 📚 Check out Huizache!: 👉 exacted.me/Huizache 👈

Happy New Year!! 🎆 Gearing up for 2025, we've been digging into this resource from Super Library Marketing, which lists all of the most popular articles, episodes, and videos of 2024. Check it out!: 👉 exacted.me/SuperLibraryMa… 👈 #LibraryWhizzTips

This week in #LibraryNews, the home delivery service of the Guille-Alles Library in Guernsey has been saved by Guernsey Post. Grant funding for the service became unavailable, threatening to deprive the community of free book delivery. 👉 exacted.me/Guille-AllesLi… 👈

This week in #LibraryNews, hundreds have signed a petition to keep Langley and Cippenham libraries open in Slough, after council plans to shut them. Read more: 👉 exacted.me/SloughLibraryC… 👈

This week in #LibraryWhizzTips, we've been reading an encouraging piece by Jonathan Rowe on the importance of academic #librarians nurturing professional relationships across departments. Read in full: 👉 exacted.me/NoLibrarianisa… 👈

#BuildYourBestLibrary with The TLS! 😍 For over 100 years, The Times Literary Supplement has led the world in cultural criticism. 💭 ✍️ Check it out!: 👉 exacted.me/TLSForInstitut… 👈

This week's #LibrariesInTheArchive comes from 'The Song of the Books,' a poem by Moya Cannon featured in Donegal Tarantella. 📚 Check out the Carcanet Collection here!: 👉 exacted.me/carcanet 👈