Latest news and blogs from CILIPS, our branches and groups and other guest contributors.
News Posts
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Open letters sent regarding library proposals in East Dunbartonshire and the Western Isles
by CILIPS on 14/11/2018
Category: News
CILIP in Scotland have written open letters to the Council Leaders in both East Dunbartonshire and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar to raise concerns and ask questions […]
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Glasgow Libraries selected as the winner of this year’s Libraries Change Lives Award
by Heather Neill on 11/10/2018
Category: News
Glasgow Libraries have won the CILIP Libraries Change Lives Award for their innovative work supporting people experiencing homelessness with the In-Reach project. This project was […]
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Vibrant Libraries, Thriving Schools – National strategy for school libraries published
by CILIPS on 10/9/2018
Category: News
The Scottish Government and COSLA have jointly produced a new National Strategy for School Libraries, the first of its kind in the U.K. The development […]
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Libraries for Privacy Toolkit
by CILIPS on 14/8/2018
Category: News
Working with SLIC, CILIPS and the Library Freedom Project, alongside library staff and technologists from the UK and the US, Scottish PEN has developed a toolkit to offer practical guidance […]
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CILIP and CILIP in Scotland sign new working agreement
by CILIPS on 31/7/2018
Category: News
CILIP, the UK’s library and information association, and CILIP in Scotland (CILIPS), the Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation for members in Scotland, have signed a new […]
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Retiral of CILIPS Director
by CILIPS on 26/7/2018
Category: News
CILIPS Director, Catherine Kearney, is to retire from her post on 27th July. Cathy, who has worked with CILIPS for the past 15 years, said […]
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Moray School Librarian named Scotland’s Library and Information Professional of the Year
by CILIPS on 6/6/2018
Category: News
Elgin Academy Librarian, Shelagh Toonen, has been named as ‘Scotland’s Library and Information Professional of the Year’ at the Annual Conference of the Chartered Institute […]
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“Folly of the highest order”
by CILIPS on 1/6/2018
Category: News
This was the reaction of Larry Flanagan, General Secretary of the Education Institute of Scotland, to a newspaper report that Borders Council is to replace […]