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Monday, 14 July 2025

What Factors Influence a Culture of Reading?

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  Last week the DfE announced the National Year of Reading 2026 , a campaign designed to address the decline in reading amongst children, yo...
Saturday, 4 January 2025

Have You Made a Resolution to Read More?

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It’s that time of year for resolutions – go to the gym regularly, eat healthily, read more! I never have a problem with the latter, those th...
Thursday, 18 July 2024

How do school libraries fit into CILIP's "Trust Libraries" pledge?

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  I was catching up with the latest CILIP Information Professional (June 2024) at the weekend - yes, I know it’s already mid-July but this t...
Friday, 26 January 2024

A Call To Arms For School Libraries?

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  This was not my planned topic of my first blog for 2024. I was talking to friends about New Year Resolutions and book reading targets so w...
Tuesday, 5 December 2023

Managing Safe & Inclusive Library Spaces - CILIP Guidelines make sense for school libraries too.

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  CILIP recently published “ Managing Safe and Inclusive Public Library Services: a practical guide ” - aimed primarily at public libraries ...
Monday, 7 August 2023

The DfE Reading Framework - how relevant is it to school librarians?

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  Last month the Department for Education (DfE) published a comprehensive 176-page document titled “ The Reading Framework , ” accompanied b...
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Barbara Band
Chartered librarian with over 30 years experience in independent and maintained schools from primary to secondary. Now working as freelance consultant offering training and advice. International speaker, book reviewer, writer. Love what I do and think I have the best job in the world! Passionately believe that society still needs libraries and librarians ... in all shapes and sizes! Am an avid internet user but can't live without my books! For information about consultancy, training and library support please see: www.barbaraband.com
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