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Libraries News Round-up: 1 September 2017

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CILIP Update: 31 August

Return to local, not to normal

Update talks to Gill Furniss, shadow business minister and chair of the Libraries All Party Parliamentary Group

“I have every respect for volunteers but it is devaluing the profession.”

Brixton Buzz: 31 August
Lambeth | In photos: Carnegie Library campaigners stage candlelit procession in south London, Thurs 31st Aug
http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2017/08/in-photos-carnegie-library-campaigners-stage-candelit-procession-in-south-london-thurs-31st-aug/

Coventry Telegraph: 1 September

Some of Coventry’s libraries are changing – here’s what you need to know

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventrys-libraries-changing-heres-what-13555770

Image taken at event with storyteller John Kirk, at Wibsley Library in Bradford, West Yorkshire

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John Simpson@JohnSimpsonNews·

In case you didn’t see it, the Washington Post’s Trump fact-checkers say that in his 4 years as President, Donald Trump made 30,573 false or misleading claims. That’s roughly 20 every single day.

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TLC QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Every disagreement doesn’t have to be a cause for total war. And we must reject the culture in which facts themselves are manipulated and even manufactured."
Joe Biden inauguration speech

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Isobel Hunter MBE @HunterIsobel·

It will be interesting to see if this new research project echoes the findings of a study of the beneficial impacts of library rhyme times on maternal mental health https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/publication/library-rhyme-times-and-maternal-mental-health @EssexLibraries @ace_national @Sharedintel https://twitter.com/culturalkings/status/1351560590960046082

King's Cultural Community@CulturalKings

.@KingsCollegeLon and @ucl are leading the world’s largest study into the effect of group singing on the mental health of new mothers and their babies and are looking for volunteers to participate. Learn more and register via: http://ow.ly/PaSj50DbxYl @SHAPER2020 @BreatheAHR

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It is crucial that we keep the needs of those who are blind, or partially sighted in our minds as an integral part of our plans and developments, writes @bookmarkmccree about the new Vision and Print Impaired People's Promise from @ReadingSight @CILIPinfo https://www.librariesconnected.org.uk/news/new-vision-and-print-impaired-people%E2%80%99s-promise

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The Reading Agency @readingagency·

Reading is such a powerful tool for improving mental wellbeing through tough times. Which is why we have pulled together some fantastic digital resources for Children & Young People, Adults and Teachers to support you during Lockdown.

Find out more here: http://bit.ly/2LLBapo

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