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📢 Less than a week to go until our next event! Join CLIC and don’t miss out—register now for our free online event celebrating Creativity in Libraries. 🗓 1 July | ⏰ 10am–12pm 👉 forms.office.com/e/2TsHxr9iyv We can’t wait to see you there! 📚✨

📢 Less than a week to go until our next event! Join CLIC and don’t miss out—register now for our free online event celebrating Creativity in Libraries. 🗓 1 July | ⏰ 10am–12pm 👉 forms.office.com/e/2TsHxr9iyv We can’t wait to see you there! 📚✨

📚✨Join CLIC for a free online event celebrating creativity in libraries! 🗓 1 July | ⏰ 10am–12pm We've had issues with our old form, so please register at our NEW booking form: forms.office.com/e/2TsHxr9iyv @cilipcymru.bsky.social @cardiffunilib.bsky.social @nhswaleselibrary.bsky.social

📚✨ Join CLIC for a free online event celebrating creativity in libraries! 🗓 1 July | ⏰ 10am–12pm Hear from inspiring speakers, explore innovative practice, and connect with others pushing the boundaries of library work. Register at: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/JSn5bdkWf6 What can you expect? Well...

Booking NOW OPEN for our free online event - CLIC: Creativity in Libraries Discover how our inspiring speakers have brought creativity to their training, outreach, resource discovery and more... plus a musical interlude! Sign up now to explore new ideas and connect 👇 forms.office.com/e/JSn5bdkWf6

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Coming soon... Our next staff development event, all about creativity in libraries, will be held on Wednesday 1 July, 10 - 12 We'll be showcasing inspirational examples where colleagues have brought their creative flair to their library services. 🎨🎶🎭 Further details to follow... Save the date!

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Looking for a new challenge? Welsh Government is looking for a Library Enquiry Services Manager. You’ll be responsible for the day-to-day management of the literature search and enquiry services, and for developing those services to meet the needs of a new Government. Apply at: bit.ly/49BdrjA

Many thanks to Juanita Foster-Jones & Rebecca Mogg for kicking off CLIC with a Professional 2026! Lots of excellent insights & inspiring career journeys. Our next session on 17/03 is with Sarah Mullen & Claire Tranter from Swansea Libraries - book now! forms.office.com/e/8sCNBdMEHc

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CLIC with a Professional starts THIS week! Have you booked your place yet? forms.office.com/e/8sCNBdMEHc Join us on Thurs 5 March 11am as we kick off with Juanita Foster-Jones, Libraries Advisor in Welsh Government’s Culture Division, sharing insights from her work supporting public libraries 📚✨

Only 2 weeks until our 2026 series of CLIC with a Professional kicks off! Featuring a fab set of professionals from government, HE, public libraries and archives sectors who'll be sharing their experience & insights. Book onto these FREE online sessions at: forms.office.com/e/8sCNBdMEHc

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Our 2026 series of 'CLIC with a Professional' will take place in March! 😍 We're excited to announce our stellar line-up of library and archives professionals working in South Wales, who'll share their insights & experience. Register for these free, online sessions at: forms.office.com/e/8sCNBdMEHc

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Many thanks to all our amazing speakers and lovely attendees at our joint CLIC / ATLIS event earlier today. It's always inspiring to hear about all the work going on behind the scenes in different library sectors - a profession to be proud of. 🥰

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We're excited for our joint event with ATLIS in November! We've a stellar line-up of speakers sharing their expertise on collaboration and community engagement. 🔗 Info & booking: bit.ly/4nN02d8 @cilipcymru.bsky.social @cardiffunilib.bsky.social Have you registered yet? Here's what to expect...

Our Warm Welcome Spaces are back! Drop into your local hub or library this autumn and winter for a safe, warm place to relax, connect, and get support. Pop in during our usual opening hours. cardiffhubs.co.uk/warm-welcome...

Did you know that anyone can deposit records with the Archives? You can find out more about the process of depositing records on our website glamarchives.gov.uk/collection/d... If you have items that may be suitable for permanent preservation, please do get in touch.

📣 CLIC & ATLIS Autumn Event Join us on Tues 11 Nov for Connected Communities Cymru — 5 inspiring talks from across Wales' library sectors on collaboration & community engagement. 🔗 Info & booking: bit.ly/4nN02d8 @cardiffunilib.bsky.social @cdflibraries.bsky.social @nhswaleselibrary.bsky.social

This is a very welcome development indeed IF the recurrent costs of funding school librarians is fully budgeted. ‘A pile of books is no more a library than a crowd of soldiers is an army’ to quote Gabriel Naudé who figured this out … 400 years ago… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Rachel Reeves pledges a library in every primary school in England

Exclusive: Chancellor also set to unveil plans to get young people back into work in party conference speech

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Bore da! We've been quiet for a little while but rest assured, we're cooking up something special for later in the year... watch this space!

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The County and City of Swansea are recruiting a Principal Librarian. Reporting to the Library Service Manager, with a salary range of £40,777 - £45,091 per year www.swansea.gov.uk/article/4035... @cilipcymru.bsky.social @whelfed.bsky.social

Principal Librarian (closing date: 03/09/25) - Swansea

£40777 - £45,091 per year. This is a Grade 9 full-time (37 hrs) permanent position for a qualified librarian with Swansea Library Service. Suitable candidates should be able to demonstrate management ...

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A belated diolch yn fawr iawn to Rhys Whelan and all of our speakers for our 2024-5 series of 'CLIC with a Professional'! ⭐️ We may be biased, but we always find these sessions a fab reminder of how lucky we are to be part of a community of talented & passionate professionals🥰

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Join us tomorrow for our final "CLIC with a Professional" session with Rhys Whelan, Library Services Manager at Morriston Hospital. With over 10 years experience in health libraries and public libraries before that, it's sure to be an interesting session! Register at: forms.office.com/e/vfebSVKyyh

Cardiff Libraries in Co-operation (CLIC) has made it to Bluesky! 🥳 We'll be posting about our future staff development events from here, so make sure you give us a follow to keep up to date.