Showing posts with label Cambridgeshire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cambridgeshire. Show all posts

Wednesday, 11 August 2010

News in brief

Photograph of a stack of newspapers by DRB62 on Flickr
A stack of newspapers by DRB62 on Flickr
  • The UL's Sassoon Project blog has an interesting post about their outreach work to secondary schools. I'm pleased to see the UL trying this out, and am hoping that we can pick each other's brains about schools outreach, as it's something to which the Hoyle Project is actively committed.
  • (This one's important) Cambridgeshire Libraries are undergoing a Service Review in advance of making budget cuts, and you can contribute to the review by completing the survey and/or attending a public meeting (full details of which are available in this press release). If you're in Cambridgeshire, fill in the form and tell your friends.
  • I went on a visit to the lovely University Medical Library this morning, and had a most informative and (chartership alert) evaluation friendly and future-performance influencing tour from the lovely medical librarians.  I shall write that up in full soon.
  • Don't forget to sign up for camlibtm. We've added a new section for those who want to come to the post-match TeachEat, too. Add your name if you want to have a drink and a bit to eat to carry on the conversations afterwards, and let us know if you know somewhere good for us to go!

Friday, 11 June 2010

Cambridgeshire Libraries, Archives and Information Service Review

Further to this week's discussions of the future of public library funding, here's some news from close to home. As reported in this month's Libraries Newsletter (sign up for the newsletter yourself using the link at the bottom of the left-hand panel), Cambs Libraries, Archives and Information Service are being required to reduce their budget by 25% (c. £2 million) over the next 3 years.  Details of council savings are given in the County Council's Integrated Planning Process.