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My Employment History Part 8 (or how I ended up working in a library)

November 29, 2016 — 0 Comments

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Swindon to close 11 of its 15 Libraries

July 12, 2016 — 0 Comments

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Oxfordshire to close mobile library service

June 9, 2016 — 2 Comments

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Libraries and Me

May 11, 2016 — 2 Comments

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CILIP and the ‘amateurisation’ of public libraries in the UK

October 9, 2015 — 0 Comments

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Replacing Human Library Staff with Automated Library Services

September 24, 2015 — 0 Comments

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Oxford’s online Bodleian archive: illumination for all | Books | The Guardian

August 9, 2015 — 0 Comments

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This guy is the new government minister responsible for libraries in the UK

May 14, 2015 — 0 Comments

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Little Free Library

April 19, 2015 — 0 Comments