#BuildYourBestLibrary with Spike Art Magazine Magazine! 🎨 Spike is a magazine for cultural criticism and unconventional ideas, by turns pushy, poetic, and unexpected. 💭 Check it out!: 👉 exacted.me/SpikeArt 👈

This week's #LibrariesInTheArchive comes from a 2015 issue of Antique Collecting, and discusses the pioneering library furniture of Samuel Pepys. 🪑 📚 Check out Antique Collecting Magazine!: 👉 exacted.me/AntiqueCollect… 👈

#BuildYourBestLibrary with New Scientist! 🔬 New Scientist grounds the complex field of science in the context of everyday life, covering a plethora of subjects from allergies to the Multiverse. 🧠 Check it out!: 👉 exacted.me/NewScientist 👈

#BuildYourBestLibrary with the Future Music Collection! 💻 🎸 Including Future Music and Music Week Magazine, students can learn to play, produce, and sell their musical creations. 🔥 Check it out!: 👉 exacted.me/FutureMusicCol… 👈

This week in #LibraryNews, the Lord Mayor of Liverpool has thanked Alex McCormick, who started a fundraising campaign for the fire-damaged Spellow Library which was torched during the recent riots. Read the full story: 👉 exacted.me/SpellowLibrary… 👈

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Did you know that university libraries can take out digital subscriptions to the complete & fully-searchable archive of Magma? Our archive goes right back to the very first issue in 1994... Exact Editions (Image: Magma 40 from the year 2008) institutions.exacteditions.com/magma-poetry

#BuildYourBestLibrary with OYLA Magazine! 🤩 OYLA is an independent, STEM focused magazine aimed at children age 12+. 🔬 ⚛️ 🌳 Check it out!: 👉 exacted.me/OYLAMagazine 👈

This week in #LibraryNews, a BBC report has revealed that over 180 UK public libraries have been shut or passed to volunteers since the year 2016. Read the full story: 👉 exacted.me/UKPublicLibrar… 👈

#BuildYourBestLibrary with New Welsh Review! 🤩 Since 1988, New Welsh Review has published the best of new fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry. ✍️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Check it out!: 👉 exacted.me/NWelshReview 👈

This article from the The Guardian follows a BBC report on the widespread closure of public libraries since 2016. Author Lee Child states, 'that building saved my life at the time, it enabled it.'

#BuildYourBestLibrary with the Business Studies Collection! 🌎 Including African Business Magazine and Ethical Consumer, this collection of 6 leading titles will keep your institution ahead of the business curve. 😎 Check it out!: 👉 exacted.me/BusinessStudie… 👈

📣 #FREE webinar alert! To help everyone stay up-to-date and informed with what’s going on in #SchoolLibraries, join us for this session to learn from academics as they share the latest research in the sector. All welcome! Register ⤵️ buff.ly/3xXsPai

Congratulations to Jacob Nadal, who has been named President of the Center for Research Libraries: exacted.me/JacobNadalNewA… Center for Research Libraries

This week's #LibrariesInTheArchive comes from a 2024 issue of Oxford American. ✍️ “Did you know your father used to take me on dates to the public library?” Check out Oxford American!: 👉 exacted.me/OxfordAmerican 👈

#BuildYourBestLibrary with The Point Magazine! 🧠 Every issue of The Point contains a unique philosophical discussion on one of the big questions facing society, amongst essays, interviews, and more. 💭 Check it out!: 👉 exacted.me/ThePointDigita… 👈

This editorial from the The Guardian looks at the importance of #publiclibraries, as spaces not only for reading but also community activities and refuges for the vulnerable. Read the full article: 👉 exacted.me/TheGuardianPub… 👈 #LibraryNews

This week's #LibraryKudos goes to Suffolk Libraries for their Reading with Dementia groups, held for people living with the illness and their carers. 📚 👏 Read more: 👉 exacted.me/ReadingwithDem… 👈 B L O C - Building Libraries on Creativity

#BuildYourBestLibrary with Artist Blacksmith Magazine! ⚒️ 🔥 Artist Blacksmith combines the latest in progressive forged metalwork with practical advice, book reviews, event listings and more. Check it out!: 👉 exacted.me/ArtistBlacksmi… 👈

Yesterday's House of Lords committee included a short debate on a new strategy for public libraries, which included many passionate words about the importance of public libraries. Listen to the debate here: 👉 exacted.me/HouseofLordsPu… 👈