"Welcome To Your Library" was a national project connecting public libraries with refugees and asylum-seekers, which ran from 2003-2007.
The Network has continued to build on this project by including resources in the regular Ebulletin, and also on the website. Included here are some resources from the original project, which, although dated, are still important, plus new items relating to the cultural sector.
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The Society of Chief Librarians and ASCEL (the Association of Senior Children's and Education Librarians) produced a statement in 2015 setting out the role that public libraries play in welcoming refugees, and CILIP then published a blogpost (by John Vincent) outlining the work that libraries do. In a "Social Impact" post… more
Brief report of the CILIP Public & Mobile Libraries Group/Community, Diversity & Equality Group joint conference on 14 Oct 2017.It included:Inclusion for refugees (Janene Cox, Staffordshire)Economic inclusion (Dave Gimson, British Library)Healthy libraries (Sarah Hassan, Norfolk)Digital inclusion (Ayub Khan, Warwickshire)Social inclusion (John Vincent)Outreach for inclusion … more
A good starting point is to:Identify who, within your local authority, or external agencies in your area, already has access to relevant statistical and other informationInform them that you are starting to look at this area of workFind out what they are doing and what else is going on… more
Healthy Hillingdon poster presentation at the 16th UK Public Health Association annual public health forum held 1-2 April 2008 in Liverpool. (Written by Andrew Knight and colleagues, Healthy Hillingdon, 2008.) Welcome To Your Library: exploring the role of libraries as promoters of health literacy and community cohesion… more
External evaluation of the WTYL project, including achievements, impact, distance travelled and findings. Includes executive summary (Evaluation by the ADP Consultancy, published by WTYL, November 2007). Welcome To Your Library: evaluation report… more
Two-page executive summary highlighting main learning points and recommendations on how learning from the project can be applied more widely. (Evaluation by the ADP Consultancy, published by WTYL, November 2007.) Welcome To Your Library: evaluation report - executive summary… more
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust awarded the WTYL project co-ordinator Helen Carpenter a travel fellowship in 2007. This report sets out her experiences and reactions to them (WCMT, 2007). The role of public libraries in multicultural relationships … more
Account of what Healthy Hillingdon and Hillingdon Library Service set out to achieve by participating in the project, methodology, what it achieved and the future of WTYL in Hillingdon. (Deborah Mbofana et al., 2008) Final WTYL report - Hillingdon… more
Account of what Newcastle library service set out to do by participating in the project and what it achieved. (Angela Merritt, 2007). Final WTYL report - Newcastle … more
Account of what Liverpool library service set out to do by participating in the project, what it achieved and lessons learnt. (Denise Jones, 2007) Final WTYL report - Liverpool … more
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