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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

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 📚✨

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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

And finally we'll hear from Katie Finn, archivist at @glamarchives.bsky.social on 24th March. Having previously worked on projects such as 'Tide and Time' and the Covid-19 public inquiry her current duties are varied, with a particular focus on digital preservation and collection management. 📜

Sarah Mullen & Claire Tranter are next on 17th March, from Swansea Libraries. With nearly 60 years of combined library experience, both have recently been involved in relocating Swansea Central Library to its new premises in Y Storfa. 🏬

Rebecca Mogg will be joining us on 10th March, from @cardiffunilib.bsky.social where she leads the Education Team at Cardiff which develops and implements the University’s information literacy strategy. She currently holds CILIP's Information Literacy award. 🤩

First up we'll have Juanita Foster-Jones, Libraries Advisor at Welsh Government on 5th March. Her role includes supporting public libraries through grant schemes and superintendence of the Public Libraries & Museums Act through the Welsh Public Library Standards. 📚

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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. 🥰

And finally, Karen Gibbins & Gwilym Games will be highlighting the 150 years of Swansea Libraries celebrations!

With a range of speakers from across lots of different Welsh library and culture sectors, how can you resist?

Register for this FREE online event at: bit.ly/4nN02d8

Beth Hall (Natural Resources Wales) and Helen Blockwell (Welsh Government) will share their experience of building a government knowledge and information management community across Wales, providing opportunities for sharing good practice and ideas across departments.

Author @clairefayers.bsky.social, a former uni library assistant, will be discussing how to connect with readers and build author-reader engagement. Her latest book, Welsh Giants, Ghosts and Goblins, was named Waterstones’ Welsh Book of the Year and also won the Tir na n-Og Readers' Choice Award.

Rosalind Llewelyn-Harris, Library & Knowledge Services Manager at Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth will be speaking about facilitating a critical appraisal skills group, enabling health workers to engage with and learn from each other.

We start with a deep dive into the history of CLIC and its roots as a group to encourage libraries across Cardiff to collaborate together, delivered by former chair Karen Pierce @darklecat.bsky.social

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...

Warm Welcome Space. Looking for a Warm Welcome Space close to you? Call the Advice Line on 02920 871 071, speak to a member of Hub staff, visit www.warmwelcome.uk, or scan the QR Code

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

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

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...

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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!

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 ...

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

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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🥰

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.