Wednesday 31 December 2014

Library Christmas Day 8

On the 8th day of Christmas my library gave to me:




I is for: images; imagination; inclusion; individual study; information; information commons; information literacy; information services; innovation; inspiration; inter-library loans (borrowing things from other libraries); and the internet.

Previously, libraries gave to me:

T is for:  trusted places, teaching (support for teachers /schools), teaching (librarians teaching) and teenage reading;
C is for: crime fiction community memory, careers information, help with my CV, and classics;
U is for: the unexpected, support during unemployment, universality (open for all) and uplifting experiences;
D is for: discovery, democracy and digital literacy;
O is for: open for all, opportunity, online resources and outreach;
R is for: reading, reading groups, recommendations, research and relaxation;
P is for: personal development, political literacy, power and photocopying.

With thanks to the excellent LibraryAtoZ.org for the images and concept. Reused under CCBY

Tuesday 30 December 2014

Library Christmas - day 7

On the 7th day of Christmas my library gave to me:


T is for tablet computers (e.g. iPads); teachers (supporting schools); teaching / training (librarians teaching); teens; toys; treasure hunts; trusted. Previously my library gave to me:

C - crime fiction, careers information, community memory, classics and help with my CV;
U - understanding, unemployment (support during), and the unexpected;
D - democracy, databases, downloads and diversity
O - open for all, opportunity and outreach
R - research, relaxation, reading groups and recommendations
P - personal development, partnerships, political literacy and power.

The Library A to Z comes from LibraryAtoZ  and materials can be shared from this site under CC-BY license.

Monday 29 December 2014

Library Christmas - day 6

On the sixth day of Christmas my library gave to me ....



C is for careers; carers services; childminders; choices; classics; coffee (relax with one); collaboration; colouring (fun sessions for children); comics; community; community cohesion; community memory; competitive advantage (for businesses); council information & services (access to); crafts; creation; CVs.

Previously, my library has also provided:

U for uplifting, unexpected and understanding;
D for dance, databases, downloads and DVDs;
O for online, open to all, opportunity and outreach;
R for research, reference books, reading and recommendations;
P for power, photocopying, picture books and political literacy.

With thanks to LibraryAtoZ.org and Josh Filhol for the images and concept.

Sunday 28 December 2014

Library Christmas - day 5

On the fifth day of Christmas my Library gave to me.... Five gold rings ... Well kind of...




U is for understanding; unemployment (supporting job seekers); unexpected; universal; universal credit (support); unlimited; uplifting.

My library just keeps on giving, because it's also provided me with:

D for DVDs, databases, downloads from those databases, digital literacy and discovery;
O for online, open to all, opportunity and outreach;
R for research, reference books, recommendations and relaxing;
P for power, political literacy, picture books and photocopying 

Images and concept from LibraryAtoZ.org / Josh Filhorn.

Saturday 27 December 2014

Library Christmas - day 4

On the 4th day of Christmas my Library gave to me....



D is for dads; dance; databases; democracy; Dewey; digital literacy; discovery; diversity; download (things that the library buys); dry; dvds; Dyslexia / disability support.

My library also gave to me:

O for old (and young), opportunity, outreach and online;
R for research, rhyme-time, reading and recommendations;
P for partnerships, political literacy, papers and power

You know the score now ... Images from the fantastics LibraryAtoZ.org / Josh Filhol.

Friday 26 December 2014

Library Christmas - day 3

On the third day of Christmas my library gave to me ....

O is for old (and young), online, online databases, open to all, opportunity and outreach.

My library also gave to me:

R for reading, recommendations, research ... And re-living my childhood - rhyme-time
P for political literacy, partnerships, power and personal development.

Images and concepts courtesy of LibraryAtoZ.org / Josh Filhol, shared under CC-BY-4.0

Thursday 25 December 2014

Library Christmas - day 2

On the second day of Christmas my library gave to me....

R is for reading; recommendations; reference books; references; relaxing; reminiscence; research; resources; retirement; rhyme time.

It also gave to me ... P is for partnerships, power and political literacy
From LibraryAtoZ.org / Josh Filhol image re-use licensed under CC-BY-4.0

Wednesday 24 December 2014

Library Christmas - day 1

On the first day of Christmas my library gave to me:
 P is for paper; partnerships; personal development; photocopying; photographs; pictures (accessing images); political literacy (enabling people to find out about politics in a neutral way); power; printers.

The Library AtoZ is available here and are licensed for re-use under Creative Commons 4.0 CC-BY-4.0. The images are by Josh Filhol