💕 February Midterm Programme 💕
Storytime, craft and family fun throughout the break.
🍰 Saturday 14th celebrate Library Lovers’ Day with tea, cake and more…
➡Full programme:
www.wilibraries.org.uk/whats-on
#LibraryLoversDay #WesternIsles
07.02.2026 19:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🏑Chan eil beat air leabhar math às dèigh là fada de dh’iomain!
📖”Caman” in and borrow a book!
📋Our joint community consultation with Lewis Sports Centre is open until Monday 10th November.
shorturl.at/UGF1M
🗣️ Have you say!
27.10.2025 07:36 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
📖✨ Ready for a new chapter? ✨📖
We have new projects underway and are looking for friendly, flexible people to join Western Isles Libraries in temporary and relief posts based in Stornoway.
📅 Apply by Monday 29th September 2025 myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/com...
17.09.2025 17:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
*Almost* a dream job with @orkneylibrary.bsky.social 👀 but what better way to gain some experience before you move to the better islands ❤️ #libraryjobs #mobilelibraries #libraries #westisbest
05.09.2025 19:33 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
2025 Summer Library Programme
School holidays are never boring at Western Isles Libraries - our 2025 programme is now OPEN for bookings! Visit Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/western-isles-libraries-34058303871
Our 2025 programme is now OPEN for bookings!
📆 Visit our online programme: www.wilibraries.org.uk/events&news
✅ All events are FREE. Bookings via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/western-is...
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#libraries #westernisles #outerhebrides
30.06.2025 20:46 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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17.06.2025 06:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week & this year’s theme is “Community”
Libraries are at the heart ❤️ of our communities. Visit your local branch to find out all they can offer 📚
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#libraries #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #MentalHealthAwareness #community #wellbeing
12.05.2025 18:08 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
✨This Wednesday ✨
Join Roderick G Maclean to launch the English version of his book “Never To Return: Convoys to Russia in the Second World War.” In conversation with Coinneach MacIver.
⏰5:30pm, Wed 23rd April
📍Stornoway Library
🎟Bookings:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
20.04.2025 21:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sgeama Greis Gnìomhachais nan Oileanach Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 2025 | Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Sgeama Greis Gnìomhachais nan Oileanach 2025
Calling All Gaelic Students! Join Western Isles Libraries for a unique summer experience!
We’re offering TWO placements through the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Gaelic Student Placement Scheme 2025 in Liniclete & Stornoway.
Deadline 21st April:
www.cne-siar.gov.uk/gd/leisure-s...
18.04.2025 12:36 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A’ gairm air oileanach Gàidhlig! Thig còmhla ri Seirbheis Leabharlainn nan Eilean Siar airson cothrom samhraidh gun samhail! Tha sinn air bhioran dà àite-obrach a thabhann tro Sgeama Greis Gnìomhachais Oileanaich Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 2025!
📍Lìonacleit & Steòrnabhagh
📅 Diluain 21d Giblean
18.04.2025 12:35 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
USA Food Stories in the British Library’s Oral History and Food Industry Literature Collections
Exciting (fully funded) PhD 📢 ! Collaborative Doctoral Partnership with Keele (me!) and the British Library. Beyond the Burger: USA Food Stories in the British Library’s Oral History and Food Industry Literature Collections
www.keele.ac.uk/study/postgr... (see “advert and details” for full info)
09.04.2025 09:22 — 👍 28 🔁 20 💬 0 📌 0
Famous 🙌
With our new besties from the Reading Schools team at the @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
#readingschools #westernisles #scottishbooktrust #reading #literacy #outerhebrides #libraries #community #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #librariesrock
24.03.2025 19:29 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
dr. evil from the movie dumb and dumber is sitting in a chair .
ALT: dr. evil from the movie dumb and dumber is sitting in a chair .
Thank you for coming! We loved having you guys visit - the week is still sinking in but so much excitement and passion for libraries 💕 we could not have wished for a better outcome! Except perhaps…
21.03.2025 18:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A fantastic morning. So much library love ❤️ followed by a big day with the @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social providing professional learning for teachers & visiting Sgoil a Bhac to encourage them as they start their Reading Schools journey. Looking forward to more great library partnerships 🎉
18.03.2025 16:11 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
a man in a suit and tie is pointing at another man in a suit and tie .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is pointing at another man in a suit and tie .
Staff had training today & one of the sessions was social media so we feel obliged to tell you we also have tikkytok.
We’re @wilibraries
#libraries
#librarysocials
#libraryadvocacy
17.03.2025 22:20 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
All set up for tomorrow’s literacy, reading & Gaelic discussions with the @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social (& Scotland’s Makar if he made the ferry 🙏) in Stornoway. With thanks to the Scottish Library & Info Council SLIF fund 📚
#literacy #reading #Gaelic #libraries #community #Bookbug #westernisles
17.03.2025 20:51 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
We have been quiet on here lately because we are busy planning next week’s Islands’ Literacy Symposium. We’re excited to be bringing so many local literacy champions together & to be fuelling discussions with this incredible local business 🥰 #OnBoardHebrides #literacy
10.03.2025 11:26 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
After visiting Castlebay, Bookbug made his way to Stornoway by hitching a lift on the Mobile Library.
We hope you enjoyed Bookbugs tour for Seachdain ma Gàidhlig!
👋 Cheerio = tìoraidh
03.03.2025 07:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🏴 Bookbug in Uist
As Bookbug moves from island to island, he’s enjoying all the Gaelic phrases along the way! Today’s phrase is:
⛴ Tha an t-aiseag a’ seòladh = The ferry is sailing
#SeachdainNaGaidhlig #BuildingConnections #GaelicCulture #isleofuist #Libraries #Bookbug
01.03.2025 10:09 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🚗💨 Bookbug’s First Stop: Na Hearradh // Isle of Harris
On his journey across the Western Isles, Bookbug is heading to the Harris library today!
How about we learn a Gaelic phrase together?
👋 Ciamar a tha thu? = How are you?
27.02.2025 12:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Seachdain na Gaidhlig - Bookbug's Adventure 🌟
Bookbug’s adventure across the Western Isles starts today, and he’s excited to connect with all of you! Learn some Gaelic words as we travel from Lewis to the other libraries!
📚 Leabhar = Book
📖 Leugh = Read
Where will Bookbug visit next?
24.02.2025 18:24 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
✅This is a free event thanks to the Scottish Government Public Library Improvement Fund & support from The Scottish Library & Information Council
24.02.2025 12:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🤛 An opportunity for literacy champions to come together to form new partnerships. There will be a showcase of local literacy initiatives & panel on ‘Building a Gaelic Reading Culture’ chaired by Agnes Rennie.
Join the conversation on how Gaelic can continue to shape our island literacy landscape.
24.02.2025 12:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Islands Literacy Symposium
Gathering key voices together for a conversation about literacy in Outer Hebrides.
✨ World Gaelic Week ✨
📚 We’re excited to announce our upcoming Islands Literacy Symposium with the Scottish Book Trust & Scotland’s Makar, Peter Mackay
📅 Tues 18/3, 9-10.30am
📍 Stornoway Town Hall
🥐 Breakfast by OnBoard Hebrides
🎟️ Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1216611891...
📸 John Maher
24.02.2025 12:38 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
A bathymetrical chart of Loch Morar, showing the depth of the water in the loch.
🌊✨ It's #MapMonsterMonday, and today we're diving into the depths of Loch Morar – the deepest loch in the UK!
Did you know it's home to its very own resident monster, Mòrag? 🐉 Sighted over 30 times, she's a legend in her own right.
17.02.2025 16:19 — 👍 55 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0
Opening 16.01.26, a new public resource dedicated to the Scottish writer Agnes Owens. This archive is housed within agrayarchive.bsky.social
Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 11 (2026) aig Oilthigh Ghlaschu: 14–16 Iuchar 2026
Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 11 (2026) at the University of Glasgow: 14–16 July 2026
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