@cilipslg.bsky.social
This is the account for the CILIP School Libraries Group, the professional association for school librarians. https://linktr.ee/CILIPSLGUK
📚 Power of School Libraries – Quote of the Week
School libraries don’t just hold books — they hold opportunities, perspectives, and futures.
If your school library made a difference in your life, this one’s for you. 📖
#PowerOfSchoolLibraries #SchoolLibraries @cilip.bsky.social
🍿 SLG Book of the Week: Popcorn by Rob Harrell
Funny, honest, and reassuring — a brilliant middle-grade story about anxiety, school photo day disasters, and learning to accept help.
#SLGBookOfTheWeek #MiddleGrade @cilip.bsky.social
Information about our March #CILIPMembersFest26 event!!!!
11.02.2026 06:24 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Collection of ten educational book covers focused on school libraries, literacy, and library leadership with diverse designs and colors.
Get ready for the National Year of Reading with the right books! From championing your space to creating a reading culture, our books will help reignite the passion for reading in your school library 📚
Browse our school library books 👇
https://ow.ly/3S6v50Y3LaQ
Family reading together during an online webinar promoting the Members Fest on March 5.
Next on at #CILIPMembersFest26 is National Year of Reading - How Youth Libraries can support your Special Interest Group.’ This session will provide an overview of the range of resources and training provided by #YLG - Youth Libraries Group
📅 Thursday 5 March
Book now: https://ow.ly/iLfN50Y8Ejv
Which EDI titles are you most excited about this Spring/Summer? We'd love to see your latest Children and YA releases getting the visibility they deserve! Browse our latest issue: content.yudu.com/web/43mce/0A...
💻Email: advertising@cilip.org.uk for more info
Get ready for the National Year of Reading with must-have books on literacy & reading from CILIP's Facet Publishing email-cilip.org.uk/cr/AQi40xMQv... #NYR #NYoR #Literacy CILIP members get a discount of course
30.01.2026 16:41 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Announcing the longlist for the #Carnegies2026 Medal for Illustration!🏅🎨
Featuring lively colours and immersive mediums, these 19 works beautifully portray themes of identity, relationships, nature, and life’s journey. 📚🌟
https://carnegies.co.uk/2026-longlists-announced/
Revealing the longlist for the #Carnegies2026 Medal for Writing! 🏅✒️
Highlighting diversity and community, these 19 works span from humorous narratives and creative reimaginings to artfully using history to explore identity and relationships . 💫📖
https://carnegies.co.uk/2026-longlists-announced/
Open box of books.
Two piles of books on a yellow table
Thank you to @cilipslg.bsky.social for this bundle of brilliant books! It was the cause of great excitement this morning.
09.02.2026 13:19 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Our SLG Book of the Week is Land of the Last Wildcat by Lui Sit, illustrated by David Dean 🌿
A thrilling debut blending magic, environmental responsibility, friendship, and courage—brought to life with striking illustrations.
📖🐾 #NationalYearOfReading @cilip.bsky.social
This Valentine’s Day, we’re showing some love for school librarians 💌
They’re the guides, champions, and quiet heroes behind young people discovering reading, confidence, and belonging. This quote says it all—libraries matter, but librarians make the difference.
#LibraryLove @cilip.bsky.social
Our AGM event is now fully booked.
01.02.2026 13:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This webinar is now fully booked. If you missed out on registering, a recording will be available on the CILIP SLG website by Friday, 20th February, for a limited time only.
01.02.2026 13:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📘 SLG Book of the Week
The Elemental Detectives by Patrice Lawrence
#SLGBookOfTheWeek #NationalYearOfReading #KidsLit @cilip.bsky.social
🎨📚This week’s Power of School Libraries – Quote of the Week celebrates school libraries as creative spaces that support art, visual research, and inspiration. 🎨📚
#PowerOfSchoolLibraries #NYR2026 #Creativity @cilip.bsky.social
31.01.2026 08:34 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
You’re already doing it. 📖
A free webinar with Barbara Band on how your reading-for-pleasure work fits the National Year of Reading.
🗓 Mon 9 Feb | 7.00–8.15pm
🔗 www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
#SchoolLibraries #NYR2026 #ReadingForPleasure @cilip.bsky.social
My next free Lit Link Up book webinar is on the 13th February & I have lots of great books to share (and some freebies to send out to UK attendees!) If you can't attend on the night if you sign up anyway I will send the recording link out to you a few days after
www.bevhumphrey.com/lit-link-up....
📚 SLG Book of the Week
An ideal resource for school libraries.
The Britannica All New Children’s Encyclopedia – Updated Edition supports curriculum learning, enquiry, and curiosity through expert content and rich visuals.
#SLGBookOfTheWeek #SchoolLibraries @cilip.bsky.social
Blue banner displaying CILIP's 2026-30 strategy titled 'Empowering Impact' with geometric hexagon patterns.
What makes CILIP's new strategy: Empowering Impact stand out? Its the focus on the unique value of information professionals in inclusive learning, innovation, green growth, health & wellbeing, and social cohesion. This is advocacy rooted in real-world impact. https://ow.ly/LnbZ50XVpAM
23.01.2026 09:45 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Malorie Blackman champions public libraries: "Having a public library within walking distance... made me who I am." £27.5m Govt pledge is welcome, but we still need ambitious public library strategy backed by secure, long-term funding. #NationalYearOfReading2026
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
📚✨ Power of School Libraries – Quote of the Week
When school leadership teams value their library, it becomes a space that supports literacy, wellbeing, and a rights-respecting school culture.
#SchoolLeadership #PowerOfSchoolLibraries #SchoolLibraries @cilip.bsky.social
Digital keyboard keys illuminated with blue light forming a keyhole symbol, promoting AI literacy in libraries for an online webinar on March 2.
The next event at #CILIPMembersFest26 is ‘AI literacy across library sectors’. This panel discussion by key industry speakers explores their experiences of AI in the workplace, key issues & concerns with AI in their sector, and much more.
📅 Monday 2 March
Book now 👉 https://ow.ly/L0Aj50XVq3r
Blue banner featuring CILIP logo and text promoting latest news from the library and information sector with Information Professional and The Info Pro Podcast logos.
Read informed and current insights from the sector, emerging issues, latest trends in the workplace as well as papers and reports from our sector-renowned magazine, #InformationProfessional. And our new IP Podcast! All on the #CILIP Latest News page: https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/IP_news
12.01.2026 13:01 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Podcast episode titled 'Protecting our Intellectual Freedom rights' from The Info Pro Podcast with a blurred speaker in a cozy room filled with books and plants.
Intellectual freedom fighter and Chair of CILIP's Intellectual Freedom Committee, Dr David McMenemy joins the #InfoProPodcast to discuss all things Intellectual Freedom - why it matters, where the threats are coming, and what you can do to protect it.
🎧https://www.cilip.org.uk/podcast
Blue graphic showing CILIP's 2026-30 strategy titled 'Empowering Impact' with geometric shapes and the organisation's mission statement.
The new CILIP strategy doesn’t just look outward. It commits to digital transformation, modernisation and sustainability, ensuring CILIP’s systems, services and operations are fit for the future, and deliver long-term impact for members and partners. https://ow.ly/mohy50XW43h
13.01.2026 14:02 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
CILIP proudly supports the #NationalYearOfReading2026 — a reminder of how books, libraries & librarians transform lives. From Pen&Inc showcasing inclusive children’s books to @carnegiemedals.bsky.social, our flagship awards for nearly 90 years. #GoAllIn
goallin.org.uk
Graphic promoting a webinar on censorship challenges faced by librarians in the US and UK, scheduled for March 3.
Our next #CILIPMembersFest26 events is: Censorship: What Librarians are experiencing in the US & UK. Join this webinar for a thoughtful discussion on the real and concerning current censorship issues facing US & UK librarians and libraries.
📅 Tuesday 3 March
Book now 👉 https://ow.ly/COi550XXRiS
