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October 2018
UK Libraries Week
Libraries Week takes place between the 8–13 October to celebrate the nation’s much-loved libraries. This year, with a focus on wellbeing, libraries across the country will showcase how they bring communities together, combat loneliness, provide a space for reading and creativity and support people with their mental health. It’s not just public libraries – libraries of all kinds in schools, workplaces and universities have amazing services that improve our well being. Library staff and supporters can register to take part and we will…
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurter Buchmesse is the world’s most important fair for the print and digital content business, as well as an outstanding social and cultural event. And 2018 marks its 70th year running! For five days, publishing experts, writers and cultural enthusiasts from all over the world come together at the fair in Frankfurt. After closing hours, the events carry on into the city of Frankfurt, too. There is no better place to make new discoveries than at Frankfurter Buchmesse. Meet your…
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New Zealand Bookshop day
Your favourite community celebration of bookshops will be back on Saturday 27 October 2018, with events, competitions and great deals on books all over New Zealand. Vote now for your Bestseller of the Decade! Our posters this year declare 'Love Books, Shop Local' and 'He Whakatā He Pukapuka - A rest means a book', alongside 'It's not hoarding if its books' and 'Love your brain. Read a book.' But don't wait for 27 October to celebrate your favourite community bookshop: head into any…
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NAG Conference
Join Jisc’s ‘Making your digital collections easier to discover’ training workshops November 7 and 13 Jisc are delighted to announce that they will once again be running two one-day workshops to help you increase the reach of your digital collections, optimise them for discovery and evaluate their usage and impact. 7 November 2018 – Workshop one: Maximising the use of digital collections in learning and research 8 November 2018 – Workshop two: Measuring usage and impact with digital collections Venue:…
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Futurebook Conference 2018
Are you sitting comfortably? Well, it’s time to get the hell up and start taking more risks. Because this year, Europe’s biggest publishing innovation conference is on a mission to put a sparkling rocket of creativity and courage up the book trade. On Friday 30th November, FutureBook Live will bring three electrifying strands of content to 155 Bishopsgate, London to help you: PROVOKE ask the uncomfortable questions about what is (or isn’t) working now, from what readers really want to whether subscription models…
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