The Scottish Library and Information Council

SLIC offers leadership focus and support to the Scottish library and information sector, co-ordinating and promoting national service developments to benefit Scotland’s people and enrich our cultural, educational and economic landscape.

Funding

We administer Scottish Government funding for both public libraries and school libraries. We also offer funding to the wider library and information sector.

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Advice & Guidance

Learn about Scotland's National Strategies as well as evaluative frameworks and handy toolkits which help libraries improve their services.

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Projects

SLIC is involved in a large number of national library projects including One Card, Read Write Count and the Scottish Coworking Network.

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Get On Board with Library Gaming

26th June 2019 | SLIC Blog

In this month’s PLIF blog we take a look at Renfrewshire Libraries’ Get On Board project which aimed to encourage young teenagers to engage with library services.

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Inverness Hub hosts Business Workshop

24th June 2019 | SLIC News

The first business workshop gets underway this week at the Scottish Coworking Network Inverness – the latest business hub to open in a Scottish Public Library.

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Duloch Wins FM Reading Challenge Library Award

20th June 2019 | SLIC News

Duloch Library in Dunfermline has become the first library winner of a Reading Culture Award at the annual First Minister’s Reading Challenge Celebration Event.

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