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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SLIC Conversation Cafe at the Scottish Learning Festival

19th September 2019 | SLIC News

SLIC will once again be exhibiting at this year’s Scottish Learning Festival, providing a Conversation Café for delegates.

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£200,000 Funding Award Shared by Scottish Libraries

19th September 2019 | SLIC News

Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop, has today announced the winning bids of this year’s Public Library Improvement Fund.

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Exciting Times for School Libraries

18th September 2019 | SLIC Blog

This week on the SLIC blog our Business Support Officer Louise Cooper talks about the current round of the School Library Improvement Fund and the first year of the School Library strategy Vibrant Libraries, Thriving Schools.

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