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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A New Look for Troon Library

15th May 2019 | SLIC Blog

Part of Troon Library has been refurbished into new office space thanks to the Scottish Coworking Network, a brand new network of library coworking spaces.

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Libraries Get Creative For Festival

15th May 2019 | SLIC News

Public Libraries throughout Scotland are taking part in this year’s Get Creative Festival, encouraging everyone to have fun and get involved.

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Pupils Publish Mental Health Support Book

14th May 2019 | SLIC News

Pupils from East Dunbartonshire have published their own mental health support book based on their own experiences.

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SLIC May 18

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Catch up with this week's #SLICblog which takes a look at the new @ScottishCowork area in Troon Library. Troon is t… https://t.co/94g1ePiMRz

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