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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OnFife Libraries are Back!

23rd September 2020 | SLIC Blog

This week on the SLIC blog Helen Stevenson, Venue Manager at Kirkcaldy Galleries chats about working through lockdown and the reopening of OnFife Libraries.

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New Fun Palaces Scotland TV

21st September 2020 | SLIC Blog

Today SLIC's Fun Palaces Scotland Ambassador Lewis Hou talks about Fun Palaces Scotland TV.

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Learning from COVID - Reopening Shetland Library

16th September 2020 | SLIC Blog

This week on the SLIC blog Karen Fraser, Executive Manager of Library Services at Shetland Library talks about reopening their doors and the changes the library service has made over the last few months.

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SLIC Sep 26

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SLIC Sep 26

Time to catch up with the #SLICblog which this week focuses on @onfifelibraries, #Lockdown and the reopening of the… https://t.co/Ze4EC7hArU