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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Scottish Coworking Network Turns One

21st May 2020 | SLIC News

The Scottish Coworking Network celebrates the first anniversary of its official launch today.

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Celebrate World Book Night with the National Shelf Service

22nd April 2020 | SLIC News

The National Shelf Service, a daily YouTube broadcast featuring book recommendations from professional librarians is running a special series of broadcasts to celebrate World Book Night tomorrow.

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Tackling Social Isolation During COVID-19

20th April 2020 | SLIC News

This week the SLIC and Fun Palaces Scotland Culture & Wellbeing Community Group tackles social isolation in our communities during the Coronavirus pandemic.

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SLIC May 25

Scottish public libraries are doing so much to make sure some services are able to continue during #COVID19 👇… https://t.co/9QgDEhjGAr

SLIC May 25

Why not join our Culture & Wellbeing group on Facebook and join in the discussion tomorrow? https://t.co/kwOg5E5fgx