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 public libraries (Public Library Improvement Fund) and funding for the wider library and information sector (Innovation and Development Fund).

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Projects

SLIC is involved in a large number of national library and information services projects, including Read Write Count, 3D Printing and Code Clubs.

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Research & Skills

We regularly commission independent reviews and evaluations of library and information services which benefits the sector as a whole.

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New Wikimedian in Residence at SLIC

13th June 2018 | SLIC Blog

In this week's blog, SLIC's new Wikimedian in Residence Delphine Dallison introduces herself.

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Collaborative Communities in Dundee

6th June 2018 | SLIC Blog

This week’s blog reflects on the 2018 CILIPS Conference in Dundee, which focused on the theme ‘Collaborative Communities’.

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Highland Libraries Head to Austria

30th May 2018 | SLIC Blog

This week’s blog comes from High Life Highland Libraries, who recently attended a conference in Austria with the Austrian Library Association.

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SLIC Jun 22

Finally, one of @UniStrathLibIT's IS Assistants, Lynsey, visited a couple of libraries in Japan during her honeymoo… https://t.co/TZ098ZoUAH

SLIC Jun 22

A crowdsourcing event has secured the future of the Patrick Geddes archives @UniStrathLibIT following a successful… https://t.co/vqmCX6E0Zr

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