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 Public Libraries launch #ScottishSillySquad

17th July 2020 | SLIC News

Scotland's public library services have launched a #ScottishSillySquad campaign for the Summer Reading Challenge 2020.

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New Chair appointed to support a new public library strategy for Scotland

9th July 2020

Jeanette Castle, University Librarian at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS), has been appointed Chair of the newly established Public Library Strategy Advisory Group.

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Libraries Aspiring Learners... during COVID-19

25th June 2020 | SLIC News

OnFife Libraries has had to drastically rethink their PLIF project due to COVID-19. The result? A more sustainable plan.

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SLIC Aug 08

A BIG thank you to all the amazing authors, illustrators, actors, writers & storytellers who have taken part in thi… https://t.co/dPwmmmUPgv

SLIC Aug 08

The last #ScottishSillySquad session for the #SummerReadingChallenge is only a few minutes away! Watch storyteller… https://t.co/QDgl0SWzk5