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• Preparing for the worst is useful but one can sometimes miss things

  23-01-2019 22:46 via publiclibrariesnews.com
  Editorial
  Libraries Connected are doing their first official seminar in June, focusing on “what a future library offer might look like”. The first presentation mentioned is uncontroversial enough, being from Historypin who are a small tech concern dealing with small groups, local history and empathy, very trendy right now. This is the shiny bit that is nice and one expects. Then things get interesting with the second choice, who is the Chief Exec of Barking and Dagenham on
  
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• Speaking up for schools

  23-01-2019 15:10 via unison.org.uk
  UNISON has launched a consultative ballot of school support staff members in England as part of its Speak up for schools campaign.
  UNISON represents around 250,000 school support staff across the UK and those members do fantastic work helping children learn, keeping them safe and healthy and schools running smoothly.
  But life is getting harder in our schools so the union is running a consultative ballot of members in England about their pay, terms and condition and workload.
  We want to know what
  
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