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Introduction |
Welcome to the Arts and Libraries Web site. This site is focused on encouraging libraries and arts organizations to work more closely in partnership. There are potentially immense benefits to be gained from such partnerships by both communities - in audience development; marketing; provision of venues; or information support. As the site develops we will be providing the examples, support tools and policy information to stimulate the creation of more partnerships. At the centre of the site is the Books Connect project. This project has been financially supported by East Midlands Arts Regional Arts Lottery Programme, East Midlands Museums Service and CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. It seeks to exploit the growing experience of libraries in literature promotion and reader development by using it as a springboard to develop partnerships between libraries and other art forms. Nine partnership projects will be based in public library authorities in the East Midlands and take place during 2001 and 2002. Full details will be provided of the progress of these projects. The site also includes details of the work of the Libraries and Arts Working Party and its main contributing partners, the Library Association* and The Arts Council of England. It includes the report - Public Libraries and the Arts: Pathways to Partnerships - they jointly commissioned from Capital Planning Information (CPI) and also the statement of support for partnerships between libraries and the arts that was drawn up following a symposium of libraries and arts organizations in June 2000. However, we also want to encourage contributions from a wider spectrum of interested people and organizations. We would like to invite libraries or arts organisations that are engaged in projects, based on partnerships between the libraries and the arts, to submit details for inclusion on the database of projects on this website. In April 2002 the Library Association unified with the Institute of Information Scientists to form a new professional body, CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. |
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