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Art from the new world

Art from the New World, held in partnership with a private gallery from California, the Corey Helford Gallery. It was a

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East Riding of Yorkshire's Mobile Libraries

Communities in East Riding were missing out on a modern library service, but the mobile library now enables a wide range of

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Edinburgh’s Virtual Library

Edinburgh’s Virtual Library is a portal to all electronic resources, web 2.0 elements of the library service and community

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Essex e-book service

Essex County Libraries was one of the first library services in England to introduce electronic books. They launched the digital

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Explore York Library Learning Centre

Transformation of York’s central library into an Explore Centre with a true emphasis on community learning.

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Libraries in Leeds use JANET

The Leeds Learning Network provides secure, filtered internet and email services to schools, libraries and learning centres across

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Rotherham's 24 Hour Library

In developing their online offer, Rotherham Library and Information Service (RLIS) were keen to ensure that it would take into

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Virtual library in South East London

The Lewisham Library and Information Service (LLIS) has been working in partnership with neighbouring boroughs, Bexley and Bromley

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Museum of London Streetmuseum iPhone app

As part of the new Galleries of Modern London launch the Museum of London set aside a proportion of the budget to the development

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Responsibilities transfer

From 1st October 2011, this site will not be updated, so please treat it as the static archive it is. This is because <a target="_Blank" href="http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/">Arts Council England</a> has now taken over museums and libraries responsibilities. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/">The National Archives</a> has assumed responsibility for strategic leadership of the Archives sector. Arts Council responsibilities will also now include the Renaissance programme, Museum Accreditation, and Library Development, together with cultural property services such as Export Licensing and the Acceptance in Lieu scheme. The National Archives has assumed responsibility for providing strategic leadership to the archives sector and advising government on its development. The MLA is now winding down, with a skeleton staff remaining until May 2012 to complete the management of existing Renaissance contracts, complete outstanding financial and contractual arrangements and prepare for the appointment of a liquidator. This website will remain live until 31st March so that the public still has full access to the material on it – good practice case studies, toolkits, guidance and a range of other publications.  Continue reading

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