Libby Tilley

A hugely important role as CEO at the British Library, which is a key partner for CILIP on many levels. Leading a team of c.1,600 & caring for over 170m items. Deadline 13 Apr, up to £174k informationprofessionaljobs.com/jobs/chief-exe… #libraryjobs #vacancy #job #infoprojobs

CILIP members & subscribers - have you explored the current issue of Information Professional? This weekend why not check out all the sector insights, interviews & our regular mix of industry news & in-depth articles to keep you informed and inspired: cilip.org.uk/page/infopro

🗓️Hold the date! Our CEO @LouisMMCoiffait has just announced that this year’s Libraries Change Lives Week will take place 1-6 June. We’re supporting the National Year of Reading. More details to follow. #LibrariesChangeLives #GoAllIn

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#CILIP Employers’ Forum 2026 - We're delighted to announce our panel of speakers on Intellectual Freedom: @DrDMcMenemy, University of Glasgow, Kirsten Macquarrie, CILIP Scotland and Dr Leo Appleton, University of Sheffield. @GGallerina Register - cilip.org.uk/event/EPForum

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Lovely two days hosting IFLA President Leslie Weir & DG Sharon Memis, with key meetings across the UK library, knowledge & information sector and with partners, on the build up to #WLIC27 #IFLA100 #CILIP150 cilip.org.uk/news/718963/Be…

In Aug 2027, >4k library & info professionals are coming to the UK. Join the National Committee that'll make the most of the opportunity, for the UK, the UK profession, professionals around the world - & all the users we serve cilip.org.uk/general/custom… #WLIC #CILIP150 #IFLA100

📣 Calling all library, info & knowledge pros! Do you believe in the power of information to change lives? Join #CILIP and be part of a passionate, professional community making a difference every day. Come and take a look at our membership benefits: cilip.org.uk/page/BecomeAMe…

'Having a public library within walking distance ... made me who I am' Malorie Blackman backs the National Year of Reading | Books | The Guardian theguardian.com/books/2026/jan…

Well… a thing just happened! 🤯📚 Bobby Seagull MBE "for services to public libraries” 🇬🇧✨ I was just on BBC News talking about my passion for books, libraries, and our incredible librarians ❤️📖 and why they are so vital to our communities. Tomorrow, I’ll talk all things libraries on: 📺 BBC Breakfast – 6.40am 🎙️ LBC – 7.40am 📺 ITV Good Morning Britain – time TBC If you’d like to read more: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Thank you to everyone who believes in the power of libraries 🙏📚 As an former @CILIPinfo UK libraries champion & current @readingagency ambassador, I will continue to campaign for libraries on our high streets. #library #libraries #newyearshonours #MBE

Hmm. If that really was the content of the sermon, I’d be concerned that your preacher was telling you what you wanted to hear rather than challenging you with the gospel. Both the ‘woke liberati’ and the English nationalists need to know that they are sinners in need of grace…

Great day in Oxford for all of us in the new #LibrariesAlliance hosting English public libraries minister Baroness Fiona Twycross, plus our initial website is live librariesalliance.org.uk

We have just extended our Lend & Mend collection AGAIN so along with our loanable tools and sewing machines we now have a loanable collection of KITCHENWARE. Baking tins, flan dishes, cutters and more. 🍳 #GreenLibraries #LoveLibraries Find out more at: orkneylibrary.org.uk/kitchenware/

For the first time ever, Young Carers supporting parents with a severe mental illness will get the help they desperately need. A young carer called it "the safety net we always wished existed". So proud of @AlisonEBennett for her work with @CarersTrust.

@starcrossed2018 Amazing place with a little theatre too - we watched a rehearsal of Julius Caesar!

@LibTil amazing! have never been...

Brilliant visit today @starcrossed2018

@SueLaceybryant @Bobby_Seagull @CILIPinfo My grandson loves his library slot at school

@Bobby_Seagull Spot on; school children need libraries! Yet libraries are Much more than collections for learning & leisure, curiosity & creativity, to inform & challenge. The experience & expertise of library staff, collaborating with teachers, focused on the child, are central. @CILIPinfo

📚✨ Did you know… it’s NOT a legal requirement for primary schools to have a library? 😲 Yes, I'm pleased the Chancellor has pledged to ensure every school has a library by 2029 📖✅ … but children shouldn’t have to wait that long. Making school libraries a statutory requirement is essential 🏫📘 Right now: 🚫 1 in 7 primary schools in England have no library 🚫 In disadvantaged areas, it’s as high as 1 in 4 ➡️ That means 750,000 UK children don’t have access to the books that inspire learning, boost well-being, and unlock future opportunities. 💡❤️ #primaryschool #library #books #reading #teacher #children  @CILIPinfo @Literacy_Trust

Outstanding home visit this week from @OutsideClinic for eye test for 95 year old mum - one of the best medical appointments she had had.

Great to see #TheLibrarians documentary coming to the UK over this week later in Sep - at the Bodleian in Oxford then twice in London, then London again on 27 Oct visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/sep25/th… #IntellectualFreedom