"DEMOS carried out research over the summer of 2018 to assess the potential impact of reading on several great challenges of our time: loneliness, mental health problems, dementia and social (im)mobility... In a worst case scenario, the social, political and financial pressures of these challenges will pit the young against the old, the privileged against … Continue reading A petition to encourage the Government to invest directly in our public libraries

In October 2018 CLIS Members visited Oxford and were given a guided tour of C.S Lewis' house The Kilns. In 1930 C.S. Lewis bought The Kilns jointly with his brother Warnie, and Mrs Janie Moore. Lois Cooper writes: Ever since some of my family moved to Oxford area I have wanted to visit “The Kilns”, Home … Continue reading CLIS Visit to The Kilns in Oxford

Dr. Dorothy Margaret Keeling died on 27 March 2018 after a long battle against cancer. Prior to her retirement in 2004, Margaret held senior positions in the public library services in Staffordshire and Essex, finishing her career as Head of Libraries, Information, Heritage and Culture in Essex. Margaret Keeling’s first permanent appointment in Staffordshire was … Continue reading Obituary of Margaret Keeling, BA, MA, MCLIP, PhD