Lilias Fraser Projects Manager

Scottish Poetry Library Librarian: Julie Johnstone Assistant Librarian: Lizzie MacGregor Director: Robyn Marsack Learning Manager: Georgi Gill

So what does the Scottish Poetry Library DO?

WHAT DO LIBRARIANS WANT? What should we keep? What should we drop? And… What can we try to do instead?

scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk For general users, but also useful for librarians: Online catalogue & postal borrowing Enquiries service (‘Lost for Words’)

Full-text poems online

Biographies & further reading

Search for a single word

Browse poems by subject

National Poetry Day resources online PDF poster of each of the 8 poems 1 PDF general poster Activities/teaching ideas for each poem 1 set of ideas for adult creative writing and reading groups Biographical information & further poems on each of the 8 poets learn/teachers/national-poetry-day-teachers

Monthly newsletter for librarians and teachers, including.. Single author titles Anthologies Children & Young People Small Presses Classics (new editions, re-issues) About (biography, letters, criticism) librarians/what-should-i-buy

PDF poem posters Tagged by theme 4 per month – seasonal/topical Extract from a poem Linked to full text of poem on SPL website

WHAT DO LIBRARIANS WANT? From what SPL provides already: What should we keep? What should we drop? What can we try to do instead?

Full-text poems online Biographies & further info Search by keyword, browse by subject Postal borrowing & enquiries Monthly newsletter: National Poetry Day resources PDF poem posters Monthly new poetry titles

Frances Lincoln Books, 2 October 2014

Lilias Fraser Projects Manager