Our Library Lab journeys kicked off in May with a couple of inspirational days at the fantastic Manchester Central Library. It allowed us some time to meet and get to know each other a little, find out about the learning programme, have an initial meeting with our mentors and have a tour of Manchester Central Library.

Fellow partner Harriet Hopkins has written an excellent blog post on the Manchester meeting for the Carnegie Blog.

Neil MacInnes, Head of Libraries, Information and Archives at Manchester and current President of the Society of Chief Librarians (SCL)  gave us a tour of Manchester Central Library and a presentation about the transformation of  the main library and the innovative renewal programme of Manchester Libraries.

L to R Partners and projects cohort 2 of the Carnegie Library Lab programme:

• Caroline Mackie, Library Manager, Herne Hill Library – Skills training in IT & coding
• Naomi Kenny, Librarian, Bonnybridge Library…