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librarians Various aspects of the work undertaken by the librarians at the Scottish Poetry library will be of particular interest to fellow professionals. Poetry in the Branches | e-newsletter for librarians | INSPIRE catalogue | Subject indexing | Canned searches | Scottish Poetry Index | Collection policy | Donations | Book lists | Volunteer policy Poetry in the Branches training Do you want ideas and confidence to help make poetry one of your library’s success stories? Join the Scottish Poetry Library for training that foregrounds poetry in the life of your library. From leading book group discussions to building your collection, from your checklist for planning and promoting poetry events to enjoying some live performance yourself, we’ll give you the basics you need – and ensure you feel at home with poetry. Return to your library bursting with ideas to try and a course handbook stuffed with booklists and tip-sheets. We'll send you the quarterly e-magazine Poetry Issues, including special offers from the Poetry Book Society for course participants, to keep the ideas flowing and give you updates on useful Scottish Poetry Library online resources. This training was developed by Poets House in New York, where it has been helping librarians across the US get newfound confidence and increased borrowing statistics since 1995. The training and handbook are fully adapted and revised for Scotland. ‘a truly inspirational programme [in an equally inspirational setting] ... it will give you the confidence and knowledge to work with poetry’ ‘interesting – enjoyable – practical – opens up poetry and takes away the fear factor!’ ‘excellent value and an inspiring day!’ When: Monday 1 September 6-8pm, Tuesday 2 September 9.30am-4.30pm Where: Central Library, Paisley Cost: £30 (includes course handbook and catering) Schedule and Booking: download the outline schedule and booking form here - booking deadline 28 August
We are delighted that Poetry in the Branches (Scotland) training is supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and the Scottish Arts Council. This training session is also supported by Renfrewshire Libraries. Please note the Paisley venue is accessed by two flights of stairs, no lift. If you would like to attend PitB training but the access to this session will be a problem, please contact Lilias Fraser to discuss.
Subscribe to Poetry Issues e-newsletter Our free e-newsletter for librarians, Poetry in the Branches participants and other reader development workers comes out quarterly. We include recommendations of new poetry titles, and poems ready to read with your book group using the 'Shared Inquiry' approach, as well as other ideas to promote poetry in your library. Latest editions of Poetry Issues
INternational & Scottish Poetry Information REsource (INSPIRE) is the on-line public access catalogue developed for the Scottish Poetry Library. The current INSPIRE utilises Horizon Information Portal 3.04 from SirsiDynix to provide a versatile library catalogue specifically tailored for the SPL's collection - some 50,000 records in all. INSPIRE allows the user to search across multiple indexes, combining several search terms, allowing for thorough searching and retrieval of relevant titles. INSPIRE has been designed and is maintained by Gordon Dunsire, CDLR, and Penny Robertson, SLAINTE, in co-operation with staff of the Scottish Poetry Library. From its inception a unique feature of INSPIRE has been the very full indexing of books and other material by subject, language, place of origin, and period. The potential of our database for researchers is constantly expanding: the subject authority file currently lists many thousands of terms, reflecting the almost unlimited subject matter of poetic inspiration, from artistic, social or intellectual themes to environmental or scientific ones. Items can be catalogued to a level where subject terms are assigned to individual poems within collections. INSPIRE also allows users to identify collections by an individual poet, as well as that poet’s work included in anthologies, and the work of poets as editors and translators. Utilising aspects of the Horizon Information Portal software, a new feature of the SPL website is the extensive use of live links into our holdings through “canned searches”. Compiled by the librarians, and placed throughout the website, they allow for access to holdings information on particular poets, and on subjects relevant to the content of the webpages. The links are dynamic, and take account of all new additions to the catalogue. Similarly the Scot Bib section allows the user to list Scottish poetry titles by date of publication. Simply click on the link for the decade or year in which you are interested and the SPL holdings of material published in Scotland and by Scottish poets in that period will be displayed. The Scottish Poetry Index gives detailed access to all poetry and poetry related material in twenty selected Scottish magazines from 1952. A wealth of poetry, published only in the journals and including much of our leading poets' early work, is easily traceable through the SPI. It covers critical material, reviews, selected letters, and all individual poems, analysed by subject, theme, language and literary form. As such, it is valuable for academic research, in the compiling of bibliographies, and for the more general reader requiring a thematic approach. The series is also a useful tool for studying the development of Scottish literary journals and the broader culture of Scotland during this period. The original project covered the years from 1952 to 1992, these published volumes are available for sale from the Scottish Poetry Library. Indexing of current titles continues in electronic form as part of our catalogue. Acquisitions support the reference and lending collections within the SPL, and the SPL Outreach Collections. All recent Scottish poetry titles, from anthologies through pamphlet collections by individual authors, are purchased as comprehensively as possible. These will include books written in English, Scots, and Gaelic. Where appropriate, in format and cost, we purchase two copies of each item to allow for one reference and one lending copy. Additional purchase are made of pre-20th century Scottish verse ensuring we hold representative collections covering major poets and movements Contemporary and 20th century English-language poetry from Britain and elsewhere, is purchased selectively, concentrating on better-known poets. We have a strong focus on European poetry, and are consistently adding titles to those purchased under the auspices of the European Poetry Information Centre (EPIC) project. Purchases of foreign-language poetry aim at creating a broad representative collection, including the works of major contemporary poets of the 20th century and anthologies representative of the poetic output of a particular country, region or language. We endeavour to acquire translations in parallel text and to also include, where available, poetry in minority languages. Less poetry for children is produced in Scotland, so our purchasing policy for junior items is broadened to include all contemporary English-language poetry aimed at children. Books aimed at a teenage readership, through poem selection, themes or packaging are shelved within the main collection. Audio cassettes, CDs, videos, and DVDs of Scottish poetry and poets are purchased as books, with two copies bought of all available titles. The Scottish Poetry Library has a unique collection of sound recordings of its own events and poetry readings. Every effort is being made to preserve these for archive purposes in a suitable format and whenever possible to produce copies to allow for borrowing. We have fostered links with poets, publishers, libraries and other organisations and receive a great many donations. Whether titles donated by individual members of the public, or occasional larger donations, we are always pleased to consider donations for addition to the Library. We do reserve the right to reject material thought to be unsuitable, or because of lack of space, but it is nevertheless largely through the generosity of past donors that we have been able to build up our stock. We are grateful to the following donors who have given items for the collection over the past year: David Robinson (The Scotsman); Stuart Kelly (Scotland on Sunday); Salt Publishing; Akros Publications; HappenStance Press; Myles Cambell; Carcanet Press; Jane Routh; Lex Runciman; Mario Relich; Christine De Luca; Richard Price; Hamish Whyte; Diana Hendry; Michael Augustin; Kenneth Sutherland; Kathleen Jamie; Dionysia Press; StAnza Festival; Mr Paton; Sheena Blackhall; Tom Hubbard; Jim C Wilson; ControlledExplosionPress; Unst Writers Group; James Russell Grant; Jimmie Dickie; Ronald Dean; Robyn Marsack; Peggy Hughes; Stanley Spelter; Tawona Sithole; Douglas Clark; Elizabeth Burns; Gavin Bolus; Lorna Irvine; Harriet Torr; Andrew Johnston; Stan Bell; Hansel Cooperative Press; Mariscat Press; Jerry Nolan; Rachel Fox; Pauline Kirk; Margaret Gillies Brown; Shiltron (Stan Bell); Bloodaxe Books; Mary Robinson; Canongate Books; Stephen Eric Smyth; Bernard Briggs; Calder Wood Press; Wendy Jane Muzlanova; Athena Press; Elkhound Publications; Jan Sutch Pickard; Michael Augustin; Gavin Dunlop; Mr Paton; Norman Kreitman; Angela MacSeveney; Enitharmon Press; Jim McGonigal; Ishbel Neilson; Laurna Robertson; Bhikkhu Abhinando; Norman Kreitman; Albert Coffey; Didier Mathieu; Alice Major; Peter France; Ann Gwilt; Tessa Rasnford; Eric Wishart; Stephen Watts; Poetry Trust; Wendy Webb Books; Shoestring Press; Gordon Jarvie; Marco Fazzini. New Books at the Scottish Poetry Library lists interesting new titles acquired by the SPL. This section on the website is updated monthly. SPL produces a bi-annual listing of New Scottish Poetry Titles. This pamphlet, produced in July and December, conveniently collects together the Scottish poetry titles that have come to the Librarian's attention over the last six months. We hope it will be useful, either for requesting books to borrow from the SPL, or in buying them. If you find any titles difficult to track down through your bookseller, or have any other questions, please consult us. We are pleased to list omitted titles, and would ask you to supply each element of the given information, including price and ISBN where available. Advice of forthcoming titles is welcomed, and should be sent to Julie Johnstone at SPL. Copies available on request. At the SPL volunteers are a major resource, making a vital contribution to the achievement of our aims. Experience has shown that volunteering also brings benefits to volunteers themselves. Volunteers complement and do not replace the roles of paid staff, and we believe our relationship with our volunteers is one of mutual responsibility and commitment. In involving volunteers we are guided by principles of good practice. To ensure that all volunteering opportunities are widely accessible, they will be advertised on the SPL website. Volunteers are required to complete a volunteer's application/registration form (available on request). Written task descriptions will outline time, commitment, necessary skills and actual duties. Placements will match the volunteer's skills, talents and interests with the voluntary work to be carried out. |
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