Libraries Change Lives Award Shortlist

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Shortlist for the 2006 CILIP / LiS Libraries Change Lives Award Announced

A project working with vulnerable young people and drug addicts in Blackburn, helping to create a senses of ownership of the library; a library service focused on guest workers and their families in Lincolnshire; and an innovative library-based scheme working with excluded young people to address antisocial behaviour in the Sighthill area of Edinburgh, are in the running for the 2006 CILIP/LiS Libraries Change Lives Award.

The winner of the award will be announced by performance poet John Hegley on 26 April 2006 at the Library + information Show (LiS), The Pavilion, NEC, Birmingham.

The three shortlisted library projects are:

- Books on the Edge � Blackburn and Darwen Borough Council

- Multicultural Development Service � Lincolnshire County Council

- Sighthill Library Youth Work � Edinburgh City Libraries and Information Service


This is the 14th year of the national award that recognises innovative and exciting work in libraries and their communities.

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