National lifelong learning has been out on the road again delivering our new satellite collections to various locations. Each satellite collection is a small “mini women’s library” tailor-made to suit a particular group or location then installed at venues such as community centres, public libraries and other community venues. In February I travelled to Stirling with Wendy our librarian and volunteer Iona to install a collection in the library and learning centre of Cornton Vale prison. We launched the collection with a workshop which included some great audio clips from poets such as Jackie Kay and Liz Lochhead.
During March I delivered a collection to Inverness Women’s Aid and to the Ewart library in Dumfries. We have also gathered a collection of graphic novels and zines by women writers and illustrators. This collection is going to be travelling around libraries in Dumfries and Galloway over the next few months before returning to GWL. It includes work by Claire Bretecher, Posy Simmonds, Marjane Satrapi and many more. It’s great to see the collection out and about all over Scotland. We’re looking forward to installing more satellite collections in new locations and bringing the library to more women in Scotland.
