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Nominations open for Dagger in the Library

Nominations for this year's Dagger in the Library Award, run by the Crime Writers Association, have now opened. Sponsored by Random House, the Dagger in the Library Award is unusual amongst literary prizes in that it is awarded to authors for the body of their work and not for an individual title.

It is intended to give a boost to lesser-known but interesting writers. Last year's winner was Colin Cotterill.

The judging panel, all practising librarians, look forward to receiving nominations from individual branch libraries and library-based reading groups, each of which may nominate up to three different authors.

Libraries that nominate a shortlisted author will be entered into a draw for two tickets to the Awards ceremony, to be held this year at the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, whilst those nominating the eventual winner may win up to GBP.300 to be spent on books for their library.

Nomination forms, together with full details and a poster to display in your library, can be downloaded from the CWA website. Nominations close on Fri 9 April. Added: 20 Jan

JorumOpen launched

Jorum has now opened up for the sharing of resources created under Creative Commons licences in keeping with trends in Open Educational Resources (OER) .

JorumOpen provides free access to a growing collection of open educational resources, for all to benefit worldwide, via Jorum's trusted source of designated learning and teaching resources.

Members of UK Further and Higher Education Institutions, using the UK Access Management Federation to authenticate, can deposit - but anyone will be able to search, browse and download the resources deposited into JorumOpen.

Ian Rankin is first Scot Scriever

Readers in West Lothian's libraries have named crime writer Ian Rankin as their most popular Scottish author.

And he picked up the first West Lothian Scot Scriever award in person at a special author visit and book-signing event at Carmondean Library on Tue 12 Jan.

Ian also spoke at length about his career to date and his hopes for the future to his enthralled audience.

More than 100 people attended the sold outevent.

Photo appears courtesy of West Lothian Council.

Added: 14 Jan

The Wigtown Poetry Competition is now open for entries.

The Wigtown Poetry Competition is now open for entries. Full details of the competition, along with the application form, can be found at www.wigtownbookfestival.com/poetrycomp.

Added: 11 Jan

Pauline Prior-Pitt is Poet of the month

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar's poetry partner for Lionacleit Library, Pauline Prior-Pitt is Poet of the month on the Scottish Poetry Library website - with a poem inspired by a trip on the Mobile Library. www.spl.org.uk

Added: 11 Jan

CILIP in Scotland Council Chair and Policy and Resources Committee nominations

CILIP in Scotland is seeking nominations for the new CILIPS Council chair. There are also four vacancies for nomination to CILIPS Policy and Resources Committee. Nominations should be proposed and seconded by existing Council members and emailed to CILIPS director, Elaine Fulton e:cilips@slainte.org.uk by Mon 25 Jan.

Added: 5 Jan