Liz Roberts

Biography: Liz Roberts is HeadSpace Project Manager for The Reading Agency (TRA), a development agency for public libraries' work with readers. This Big Lottery funded project forms a key part of TRA's ‘Fulfilling their Potential' framework focused on transforming library services to 11-19 year olds. Prior to this role, Liz spent 3 years as Regional Libraries Adviser at MLA Yorkshire, developing a number of regional library programmes involving children and young people. Liz also has a professional background in public libraries as a children's and young people's specialist.

Abstract: Heading for HeadSpace: transforming library services in partnership with young people

How can you involve young people in the development and delivery of your library services? Driven by partnerships with young people from communities across England; the Big Lottery funded Book Bars project, is transforming the experience of young people's library services through the development of ‘HeadSpace' sites. This workshop will introduce participants to the HeadSpace model and the policy drivers that have shaped the project. It will outline a framework within which the HeadSpace concept could be more widely taken up and sustained by libraries across the country, drawing on Fulfilling their Potential.