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Weekend School: the forerunner of the YLG Conference
From an early stage the section recognised the value of specialist training and activities.
The weekend school was suggested in 1950; it cost £2.20 per delegate and was aimed at children’s library assistants particularly. It is noted as the committee’s first experiment in running a training weekend.
Many conferences have followed and an archive of the programmes exists today. Many locations around the UK have hosted the conference, generally university campus. Topics covered at the weekend schools have always been relevant and interesting and have made it a popular conference.
The joint Millennium Conference “Under the covers”, which also included the School Library Group and the School Library Association was an example of how well these groups work together to serve the different needs of their members.
The photo shows Conference 1959 and Stella J Hardy in the centre of an informal group
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Updated: 06 May 2008