Neil MacInnes OBE
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Mancwegian loving Libraries, Archives, Galleries & Culture in Manchester - views expressed, typos, spelling mistakes etc are my own #Love McR 🏳️🌈
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i find this extremely powerful and emotional
#WeMakeEvents
- seeking government support from one of the industries forgotten by government - skilled freelancers marching from the UKs touring, festival and event industry on the edge
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for a first day just over 600 people visited our eight libraries today over the four hours they were open and on a wet Manchester Saturday - i think that’s pretty impressive - very positive feedback from customers and staff alike,see you Tuesday - well done staff
@MancLibraries
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This is Glasgow before the motorway … classic pic of The Mitchell Library
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Another gem
@MancLibraries
from
@archivesplus
- trying to figure out the year … must be 60s
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i may be slightly biased bit isn't that just the most gorgeous library
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fifteen years ago today i started work
@ManCityCouncil
as Head of Service Improvement for the Libraries and Theatres Dept - which ultimately became
@MancLibraries
@HOME_mcr
- eight jobs later and some great and challenging times - none more than just now - but i bloody love it
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tomorrow marks 14 years since i started
@ManCityCouncil
as Head of Service Improvement with the Libraries and Theatres Department - within 9 weeks my role had changed to support the new Asst Ch Exec (Culture) across the wider portfolio - loved those 14 years - very proud 2b MCR
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Manchester Central Library proudly lit purple to show our support and celebration of International Women’s Day. 💜
We’re proud of all our
#StrongMCRWomen
. 💪
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Well 12 years ago today I became head of
@MancLibraries
- and if I recall we had some of the worst snow the city had seen ! The job has changed and grown 3 times since then and I’m even more passionate about our libraries than ever - how the service has grown and evolved
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six years since Manchester Central Library reopened and on the same day I’m reviewing our library offer across the city in response to
#covid19UK
a lot of tears n heartbreak with me at the moment -35 years in the sector but we will do what is best for our city and our residents
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can i just say a huge thank you for all the messages this weekend - love my job, love the role that libraries and culture have in the society we live in and extremely appreciative of the great teams i have worked with & part of in both
@GlasgowLib
@ManCityCouncil
@MancLibraries
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quite strange visiting
@MancLibraries
for the first time in 10 weeks - quite possibly the longest time i’ve not been in a library ever - child and adult - only me and the reading girl to keep me company - good to walk the space again
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amazing image which has appeared online - taken by a construction worker from one of the Deansgate tower - Manchester i adore you
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i have a great team of the most amazing people around me - that’s what’s makes
@MancLibraries
@ManCityCouncil
and i never ever forget that
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i’ve lost a friend this morning - i knew he was having some trouble but didn’t realise how much - reach out to people if you think they’re in difficulty and if you’re struggling reach out to friends
#BeKind
-
#itsokaynottobeokay
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Photo of jack who has been a library member for 82 years . Jack is 92 , his son brought him to library today . As a valued customer we let him in to his choose books VIP treatment !!
@MancLibraries
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Grayson Perry exhibition helps push Manchester Art Gallery visitor numbers back up to pre-pandemic levels via
@manclibraries
@mcrartgallery
@McrCulturePship
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Social media memories are lovely but they can also be hard - ten years ago today was the last time I saw my magic wee mum in person - eight days later she left us - this wee wummin made me who I am today and there’s not a day I don’t think about her
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A queue of forty people this morning on opening and the reading room full to capacity after thirty minutes
@MancLibraries
@welcomebackmcr
#WelcomeBackMCR
@ManCityCouncil
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85 years ago today - on a stunningly gorgeous day -
@MancLibraries
Central Library was opened by the King and Queen - i’ve been down in the archive digging around - as you do !
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Yip you can tell it’s 2020 when one of your birthday gifts is a new mask - oh well another year older - not quite going to be the usual birthday 🥳 week
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So my library career really began as a result of the
@DofE
award scheme with community service B, S and Gold at my local library in Glasgow - at an early age it gave me an understanding of the difference the library makes - and I could make - thank you
#DukeofEdinburghaward
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no matter how many times i show young people round
#ManchesterCentralLibrary
- is the secret door 🚪 in the Chief Librarians Office that gets then every time (and not just the young people)
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Some amazing old Manchester images of the area the current Central Library occupies (which is the fourth location) and brilliant construction images
@MancLibraries
@archivesplus
- almost 7 years until the anniversary of the reopening after transformation
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I love this 1910 Valette capturing Albert Squate alongside the 2015 Allchurch transparency of photographs taken at the same site of the original source
@mcrartgallery
@ManCityCouncil
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quickly reviewing
@MancLibraries
KPIs - 7% increase in issues (1.2m), 36% increase in reservations, 1% increase in visits (2.9m), 0.5m enquiries, 10k events - 191k attendance, 390k PC sess, 1.6m wifi sessions - pretty pleased with that & a big thank you to our talented workforce
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67 - makes you think - that’s the age I would draw my full pension - live life to the full RIP you legend dog whisperer and amazing drag entertainer
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Still can’t believe this is coming up to six years now and we’ve reached 2m visits per year and now the most visited public library in the UK
@MancLibraries
Manchester Central Library reopens after £50m revamp
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Libraries are one of our greatest public goods, on a par with our hospitals and schools - Alexander McCall Smith
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most important card in my wallet - wishing all the best to
@MancLibraries
teams reopening 8 libraries today who have had their doors closed since 21/3 -see you soon -it’s going to be a wee bit different than it was in March but we’re back on the High St
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Here’s our beautiful
@MancLibraries
all
#LightItInRed
to support the unsung heroes of the events industry
@ManCityCouncil
@RahmanCllr
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i’ve just had first sight of KPIs - so at a glance it looks like visits
@MancLibraries
are up 9% - loans up 8%, wifi use up 3% - PC use stays same - education sessions up10% - events and activity sessions up 4% - well done
@ManCityCouncil
- closer analysis and review at w’end
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Every child in Manchester got one of these handkerchiefs in 1934 to celebrate the opening of the most amazing Central Library
@MancLibraries
- here’s mine - and no I wasn’t there !!!!
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I’m assuming it’s raining in MCR
Errr can we talk about that rain? ☔️
eldinnit on Instagram braved the elements to capture this!
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Slightly biased but I do think it is quite possibly the most amazing library in the UK and the most iconic building in Manchester
Facing St Peter’s Square,
#Manchester
Central Library was designed by E. Vincent Harris and constructed 1930 - 1934.
Grade II* listed, the form of the building, a columned portico attached to a rotunda domed structure, is loosely derived from the Pantheon, Rome.
#Lancashire
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Keys handed over - feeling quite emotional - Stockport is now home and the lights went up last night to celebrate
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yay my library date label mask from
@MancLibraries
tote bag has arrived all the way from the Netherlands - thanks
@erikboekesteijn
it’s brilliant - library chic the Manchester way
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and a big shout out
@mcrartgallery
team who welcomed 206 visitors today on our first day of reopening - an excellent first day - and i have to say a most enjoyable safe customer and cultural experience
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not only is
@MancLibraries
Central Library home to a hive of 14 mini 🐝 and the original worker 🐝 but there’s now three new members of the family outside with a swarm of visitors already
#BeeintheCity
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Manchester was the first local authority to provide a public lending and reference library after the passing of the Public Libraries Act 1850. The Manchester Free Library opened at Campfield in September 1852 at a ceremony incl Charles Dickens.
#LibrariesWeek
@MancLibraries
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Lady in her late 70's
@MCCLongsight
today who couldn't use email, her pension has been increased which may affect her housing benefits said ' I am so grateful for the help of Darren ....I will come back to the library if I need anymore help'.
@MancLibraries
@ManCityCouncil
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On this day 16 years ago I walked through these doors for the first time … an interview that changed my life
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some of the official pics now
@AndyWebsdale
- thank you
@MancLibraries
@ManCityCouncil
@libsconnected
for your support !
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Well a most amazing friend - killed themselves today - check in on folk - understand there they are ok and ask - question and make sure- I didn’t
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Someone I met yesterday at a conference mentioned this
@Mr_Dave_Haslam
tweet - so I felt the urge to retweet -
@MancLibraries
across the city we are seeing an increased use by young people wanting a space to study, meet, spend time and to feel safe and secure
In a Tory world addicted to library closures, this is important and wonderful to see. Manchester’s beautiful central library today. Packed with young people quietly studying
@MancLibraries
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This cartoon somehow seems even more relevant to me - Tom Gauld on how librarians might take over the world – cartoon
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did i mention we’ve increased our visits - Tourism’s missing link - Central Library’s astonishing visitor numbers
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Can’t explain how excited the reading girl and I are about reopening Central Library, the UKs busiest public library, this week - she’s been watching the building for 5 months ..
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How can tomorrow be March - to celebrate I’ve bought a new notebook from
@MancLibraries
shop - isn’t it lovely - and it’s lined too - bonus !
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i can’t explain how excited
@mcrartgallery
@MancLibraries
are to be reopening our doors 🚪 next Thursday after 5 months - bringing these two iconic
@MCCCityCentre
cultural gems back to the city and to our residents
@ManCityCouncil
@RahmanCllr
@MccFionaW
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Nice shout out
@GranadaReports
@lucymitv
celebrating
@ManCityCouncil
@MancLibraries
as the most visited library in the UK - big well done to the fabulous staff and volunteer team and our partners
@archivesplus
-
#proud
@RahmanCllr
@MccFionaW
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So 18 years ago today I ventured through these doors for the first time to use
@MancLibraries
PC to prepare my presentation for a wee interview the next day
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Isn't this just gorgeous - our amazing Sue, Library Manager
@MCCGortonAHey
has made
@MancLibraries
@ManCityCouncil
- love hearts stitched together saying welcome back we've missed you ! I love our staff team ! Libraries are the beating heart of our communities
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Happy Birthday Sir Billy Connelly -81 today! One of the Uk and Scotland’s most well known advocates for
#publiclibraries
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Loved this last night
@JoannaLumleyUK
@JaneyGodley
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Didsbury Library, shown here in 1929, is getting a makeover this month. It will be fully redecorated, with new carpet throughout, to give it a new lease of life. The oldest operation
@MancLibraries
opened 1914, works will start on 14th Feb, & the library will be closed for 6 wks
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quote of the day -
@VincentKompany
just stated how beautiful
@MancLibraries
Central Library is - that’ll do me - great to host
@ManCity
teams
@ManCityCouncil
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Twelve years ago today I joined
@MancLibraries
as Head of Service Improvement for the Libraries and Theatres Department - Happy August
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It's official... 🥁
Manchester's magical Central Library is the most visited public library in the UK! 😍
1,891,135 visits were recorded in 2018/9, according to data released by
@CIPFA
.
What's your favourite thing about Central Library?
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wow
@Spinningfields
you’ve certainly “brush”ed up on your
@ManchesterPride
decorations this year - nice paint job !!!
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In this day in 2010, on a very snowy day, I became Head of
@MancLibraries
@archivesplus
and we started to plan our decant from Central Library - my role has expanded somewhat but I’m still as passionate about the power of libraries and their impact on lives
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we had an orderly queue outside
@MCCCityCentre
city library for re- opening this morning - lonely to see people back in
@MancLibraries
- browsing, using PCs, printing , returning books, picking up reservations
@ManCityCouncil
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the mothership in all its glory, also know as the corporation gasometer and the wedding cake, I call it the best public library in the UK - one day we shall return, see what
@MancLibraries
are up to whilst our doors are closed and lit lights are out
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well
@AndyWebsdale
and i are off to the palace - and it’s his birthday too - it’s always about Andrew lol
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as an officer of
@ManCityCouncil
i have the privilege of working with the best of members and officers in what has been the most awful times in my 35 career .. shout out to all and my staff groups
@MancLibraries
@mcrartgallery
@McrCulturePship
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Week one
@MancLibraries
6242 people through our doors - 20% of those for IT access . 6272 books borrowed, 1788 enquiries asked and 839 calls from residents ! WOW - great to be back
@welcomebackmcr
@ManCityCouncil
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I’ve never had a pet ever before or been a dog person - but can’t explain how this little man has been a dogsend, sorry godsend, over the past 9 months
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Love this
@MancLibraries
@archivesplus
Book-shaped benches unveiled across Manchester to inspire children to read
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Here's a little festive winter image from
@MancLibraries
@archivesplus
- Piccadilly Gardens with the Central Reference Library and the statue Adrift - which is now located outside the Central Library that replaced the temporary library in Piccadilly Gardens
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Can I give a HUGE shoutout to my colleagues in
@ManCityCouncil
events team who are in my opinion one of the unseen teams who make it all happen - not sure who to tag but I’ll go with the boss
@MccFionaW
and she’ll know best
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So I needed somewhere quiet to work from and the office was being used - so I thought to myself .... I’ve never worked in this amazing reading room
@MancLibraries
but I so hope that from next week once we see be able to welcome people to use this amazing library again
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just arrived 2018
@TripAdvisor
certificate for the consistent achievement of high ratings from travellers
#9
of 199 things to do
#Manchester
- well done all in the team
@MancLibraries
@archivesplus
@NWfilmarchive
@AIUCentre
@MLFHS
@BIPCManchester
@librarylivemcr
@McrLibraryLover
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my colleague has the best office view ever - well jealous
@ManCityCouncil
-
@MancLibraries
looking resplendent in one of the finest squares in Europe (slightly biased)
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One customer who lived alone described how she was unable to leave the house and had not seen any one for months. She found the TV and radio depressing and was so pleased to be able to receive her large print books again and escape into a happier place. The books keep her going.
Many libraries are still running their vital Home Library Service. “I wish to thank you for your kindness and dedication towards helping to keep my elderly, widowed dad interested in reading about life in India, and for helping him to keep going when the going became too tough.”
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First ever Festival of Libraries comes to Manchester for five days of arts, culture and books via
@mm_newsonline
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This is just brilliant for library city
Great news! Plans for our iconic new library have been approved. 🤩
The library will provide a vibrant learning, research, and collaboration hub, empowering our community and fostering creativity and engagement for future generations.
Read more 🔗 .
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Just realised that tmrw is the eleventh anniversary of my first day as Head of
@MancLibraries
- following
@TransformNicky
on Jan 4th 2010 - and quite an act to follow ! An exciting time in Manchester as we progressed the Libraries Renewal Programme
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