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31. Monaghan County Library Services & Creative Cultural TeamDenise O'Neill From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Hi folk, Deirdriu McQuaid Friday 7 July 2023 11:12 Development Plan Library and Cultural Input to Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031 Library Suggestions July 2023.docx Here are suggestions/updates highlighted in yellow Regards, Dee Deirdriu McQuaid A/County Librarian A: Monaghan County Library Services, 98 Avenue, Clones, County Monaghan, H23 RW70 T: 047-74703 M: W: www.monaghan.ie/library Follow us on Facebook! http://on.fb.me/MonaghanFacebook and Twitter @MonaghanCounty P An timpeallacht? - Smaoinigh air sula bpriontaileann to an r-phost seo. Please consider the Environment before printing this email. �IXd[IC'S 4Irelan�l cf Mw 1.-.)RA 'DES http uv tpGA1[ Wrtl+itnNAter tYIW: f. 1.'rttct5 +.na rn,an nph•n irlirin urrr5:rn-u ut--���`:nq�llr.+ 1 5.7 Libraries Monaghan County Council provides a countywide network of library services providing accessible, neutral spaces for communities to avail of a range of activities and services. It was first established in 1928 and it was the first service in Ireland to introduce a rural mobile library in 1956. Monaghan County Library Service is administered from a state-of-the-art modern facility at the County Library Headquarters in Clones. Additional libraries are located in Monaghan Town, Carrickmacross, Castleblayney and Ballybay. A focus to expand services of the County Monaghan library service continues with access to ICT and WIFI facilities, Digital Library Service, Community Outreach and Education Programming, Sensory Programming, Local History and Genealogy, Creative and Cultural programming, My Open Library, Early Years and Schools Service and upgrading of buildings/facilities. . Policy for Libraries CFP 8 To support the continued improvement to the library service in County Monaghan to meet the current and future needs of all members of the community, to strengthen links with socially excluded members and groups of our society. Develop a new library, community, and cultural space in Ballybay town. To support and implement the national strategy for libraries mission ‘To enrich the lives of people and communities in Ireland by providing universal access to information and resources to promote reading and enjoyment, lifelong learning, life skills, education and cultural engagement.’ 12.10.5 Community Facilities The Iontas Community Resource Centre provides a range of services to all members of the local community. The Centre houses a library, Remove library as it is now located at Gate lodge 5.6 Arts, Culture, and Creativity County Monaghan boasts a wealth of history and culture with a range of established heritage groups, cultural festivals and activities operating successfully throughout the County. Through the Arts Office, the Council works to nurture and create the conditions in which great art can happen, while at the same time ensuring that as many people as possible can engage with the arts and discover what art can do for them. The three principle venues for arts activities within County Monaghan are The Market House and The Garage Theatre in Monaghan Town and Iontas in Castleblayney. Smaller venues at The Courthouse Clones, The Workhouse Carrickmacross, Patrick Kavanagh Centre Inniskeen as well as the libraries and the County Museum also provide alternative spaces for arts projects. Furthermore, The Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig is a unique feature of the artistic landscape in County Monaghan. The arts development plan ‘Renewing the Case for the Arts’ provides a five-year framework for strategic actions to be implemented by Monaghan Arts Office on behalf of Monaghan County Council. Through the Creative Ireland Programme, Creative Communities supports the partnership between the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and Ireland’s local authorities. This partnership enables citizens and communities to explore their culture and creativity at local level and, where appropriate, leverage that creativity to strengthen wellbeing, advance social cohesion and support economic development. Creative Communities is also innovative in deploying creativity to achieve greater integration across targeted policy priorities. This has delivered new creative engagement initiatives in relation to for example children and young people, older persons, climate action, and local economies. Individuals’ and communities’ perception about the role and value of culture and creativity as central to our wellbeing in its broadest sense is being enhanced. The opportunity embraced within the Monaghan Culture and Creativity Strategy 2023– 2027 is to support people’s participation, inclusion, and expression within communities, and further strengthen local creative economies. We want to enable local people to enjoy creativity, arts and culture on their own doorstep, facilitate access to creative and collaborative learning, and be a place where artists and creators can prosper and contribute to society, by placing culture and creativity at the heart of the community. Monaghan County Council supports the practice of creativity in whatever form or medium and recognises that a vibrant cultural sector can enhance the socio-economic achievement of our county. It also recognises that creativity and culture can play a role in furthering our aspirations in respect of Climate Action and Health and Wellbeing. To this end, these Creative Ireland Pillars will be woven into the strategic priorities developed for the Pillars of Creative Communities, Creative Youth and Creative Industries. Arts and Culture Policy CFP 7 To encourage and assist in the development of the arts within County Monaghan, support the ongoing development of cultural infrastructure and encourage the provision of public art in all forms throughout the County. Continue to support, rollout and raise awareness of the Monaghan Culture and Creativity 2023-27 strategy on a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach.