On Friday 9th October, CILIP will be holding their New Professionals Day 2015. I attended this event in 2014 and found it both useful and inspiring. There were around 60 delegates, from across the country. The majority were, like me, just starting out on their careers, but some of the attendees had been in the…Continue Reading CILIP New Professionals Day, 2014
Blog Post Amnesty Drop-in
I recently attended the above training session and we discussed posting a blog for an event that was already featured. It was decided that another viewpoint would be of interest but as Sam had written such a well-balanced and comprehensive report (read it here), I did not feel another was necessary (especially one of my newbies!)…Continue Reading Blog Post Amnesty Drop-in
Customer Services Training, August 2015
Recently, we’ve had a lot of Customer Services training here in Library Services. There’s been three sessions set up, run by Angela Tickner from Quest Coaching and Development Ltd, who’s done similar training for City before. I wanted to use this space to reflect on my attendance at one of the sessions, on 13th August…Continue Reading Customer Services Training, August 2015
Creative Library Teaching Workshop – Leeds Beckett University, May 2015
The title of this workshop really interested me. I have a background in performing arts and have dappled in creative writing (scripts for plays and short films, poetry, outlines for full length novels and/or screenplays) so I was keen to see some new ideas that I could perhaps incorporate into my teaching. We started with…Continue Reading Creative Library Teaching Workshop – Leeds Beckett University, May 2015
EIUG (European Innovative User Group) 2015
WARNING: This blog posts contains an unusually high number of acronyms. Read at your own risk. In early July I attended the EIUG conference in Dublin. This year it was held as a joint conference with the IIUG (Irish Innovative User Group) as Innovative have attracted several new Irish customers recently, including Trinity College Dublin,…Continue Reading EIUG (European Innovative User Group) 2015
Derek goes Dutch
I made a flying visit to Rotterdam in May as I was lucky to be able to join a study tour of Dutch libraries, organised loosely under the SCONUL umbrella by library and learning space consultant Les Watson. “Crazy spaces make great places” was the strapline for the trip, intended to showcase innovative architectural ideas…Continue Reading Derek goes Dutch
CILIP Leadership Programme & Conference 2015
In July 2015, I was fortunate enough to have had the chance to have 2 new experiences, the first day of the new CILIP Leadership programme and the opportunity to attend the CILIP Conference 2015, both in Liverpool (and also to meet some great new people). CILIP Leadership Programme The CILIP Leadership programme is a pilot…Continue Reading CILIP Leadership Programme & Conference 2015
“With a little help from my [BLA] friends”: Notes from a Business Librarians Association Conference Newcomer
As far as first major conferences go, I got lucky attending BLA 2015 in Liverpool. From the very beginning, meeting Samantha at Euston, where our direct train with seat bookings to Liverpool Lime Street had been cancelled and all the other trains were severely delayed, Samantha happened to be a seasoned traveler from Euston with…Continue Reading “With a little help from my [BLA] friends”: Notes from a Business Librarians Association Conference Newcomer
EBSLG Conference
I was fortunate enough to attend the European Business School Librarians’ (EBSLG) conference in at St. Gallen University earlier this month. I delivered a paper on Creating an impact with library promotions in which I shared some of the great work of our Library Marketing Group. Here is a summary of highlights from the conference….Continue Reading EBSLG Conference
Data skills and statistics for librarians, cpd25, 1st June 2015
Three of us from City went to this event, all from the Management Information Group – we hoped it would help us to understand some of the things that we could do with the statistics we’re collecting, and also help us to identify what the right sort of things to collect are. I’d say it…Continue Reading Data skills and statistics for librarians, cpd25, 1st June 2015