I attended the ICS First Impressions training course at City University, which was held on Wednesday 26th June (day 1) and Tuesday 23rd July (day 2). The group consisted of other library staff, members of the security team and a course officer from Cass Business School. Before the course started we received literature on the…Continue Reading ICS First Impressions
CILIP’s “Umbrella” Conference is held every two years with the purpose of bringing library and information professionals from different sectors together. Under one quite big, metaphorical umbrella, as it were. This year it was held at the University of Manchester and I was there. As were six hundred or so others. It was an interesting…Continue Reading Umbrella 2013
I started working here at City as Research Librarian in February 2013 and here are a few highlights from my time here so far: I have enjoyed learning new things, using social media such as writing the Citylibresearchers blog and using Twitter to engage with academics and others. I have enjoyed doing presentations to staff…Continue Reading Reflections on starting @ City
In February, Amy, James, Sue and I attended this event run by CPD25, which was aimed specifically at Library & Information Assistants. The event was held in the Hardy Room of the London Mathematical Society on Russell Square. The day was divided into two: in the morning Jeremy Clark from Sue Hill Recruitment held a…Continue Reading Career Development Day for Library & Information Assistants
(Image by UK Parliament) City University library was well represented at the House of Commons Library visit in February. Attendance was prompted by link to faculty, a general interest in political history, and not least the wonderfully evocative interior of the library and its cloisters. I was particularly interested in getting a better idea of…Continue Reading Notes from the House of Commons Library visit 20th February 2013
‘Twas a dark and stormy night… well, it wasn’t actually, though it did rain in Birmingham. That was the only real downside to attending the CILIP Career Development Group Conference back in July, an event held at the impressive Austin Court, and aimed at bringing a mixture of new and experienced professionals together in order…Continue Reading SDG at the CDG