SLA conference 2025 (M25 consortium) – Jonathan Winter, Attendee. London College of Fashion, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford. June 19th 2025 Visiting the school of fashion felt a bit like being in the Guggenheim museum in New York or the NT or Barbican Centre. There was Lot of curved concrete and dressmakers’ dummies dotted around….Continue Reading AI in Libraries: Friend or Foe?
Wellbeing and Wellness Action Plans
Putting myself first is not something that happens a lot, but by remembering that being selfish is not a bad thing some of the time, can improve my wellbeing. The analogy of the oxygen mask on a plane is fitting, as you are asked to fit your own first before helping others to fit theirs….Continue Reading Wellbeing and Wellness Action Plans
SDWG snacks – Oct 2023
This is our regular roundup of “snacks” that you can take a bite of when you need some inspiration, either for your well-being, development or to improve your digital skills. Please let us know if you have something you want to share, either well-being, work or home-related. Wellbeing Have you seen the new wellbeing@city hub?…Continue Reading SDWG snacks – Oct 2023
A day in the life of – City Staff Development
On the 7th September I attended my first Staff Development day. It was encouraging to see the many helpful and thought-provoking sessions available. Each activity struck the perfect balance of information and interactive. The facilitators used well structured approaches, and tips given felt directly relevant, with a few `AHA` moments. I look forward to putting…Continue Reading A day in the life of – City Staff Development
SWDG Snacks – Sept 2023
After the summer break, we have a refreshing roundup of “snacks” that you can take a bite of when you need some inspiration, either for your well-being, development or to improve your digital skills. Please let us know if you have something you want to share, either well-being, work or home-related. Personal and Professional Development…Continue Reading SWDG Snacks – Sept 2023
March ’23 SDWG Snacks
This is our regular roundup of “snacks” that you can take a bite of when you need some inspiration, either for your well-being, development or to improve your digital skills. Please let us know if you have something you want to share, either well-being, work or home-related. Well-being This is a 30 day breath workshop…Continue Reading March ’23 SDWG Snacks
School of Science & Technology symposium
Developing Socially Responsible Professionals (SRP) (4th National Symposium) 11th January 2023 I was fortunate to be able to attend the symposium held here at City, University of London. The speakers were from a wide variety of places and subjects. The first keynote speaker was Victoria Baines of Gresham College (providing free public lectures since 1597) speaking on…Continue Reading School of Science & Technology symposium
Accessibility
In the summer, Fiona and I updated the Library Essentials PowerPoint presentation, and made it more accessible for people who are disabled. To give you an idea of some of the adjustments, the text boxes were read out loud by the computer using the ‘Alt text’ function, images were set to be described out loud,…Continue Reading Accessibility
Library Performance Measurement Conference
As the crow flies, it is about 180 miles from London to Aberystwyth. As the combined railway services of Virgin Trains and Transport for Wales go, it’s a good deal longer than this – and takes the best part of 5 hours. So as a performance measure of this country’s railway service, this journey does…Continue Reading Library Performance Measurement Conference
Visit to the Francis Crick Institute
On the second hottest day on record I headed over to St Pancras to the Francis Crick Institute. Fortunately they had air conditioning! The Francis Crick Institute is a really interesting place. It is a pure research institution. It was launched in 2007 by Gordon Brown and founded by joining Cancer Research UK and the…Continue Reading Visit to the Francis Crick Institute