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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SLA Conference, 19th June 2019 On the 19th June, I spent the day with Library and Information, and Senior Library and Information Assistants at CPD25’s Annual SLA Conference, which was held this year at the Museum of London. After a lovely welcome from super organiser Martin Edwards, I took my seat for a day of…Continue Reading SLA Conference, 19th June 2019

The Aga Khan Centre opened in Summer 2018 and is “a place for education, knowledge, cultural exchange and insight into Muslim civilisations. The organisations that are located here work together to bridge the gap in understanding about Muslim cultures and to connect the public to global development issues.” Location and Building I first spotted The…Continue Reading Visit to the Aga Khan Library