Kelley, D., 1951 and Kelley, T., (2013) Creative confidence: unleashing the creative potential within us all. London: William Collins. I have two appraisal objectives that are centred around improving services to different groups of users, and I’ve been struggling to come up with ideas. I support a course called MICL, the Masters in Innovation, Creativity and Leadership. Their…Continue Reading Book Review: “Creative Confidence; unleashing the creative potential within all of us”
Now In A Minute
I recently attended the CPD25 event, CPD and learning technology: skills for librarians to support information and digital literacy. I was interested in how the role of the librarian intersects with learning technologies and in getting new ideas for how learning technologies could be applied to delivering information literacy teaching. The speakers, Elizabeth Charles and…Continue Reading Now In A Minute
Supporting Students and Staff with Mental Health Disorders
On the afternoon of 27th April, I rushed down to Bloomsbury in time to attend the CPD25 event: Supporting Students and Staff with Mental Health Disorders. I had been very much looking forward to this event so I could learn more about how we can better look after our students (and staff) during their time…Continue Reading Supporting Students and Staff with Mental Health Disorders
Athletics stretch zone
I may be outgoing in the workplace, but that is because I know and trust you all, and having worked here for 7 years I finally feel at ease. But, put me in a situation with a bunch of people I have never met and I clam up. I find it horrifically terrifying and I…Continue Reading Athletics stretch zone
Library Robots, Economic Forecasts and cèilidhs
During the last week of April I spent a very sunny few days in Glasgow attending the European Business School Librarians Group conference, Library Connections: Collaboration. Co-operation, Communication at Strathclyde Business School. Day one got off to a good start with a welcome from Professor David Hillier, Executive Dean of Strathclyde Business School, in which…Continue Reading Library Robots, Economic Forecasts and cèilidhs
A golden anniversary for Finsbury Library
Local historian Jiff Bayliss gave an interesting talk earlier this month as part of Finsbury Library’s 50th anniversary celebrations. The talk described how the original public library in our neighbourhood was one of the most pioneering of its kind in the late 20th Century, before the demolition of the Skinners Estate in the 1960s, led…Continue Reading A golden anniversary for Finsbury Library
CILIP New Professionals Day 2016
On a day that I seem to recall was quite a nice day, actually, I ventured to CILIP Headquarters for their annual New Professionals Day (the day was Friday the 28th of October 2016). Attended by Graduate Trainees, current Masters students and the recently graduated, the day offers many talks about different aspects of starting…Continue Reading CILIP New Professionals Day 2016
Professional Identity and Development for Librarians course attended by Jonathan Winter. City, University of London
Professional Identity and Development for Librarians Blog by Jonathan Winter – Information Assistant at Cass On the 19th October 2016, I attended the ‘Professional Identity and Development for Librarians’ event at the British Library, where I took part in a course about the future identities of librarians, and subsequently will be presenting findings at the…Continue Reading Professional Identity and Development for Librarians course attended by Jonathan Winter. City, University of London
3 things I learned at BLA 2016
In July I attended the 60th annual Business Librarian’s Association conference at Imperial College London. Unlike last year’s annual conference in Liverpool where we stayed in the dizzying heights of the Liverpool Hilton, this year we found out how Imperial College students live in the student accommodation. The answer? Small, but really close to Hyde…Continue Reading 3 things I learned at BLA 2016
Visit to Aberdeen University Library
As both Jacqui and I have visited the Sir Duncan Rice Library, the stunning flagship library at the University of Aberdeen, we thought we would write a joint blog post about our experiences! Jacqui writes: I visited Aberdeen on 17th February to attend the SCURL Symposium University Challenge: Transforming your Academic Library which was held…Continue Reading Visit to Aberdeen University Library