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  This session caught my eye in the Lilac parallel sessions programme. ‘Is library induction pointless?’  Julie Moody http://plymouth.libguides.com/profile.php?uid=63242 The session was very well attended, so I wasn’t the only one. Julie had used the TV ‘Pointless’ quiz format in her Library inductions sessions. She did this to engage the students but also because in…Continue Reading Lilac and ‘pointless’ library inductions

Our Eresources Manager at Cass, Suzanne Griffiths, was a co-organiser of this event, aimed at helping librarians to support alumni at their institutions.  This user group has become more and more prominent over the last few years, so this is a timely event that she and Rachel Daniels from Cranfield University wish to run again…Continue Reading Alumni Library Forum, Cass Business School, December 2013

Happy New Year!  And welcome back to Developing@City on this horrible grey and rainy Monday morning. Back in the wilds of November, which seems a million years or so ago now, I attended the 2013 London LibTeachMeet at Imperial College.  A LibTeachMeet is a low-cost way of sharing teaching experiences, good practices, bits of research…Continue Reading London LibTeachMeet 2013

Just in case you’re interested in more of my legal research for the British Library ….    “Stories from the Empire”  parts 1 and 2 ;  this time in their Social Science blog: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/socialscience/2013/12/stories-from-the-empire-privy-council-cases-1917-1920-contd.html…Continue Reading More British Library blogs from Alex…

We get around, us City types!  When we’re not blogging here about our staff development, we’re developing ourselves by blogging elsewhere. Alex Giles has been contributing to the British Library’s Untold Lives blog– he recently used Privy Council cases to tell a snippet from the life of Tan Ah Loy, a resident of Penang in…Continue Reading Untold Lives: Alex contributes to a British Library blog

©quisnovus (all other photos Alex Giles) I’m no expert on the threatened demise of the public library in this time of austerity, but I experienced more than a ray of hope on my visit last week to the recently opened Canada Water Library. Its iconic inverted pyramid design by Piers Gough of CZWG is not…Continue Reading Canada Water Library Visit by Alex Giles

Cast your minds back to the heady days of August. Do you remember the endless sun, the heatwave that lasted for months?  No, me either.  Never mind, because you DO, surely, remember our fabulous August Event, the Courses, Conferences and Experiences Sharing Session?  No?   Well, here’s a reminder then: We kicked off with Verena Price,…Continue Reading Courses, Conferences and Experiences Sharing Session, 22nd August 2013

On the 21th November (that’s what it said on my badge), I was fortunate enough to go on a CPD arranged tour at the British Museum.  Following the British Library’s departure from the site, the Museum was left with nine departmental libraries, many of which are the best in their field.  On this occasion, we…Continue Reading CPD25 visit to the British Museum by James Atkinson

I attended CILIP in London’s career and reflective practice workshop on Monday 28th October. This was the infamous day that saw train chaos due to strong winds but the course went ahead with minimal delay. My fellow attendees seemed to be from a mix of sectors and were in varying stages of their careers. The…Continue Reading Battling the elements by Fiona Paterson

A guest post from one of our current graduate trainees, Alex Giles, of a course organised for CPD25 by yours truly. – Samantha What better way to cheer yourself up on  a wet day in November, nursing a cold as I was, than to spend it in the company of some wise  and inspiring individuals…Continue Reading Applying to study library and information science, CPD25, November 8th 2013