Visit to the British Library, 23rd May 2014

A while back now, on Friday 23 May, I went on a CPD visit to the British Library.  With a crowd of other HE library peeps (including Monika and Lisa from Northampton Square), we gathered in the lobby ready for an afternoon that would consist of a tour and three talks. The view outside on…Continue Reading Visit to the British Library, 23rd May 2014

“Data, data everywhere” – review of sessions at the 45th annual BIALL conference, Harrogate

In June I headed up to Harrogate to the annual conference of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL), the theme of which was ‘Data, data everywhere’. The first speaker of the day was Simon Lord from the Financial Times who presented the results of a research report entitled ‘The evolving value of…Continue Reading “Data, data everywhere” – review of sessions at the 45th annual BIALL conference, Harrogate

Space Planning with CPD25

As we grapple with the refurbishment plans for Level 6 and the decant from West Smithfield library in the coming weeks, this CPD 25 event at the London Mathematical Society in early May was a timely and interesting afternoon spend hearing from colleagues from Brunel, University of East London and the London School of Hygiene…Continue Reading Space Planning with CPD25

Lilac and ‘pointless’ library inductions

  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

Alumni Library Forum, Cass Business School, December 2013

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

London LibTeachMeet 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

More British Library blogs from Alex…

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…

Untold Lives: Alex contributes to a British Library blog

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

Canada Water Library Visit by Alex Giles

©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

Courses, Conferences and Experiences Sharing Session, 22nd August 2013

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