Welcome to our October newsletter which contains lots of information about our events during the rest of 2012. The CILIP in London committee looks forward to welcoming you to our Winter events in the coming months.
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CILIP in London Evening Meetings at The Square Tavern.
Reminder to book for our October meeting next week.
The TUC Collections at London Metropolitan University
Speaker: Chris Coates, Librarian of the TUC (Trades Union Congress) Collections at London Metropolitan University
Date: Monday, 8th October 2012
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: The Square (Wine Bar), Tolmers Square, Somers Town, London NW1
Map: http://g.co/maps/w973q
Chris Coates, Librarian of the TUC Collections at London Metropolitan University, will talk about the history of the Collections, the variety of their content, and their contribution to research into both historical and current aspects of workplace life and politics.
Chris will also discuss the Collections’ digitisation programme and issues relating to opening up an institutional library to make them accessible to a wider user group. Like the other special collection in Londonmet – the Women’s Library – the TUC Collections’ future was under threat due to a shortfall in funding, but successful talks over a proposed a joint-funding initiative with the Trades Union Congress was agreed in June
This talk will be of particular value to anyone registered for CILIP Chartership and can contribute towards CPD requirements. Refreshments will be available afterwards.
Please book via the form located at: http://tinyurl.com/CiLOct2012
It would be helpful if you could say how you found out about this event.
CILIP in London evening meetings are free to CILIP members (with a £5 donation invited from non-members) and are open to all with a professional interest in the topic.
We encourage you to blog or tweet about this event (#ciliplndn)
This event has kindly been sponsored by Credo Reference.
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In November we are pleased to welcome Jon Brassey who will talk on ‘The highs and lows of running the TRIP Database’
Date: Tuesday 20 November 2012
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: The Square, 26 Tolmers Square, London, NW1 2PE
Map: http://g.co/maps/w973q
TRIP started by accident, got picked up early on by Bandolier (a very popular and independent publication, specific to evidence-based medicine) and has grown significantly since then. It has a global audience and has been searched over 60 million times.
It has been an interesting journey with a large number of highs and a large number of lows. Jon will cover areas such as how TRIP got started and how it's grown. He'll also cover funding concerns (typically having not enough money but on one occasion too much), the relationships (good and bad), where the ideas come from and his amazing ability to fail in acquisition negotiations.
Biography: Jon Brassey has worked in the world of clinical effectiveness and evidence based medicine for nearly 15 years. His main area of work is clinical question answering. As part of this work Jon created and still runs the TRIP Database, an 'evidence based' clinical search engine. He also works for Public Health Wales.
This talk will be of particular value to anyone registered for CILIP Chartership and can contribute towards CPD requirements.
We encourage you to blog or tweet about this event - do let us know if you blog it and tweet with #ciliplndn
CILIP in London evening meetings are open to all with a professional interest in the topic. Refreshments will be available afterwards.
Please book using the online form http://tinyurl.com/CiLNov2012
Space is limited so please let us know if you are no longer able to attend via: cilipinlondon@gmail.com
A donation (£5) is invited from anyone who is not a Cilip member.
This event has kindly been sponsored by Credo Reference.
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Reminder to book for the CILIP in London Christmas social on 5 December 2012.
CILIP in London warmly invites you to our Christmas social on 5 December. We will take a break from our usual speaker format and host an informal, festive networking event.
We ask that all attendees give a voluntary donation of £5 to cover the cost of a light buffet, with a small surplus going to the CILIP benevolent fund.
As this is such a busy time of year, we ask that you express your interest in attending this event by 31 October. Please follow this link to book your place- http://tinyurl.com/cphruuk.
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What's on in London?
Don't forget to check our Calendar for loads of great events happening in London - http://londoncommunity.wikispaces.com/Calendar.
If you prefer to receive your updates automatically you can sign up to the RSS feed and follow @ciliplndn on Twitter.
Contributors are welcome, so if you want the details of your event to reach a wide London-based audience, please get in touch alan.fricker@newhamhealth.nhs.uk
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The next CILIP in London e-bulletin will be sent out on 7th November 2012 - please send comments,suggestions and copy to amyicke@hotmail.com by 1st Novemeber.
Monday 8 October 2012
Newsletter archive: September 2012
In our September newsletter we look ahead to our future CILIP in London evening meetings and, as the new academic year starts, we offer some top tips for library inductions.
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CILIP in London Evening Meetings at The Square Tavern.
Reminder to book for our September meeting: 'Find information fast – but where?'
Speaker: Gary Archer, Information Services Librarian, Solihull Central Library
Date: Thursday, 13 September 2012
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: The Square (Wine Bar), Tolmer’s Square, Somers Town, London NW1
Map: http://g.co/maps/w973q
Library Reference Services, and professionally-trained staff, are increasingly seen as irrelevant in the digital age; publishers are cancelling long-standing, successful titles to cut costs and meet market changes.
The popularity of shows such as QI, plus Q&A-type newspaper columns and discussion lists, and the use of social media for seeking answers demonstrates people’s need for information. Yet, this is not reflected in library reference services.
Gary will examine the decline in reference publishing and explore the role libraries can play in providing reliable, quality information.
Gary Archer has over 30 years experience as a librarian, mostly running information services. He has been described as one of a dying breed! He has a strong interest in information sources - to the extent of collecting non-traditional reference publications, such as Notes and Queries-type titles. Gary is reviewer for the Information Services Group’s magazine Refer and has been a winner of the Whitakers Almanac annual quiz.
This talk will be of particular value to anyone registered for CILIP Chartership and can contribute towards CPD requirements. Refreshments will be available afterwards.
Please book via the form located at: http://tinyurl.com/CiLSep2012. It would be helpful if you could say how you found out about this event.
CILIP in London evening meetings are free to CILIP members (with a £5 donation invited from non-members) and are open to all with a professional interest in the topic.
We encourage you to blog or tweet about this event (#ciliplndn)
This event has kindly been sponsored by Credo Reference.
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October meeting: The TUC Collections at London Metropolitan University
Speaker: Chris Coates, Librarian of the TUC (Trades Union Congress) Collections at London Metropolitan University
Date: Monday, 8th October 2012
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: The Square (Wine Bar), Tolmers Square, Somers Town, London NW1
Map: http://g.co/maps/w973q
Chris Coates, Librarian of the TUC Collections at London Metropolitan University, will talk about the history of the Collections, the variety of their content, and their contribution to research into both historical and current aspects of workplace life and politics.
Chris will also discuss the Collections’ digitisation programme and issues relating to opening up an institutional library to make them accessible to a wider user group. Like the other special collection in Londonmet – the Women’s Library – the TUC Collections’ future was under threat due to a shortfall in funding, but successful talks over a proposed a joint-funding initiative with the Trades Union Congress was agreed in June
This talk will be of particular value to anyone registered for CILIP Chartership and can contribute towards CPD requirements. Refreshments will be available afterwards.
Please book via the form located at: http://tinyurl.com/CiLOct2012
It would be helpful if you could say how you found out about this event.
CILIP in London evening meetings are free to CILIP members (with a £5 donation invited from non-members) and are open to all with a professional interest in the topic.
We encourage you to blog or tweet about this event (#ciliplndn)
This event has kindly been sponsored by Credo Reference.
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In November we are pleased to welcome Jon Brassey who will talk on ‘The highs and lows of running the TRIP Database’
Date: Tuesday 20 November 2012
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: The Square, 26 Tolmers Square, London, NW1 2PE
Map: http://g.co/maps/w973q
TRIP started by accident, got picked up early on by Bandolier (a very popular and independent publication, specific to evidence-based medicine) and has grown significantly since then. It has a global audience and has been searched over 60 million times.
It has been an interesting journey with a large number of highs and a large number of lows. Jon will cover areas such as how TRIP got started and how it's grown. He'll also cover funding concerns (typically having not enough money but on one occasion too much), the relationships (good and bad), where the ideas come from and his amazing ability to fail in acquisition negotiations.
Biography: Jon Brassey has worked in the world of clinical effectiveness and evidence based medicine for nearly 15 years. His main area of work is clinical question answering. As part of this work Jon created and still runs the TRIP Database, an 'evidence based' clinical search engine. He also works for Public Health Wales.
This talk will be of particular value to anyone registered for CILIP Chartership and can contribute towards CPD requirements.
We encourage you to blog or tweet about this event - do let us know if you blog it and tweet with #ciliplndn
CILIP in London evening meetings are open to all with a professional interest in the topic. Refreshments will be available afterwards.
Please book using the online form http://tinyurl.com/CiLNov2012
Space is limited so please let us know if you are no longer able to attend via: cilipinlondon@gmail.com
A donation (£5) is invited from anyone who is not a Cilip member.
This event has kindly been sponsored by Credo Reference.
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Reminder to book for the CILIP in London Christmas social on 5 December 2012.
CILIP in London warmly invites you to our Christmas social on 5 December. We will take a break from our usual speaker format and host an informal, festive networking event.
We ask that all attendees give a voluntary donation of £5 to cover the cost of a light buffet, with a small surplus going to the CILIP benevolent fund.
As this is such a busy time of year, we ask that you express your interest in attending this event by 31 October. Please follow this link to book your place- http://tinyurl.com/cphruuk.
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What's on in London?
Don't forget to check our Calendar for loads of great events happening in London - http://londoncommunity.wikispaces.com/Calendar.
If you prefer to receive your updates automatically you can sign up to the RSS feed and follow @ciliplndn on Twitter.
Contributors are welcome, so if you want the details of your event to reach a wide London-based audience, please get in touch alan.fricker@newhamhealth.nhs.uk
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Some top- tips for library induction by Paula Funnell, Senior Academic Liaison Librarian (Medicine & Dentistry) at Queen Mary University of London.
Be prepared
The induction period can be pretty manic. In order to make sure your sessions are effective you need to spend plenty of time planning so that you’re well organised and ready to face the students.
Show enthusiasm
Look like you’re interested in what you’re talking about, even if it’s the tenth time you’ve done the same session in a week! If you’re enthusiastic then the students are much more likely to be interested too.
Stand out from the crowd
At this time of year the students are subjected to induction sessions from just about everyone in the university. If you want them to listen to what you have to say, you need to do something different. Maybe use Prezi instead of the standard Powerpoint, use images or perhaps show a video.
Keep it interactive
Most of us don’t like to hear too much of our own voice, and the students probably don’t either! Wherever possible include hands-on exercises and group activities. The students are more likely to stay awake if they have to think for themselves.
Make it fun
If we’re talking about first year undergraduates at the beginning of their course then try not to make it too serious. Build in some fun activities. Last year we ran a quiz for the first year dentists with a prize for the winning team. If the students enjoy what they’re doing, they’re much more likely to learn.
Don’t overload
You probably have lots you want to tell the students, and often little time, but there’s no point trying to cram in too much. You’ll end up leaving the students dazed and confused. It’s best just to focus on the key points. If possible arrange a follow up session for later in the course, or at least leave them with something to refer to in the future, perhaps an online tutorial or video presentation.
So all of this, plus a good supply of coffee or chocolate if necessary, should ensure a positive induction for both you and the students!
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The next CILIP in London e-bulletin will be sent out on 3 October 2012 - please send comments,suggestions and copy to ruthmurphy246@hotmail.com by 27th September.
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CILIP in London Evening Meetings at The Square Tavern.
Reminder to book for our September meeting: 'Find information fast – but where?'
Speaker: Gary Archer, Information Services Librarian, Solihull Central Library
Date: Thursday, 13 September 2012
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: The Square (Wine Bar), Tolmer’s Square, Somers Town, London NW1
Map: http://g.co/maps/w973q
Library Reference Services, and professionally-trained staff, are increasingly seen as irrelevant in the digital age; publishers are cancelling long-standing, successful titles to cut costs and meet market changes.
The popularity of shows such as QI, plus Q&A-type newspaper columns and discussion lists, and the use of social media for seeking answers demonstrates people’s need for information. Yet, this is not reflected in library reference services.
Gary will examine the decline in reference publishing and explore the role libraries can play in providing reliable, quality information.
Gary Archer has over 30 years experience as a librarian, mostly running information services. He has been described as one of a dying breed! He has a strong interest in information sources - to the extent of collecting non-traditional reference publications, such as Notes and Queries-type titles. Gary is reviewer for the Information Services Group’s magazine Refer and has been a winner of the Whitakers Almanac annual quiz.
This talk will be of particular value to anyone registered for CILIP Chartership and can contribute towards CPD requirements. Refreshments will be available afterwards.
Please book via the form located at: http://tinyurl.com/CiLSep2012. It would be helpful if you could say how you found out about this event.
CILIP in London evening meetings are free to CILIP members (with a £5 donation invited from non-members) and are open to all with a professional interest in the topic.
We encourage you to blog or tweet about this event (#ciliplndn)
This event has kindly been sponsored by Credo Reference.
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October meeting: The TUC Collections at London Metropolitan University
Speaker: Chris Coates, Librarian of the TUC (Trades Union Congress) Collections at London Metropolitan University
Date: Monday, 8th October 2012
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: The Square (Wine Bar), Tolmers Square, Somers Town, London NW1
Map: http://g.co/maps/w973q
Chris Coates, Librarian of the TUC Collections at London Metropolitan University, will talk about the history of the Collections, the variety of their content, and their contribution to research into both historical and current aspects of workplace life and politics.
Chris will also discuss the Collections’ digitisation programme and issues relating to opening up an institutional library to make them accessible to a wider user group. Like the other special collection in Londonmet – the Women’s Library – the TUC Collections’ future was under threat due to a shortfall in funding, but successful talks over a proposed a joint-funding initiative with the Trades Union Congress was agreed in June
This talk will be of particular value to anyone registered for CILIP Chartership and can contribute towards CPD requirements. Refreshments will be available afterwards.
Please book via the form located at: http://tinyurl.com/CiLOct2012
It would be helpful if you could say how you found out about this event.
CILIP in London evening meetings are free to CILIP members (with a £5 donation invited from non-members) and are open to all with a professional interest in the topic.
We encourage you to blog or tweet about this event (#ciliplndn)
This event has kindly been sponsored by Credo Reference.
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In November we are pleased to welcome Jon Brassey who will talk on ‘The highs and lows of running the TRIP Database’
Date: Tuesday 20 November 2012
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: The Square, 26 Tolmers Square, London, NW1 2PE
Map: http://g.co/maps/w973q
TRIP started by accident, got picked up early on by Bandolier (a very popular and independent publication, specific to evidence-based medicine) and has grown significantly since then. It has a global audience and has been searched over 60 million times.
It has been an interesting journey with a large number of highs and a large number of lows. Jon will cover areas such as how TRIP got started and how it's grown. He'll also cover funding concerns (typically having not enough money but on one occasion too much), the relationships (good and bad), where the ideas come from and his amazing ability to fail in acquisition negotiations.
Biography: Jon Brassey has worked in the world of clinical effectiveness and evidence based medicine for nearly 15 years. His main area of work is clinical question answering. As part of this work Jon created and still runs the TRIP Database, an 'evidence based' clinical search engine. He also works for Public Health Wales.
This talk will be of particular value to anyone registered for CILIP Chartership and can contribute towards CPD requirements.
We encourage you to blog or tweet about this event - do let us know if you blog it and tweet with #ciliplndn
CILIP in London evening meetings are open to all with a professional interest in the topic. Refreshments will be available afterwards.
Please book using the online form http://tinyurl.com/CiLNov2012
Space is limited so please let us know if you are no longer able to attend via: cilipinlondon@gmail.com
A donation (£5) is invited from anyone who is not a Cilip member.
This event has kindly been sponsored by Credo Reference.
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Reminder to book for the CILIP in London Christmas social on 5 December 2012.
CILIP in London warmly invites you to our Christmas social on 5 December. We will take a break from our usual speaker format and host an informal, festive networking event.
We ask that all attendees give a voluntary donation of £5 to cover the cost of a light buffet, with a small surplus going to the CILIP benevolent fund.
As this is such a busy time of year, we ask that you express your interest in attending this event by 31 October. Please follow this link to book your place- http://tinyurl.com/cphruuk.
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What's on in London?
Don't forget to check our Calendar for loads of great events happening in London - http://londoncommunity.wikispaces.com/Calendar.
If you prefer to receive your updates automatically you can sign up to the RSS feed and follow @ciliplndn on Twitter.
Contributors are welcome, so if you want the details of your event to reach a wide London-based audience, please get in touch alan.fricker@newhamhealth.nhs.uk
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Some top- tips for library induction by Paula Funnell, Senior Academic Liaison Librarian (Medicine & Dentistry) at Queen Mary University of London.
Be prepared
The induction period can be pretty manic. In order to make sure your sessions are effective you need to spend plenty of time planning so that you’re well organised and ready to face the students.
Show enthusiasm
Look like you’re interested in what you’re talking about, even if it’s the tenth time you’ve done the same session in a week! If you’re enthusiastic then the students are much more likely to be interested too.
Stand out from the crowd
At this time of year the students are subjected to induction sessions from just about everyone in the university. If you want them to listen to what you have to say, you need to do something different. Maybe use Prezi instead of the standard Powerpoint, use images or perhaps show a video.
Keep it interactive
Most of us don’t like to hear too much of our own voice, and the students probably don’t either! Wherever possible include hands-on exercises and group activities. The students are more likely to stay awake if they have to think for themselves.
Make it fun
If we’re talking about first year undergraduates at the beginning of their course then try not to make it too serious. Build in some fun activities. Last year we ran a quiz for the first year dentists with a prize for the winning team. If the students enjoy what they’re doing, they’re much more likely to learn.
Don’t overload
You probably have lots you want to tell the students, and often little time, but there’s no point trying to cram in too much. You’ll end up leaving the students dazed and confused. It’s best just to focus on the key points. If possible arrange a follow up session for later in the course, or at least leave them with something to refer to in the future, perhaps an online tutorial or video presentation.
So all of this, plus a good supply of coffee or chocolate if necessary, should ensure a positive induction for both you and the students!
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The next CILIP in London e-bulletin will be sent out on 3 October 2012 - please send comments,suggestions and copy to ruthmurphy246@hotmail.com by 27th September.
Newsletter archive: August 2012
CILIP London branch newsletter - August 2012
Welcome to this month’s newsletter. CILIP in London takes a break from organising talks in August, but this month’s newsletter contains details of our exciting line up of speakers for this autumn, as well as, news about the CILIP in London Christmas social, and a write up of our July event.
We look forward to seeing you all at upcoming events.
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Book now for our September event.
'Find information fast – but where?'
Speaker: Gary Archer, Information Services Librarian, Solihull Central Library
Date: Thursday, 13 September 2012
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: The Square (Wine Bar), Tolmer’s Square, Somers Town, London NW1
Map: http://g.co/maps/w973q
Library Reference Services, and professionally-trained staff, are increasingly seen as irrelevant in the digital age; publishers are cancelling long-standing, successful titles to cut costs and meet market changes.
The popularity of shows such as QI, plus Q&A-type newspaper columns and discussion lists, and the use of social media for seeking answers demonstrates people’s need for information. Yet, this is not reflected in library reference services.
Gary will examine the decline in reference publishing and explore the role libraries can play in providing reliable, quality information.
Gary Archer has over 30 years experience as a librarian, mostly running information services. He has been described as one of a dying breed! He has a strong interest in information sources - to the extent of collecting non-traditional reference publications, such as Notes and Queries-type titles. Gary is reviewer for the Information Services Group’s magazine Refer and has been a winner of the Whitakers Almanac annual quiz.
This talk will be of particular value to anyone registered for CILIP Chartership and can contribute towards CPD requirements. Refreshments will be available afterwards.
Please book via the form located at: http://tinyurl.com/CiLSep2012. It would be helpful if you could say how you found out about this event.
CILIP in London evening meetings are free to CILIP members (with a £5 donation invited from non-members) and are open to all with a professional interest in the topic.
We encourage you to blog or tweet about this event (#ciliplndn)
This event has kindly been sponsored by Credo Reference.
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Save the date for our autumn line up at the Square Tavern
8 October
At our second autumn meeting Chris Coates from TUC Library will join us to talk about the unique Trades Union Congress Library Collections, including historical collection of trade unions material plus up to date collections of a range of trade union publications and labour history journals.
20 November
In November, Jon Brassey from Trip will be our guest speaker. Further details to follow shortly.
Follow us on Twitter @ciliplndn for the latest updates from the Events Calendar.
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A date for your diaries – the CILIP in London Christmas social!
CILIP in London warmly invites you to our Christmas social on 5 December. We will take a break from our usual speaker format and host an informal, festive networking event.
We ask that all attendees give a voluntary donation of £5 to cover the cost of a light buffet, with a small surplus going to the CILIP benevolent fund.
As this is such a busy time of year, we ask that you express your interest in attending this event, by 31 October. Please follow this link to book your place- http://tinyurl.com/cphruuk.
If you have any questions, please get in touch by emailing Amy at amyicke@hotmail.com.
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Write up of CILIP in London talk by Dianne Shepherd from the Women’s Library, 4 July- Katherine Rose, Subscriptions & Access Officer at KCL.
Dianne Shepherd, the Information Librarian at The Women’s Library since 2001, began her talk by describing the scope and significance of the collection at The Women’s Library. In addition to the printed collection of 60,000 monographs and 3,500 journals, as well as pamphlets dating back to 1592, the Library also holds over 550 archive collections and an 11,000 strong object museum collection of artefacts (such as textiles and badges). The collection has been recognised by UNESCO and the MLA. The Library’s long and fascinating history goes back to 1926 when it was formed from the personal collection of Millicent Garret Fawcett, a pioneer of the women’s suffrage movement. The full history of the library is too long to go into in detail, but I would suggest reading more at http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/about/ourhistory.cfm. In 1977 the Library was taken on by the City Polytechnic (later London Guildhall University, and now London Metropolitan University) in 1977, and was moved to its new, purpose-built premises in 2002. This building (a converted bath-house in Aldgate East) really is special (as I remember from when I visited several years ago) and Dianne discussed how important it is to the Library’s brand and future.
Dianne then gave us an overview of the Library's unique exhibition and events programmes. The diverse exhibitions, which run several times a year, show inaccessible material from the print, archives and museum collections. All staff come together to set up an exhibition and the subject of the exhibitions are reflected in the Library’s collection development policies. The events programme is run by a Learning Co-ordinator, and the events engage various groups, including school children and the local community. The Library also employs a part-time Archivist, two Information Librarians and two Library Assistants, who run the busy reading room and enquiries service, undertake various digitisation and preservation projects, and supervise the many volunteers which The Women’s Library has always relied on.
Unfortunately, in March 2012, London Metropolitan decided that The Women’s Library no longer had a place in their strategic plan and announced that it would withdraw funding in December 2012. If the Library chooses to remain under the auspices of London Met, from January 2013 it would be open one day a week with one member of staff. This is obviously not viable for a collection of national importance, with visit and enquiries statistics to rival a much bigger library (quoting from a 2011 prospectus created by The Women’s Library for new potential custodians, there were 4161 reader visits and 14515 enquires in 2011). Instead of fighting this decision, as the UNISON union are doing, the staff of The Women’s Library decided to support the search for a new custodian for the Library. Currently, the potential custodians have submitted formal bids, detailing how they would run and support the Library. Due to strict confidentiality agreements, no information about individual bids is available but Dianne said there were seven bids, and that she believed most of the potential custodians wanted to keep the collection together. If all goes to plan, the new custodian should be finalised by the end of September. However, there is still a great deal of uncertainty regarding the future of The Women’s Library: will the collection stay together, will the library have to move from its current premises, and ultimately will a suitable custodian be found at all? A great deal of publicity has been generated regarding the possible closure of the Women’s Library, and Dianne emphasised that the Library has been overwhelmed and grateful for the support it has received.
An interesting discussion followed, touching on topics such as The Feminist Library, change management, the role of volunteers in the library sector and the various collaborative projects which staff at The Women’s Library have been involved in.
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The next CILIP in London e-bulletin will be sent out on 4 September - please send comments, suggestions and copy to Amy at amyicke@hotmail.com by 28 August.
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Welcome to this month’s newsletter. CILIP in London takes a break from organising talks in August, but this month’s newsletter contains details of our exciting line up of speakers for this autumn, as well as, news about the CILIP in London Christmas social, and a write up of our July event.
We look forward to seeing you all at upcoming events.
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Book now for our September event.
'Find information fast – but where?'
Speaker: Gary Archer, Information Services Librarian, Solihull Central Library
Date: Thursday, 13 September 2012
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: The Square (Wine Bar), Tolmer’s Square, Somers Town, London NW1
Map: http://g.co/maps/w973q
Library Reference Services, and professionally-trained staff, are increasingly seen as irrelevant in the digital age; publishers are cancelling long-standing, successful titles to cut costs and meet market changes.
The popularity of shows such as QI, plus Q&A-type newspaper columns and discussion lists, and the use of social media for seeking answers demonstrates people’s need for information. Yet, this is not reflected in library reference services.
Gary will examine the decline in reference publishing and explore the role libraries can play in providing reliable, quality information.
Gary Archer has over 30 years experience as a librarian, mostly running information services. He has been described as one of a dying breed! He has a strong interest in information sources - to the extent of collecting non-traditional reference publications, such as Notes and Queries-type titles. Gary is reviewer for the Information Services Group’s magazine Refer and has been a winner of the Whitakers Almanac annual quiz.
This talk will be of particular value to anyone registered for CILIP Chartership and can contribute towards CPD requirements. Refreshments will be available afterwards.
Please book via the form located at: http://tinyurl.com/CiLSep2012. It would be helpful if you could say how you found out about this event.
CILIP in London evening meetings are free to CILIP members (with a £5 donation invited from non-members) and are open to all with a professional interest in the topic.
We encourage you to blog or tweet about this event (#ciliplndn)
This event has kindly been sponsored by Credo Reference.
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Save the date for our autumn line up at the Square Tavern
8 October
At our second autumn meeting Chris Coates from TUC Library will join us to talk about the unique Trades Union Congress Library Collections, including historical collection of trade unions material plus up to date collections of a range of trade union publications and labour history journals.
20 November
In November, Jon Brassey from Trip will be our guest speaker. Further details to follow shortly.
Follow us on Twitter @ciliplndn for the latest updates from the Events Calendar.
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A date for your diaries – the CILIP in London Christmas social!
CILIP in London warmly invites you to our Christmas social on 5 December. We will take a break from our usual speaker format and host an informal, festive networking event.
We ask that all attendees give a voluntary donation of £5 to cover the cost of a light buffet, with a small surplus going to the CILIP benevolent fund.
As this is such a busy time of year, we ask that you express your interest in attending this event, by 31 October. Please follow this link to book your place- http://tinyurl.com/cphruuk.
If you have any questions, please get in touch by emailing Amy at amyicke@hotmail.com.
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Write up of CILIP in London talk by Dianne Shepherd from the Women’s Library, 4 July- Katherine Rose, Subscriptions & Access Officer at KCL.
Dianne Shepherd, the Information Librarian at The Women’s Library since 2001, began her talk by describing the scope and significance of the collection at The Women’s Library. In addition to the printed collection of 60,000 monographs and 3,500 journals, as well as pamphlets dating back to 1592, the Library also holds over 550 archive collections and an 11,000 strong object museum collection of artefacts (such as textiles and badges). The collection has been recognised by UNESCO and the MLA. The Library’s long and fascinating history goes back to 1926 when it was formed from the personal collection of Millicent Garret Fawcett, a pioneer of the women’s suffrage movement. The full history of the library is too long to go into in detail, but I would suggest reading more at http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/about/ourhistory.cfm. In 1977 the Library was taken on by the City Polytechnic (later London Guildhall University, and now London Metropolitan University) in 1977, and was moved to its new, purpose-built premises in 2002. This building (a converted bath-house in Aldgate East) really is special (as I remember from when I visited several years ago) and Dianne discussed how important it is to the Library’s brand and future.
Dianne then gave us an overview of the Library's unique exhibition and events programmes. The diverse exhibitions, which run several times a year, show inaccessible material from the print, archives and museum collections. All staff come together to set up an exhibition and the subject of the exhibitions are reflected in the Library’s collection development policies. The events programme is run by a Learning Co-ordinator, and the events engage various groups, including school children and the local community. The Library also employs a part-time Archivist, two Information Librarians and two Library Assistants, who run the busy reading room and enquiries service, undertake various digitisation and preservation projects, and supervise the many volunteers which The Women’s Library has always relied on.
Unfortunately, in March 2012, London Metropolitan decided that The Women’s Library no longer had a place in their strategic plan and announced that it would withdraw funding in December 2012. If the Library chooses to remain under the auspices of London Met, from January 2013 it would be open one day a week with one member of staff. This is obviously not viable for a collection of national importance, with visit and enquiries statistics to rival a much bigger library (quoting from a 2011 prospectus created by The Women’s Library for new potential custodians, there were 4161 reader visits and 14515 enquires in 2011). Instead of fighting this decision, as the UNISON union are doing, the staff of The Women’s Library decided to support the search for a new custodian for the Library. Currently, the potential custodians have submitted formal bids, detailing how they would run and support the Library. Due to strict confidentiality agreements, no information about individual bids is available but Dianne said there were seven bids, and that she believed most of the potential custodians wanted to keep the collection together. If all goes to plan, the new custodian should be finalised by the end of September. However, there is still a great deal of uncertainty regarding the future of The Women’s Library: will the collection stay together, will the library have to move from its current premises, and ultimately will a suitable custodian be found at all? A great deal of publicity has been generated regarding the possible closure of the Women’s Library, and Dianne emphasised that the Library has been overwhelmed and grateful for the support it has received.
An interesting discussion followed, touching on topics such as The Feminist Library, change management, the role of volunteers in the library sector and the various collaborative projects which staff at The Women’s Library have been involved in.
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The next CILIP in London e-bulletin will be sent out on 4 September - please send comments, suggestions and copy to Amy at amyicke@hotmail.com by 28 August.
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