In Sally Walker's keynote, she talks about her career and work at Orkney Library to being awarded the honour of Scotland’s first Library & Information Professional of the year 2017. Sally will discuss some of the initiatives in which she is involved such as Bookbug, Lego & Minecraft and her work with schools. She also explores how she engages with children, encouraging them and their families, to use the library. Inspiring others to believe anything is possible if you have a passion for your work and are somewhere you can shine.
Ayr Library, University of the West of Scotland and SRUC PPTsconul
Presentation and Q&A with a focus on partnership working in planning the new building.
Neal Buchanan, Campus Librarian (Ayr), University of the West of Scotland
Peter Anastasiou has achieved academic excellence as a mechanical engineering student at Villanova University, maintaining a 3.94 GPA and membership in engineering honors societies. He has hands-on engineering experience through projects providing potable water and designing and coding robots. Peter has taken on leadership roles organizing new student orientation and Special Olympics events. Additionally, he has work experience as a swim coach and lifeguard and volunteers with his church.
Elspeth Scott, GLOW: The Scottish Schools Digital NetworkSLA
Glow is Scotland's national schools intranet that digitally connects educators and pupils. It aims to improve student achievement and teacher collaboration by providing a safe, secure system for anytime access to educational resources. Glow features tools for communication, collaboration, file sharing and more to encourage learning that is inspiring, engaging and helps students achieve their potential. The document discusses how school librarians can utilize Glow's various components like groups, meetings and file sharing to support teachers and students.
The Kiel Public Library director presented to the Kiel Area Chamber of Commerce about the library's accomplishments in 2008 and its plans for the future. In 2008, the library offered many new programs including gaming events and a teen film festival. Usage statistics increased from 2006 to 2007. However, the library's building is now outdated and too small, limiting services. A needs assessment found the library needs more space and technology to better serve the community. The director is exploring long-range plans and funding options to build a new, larger facility.
Ayr Library - University of the West of Scotland/ SRUCDancheB
The document summarizes the partnership between the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) and Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) in planning and developing a new joint campus library facility in Ayr, Scotland. Key points:
- UWS and SRUC worked together for over 5 years to build a modern facility to replace their aging, deteriorating buildings.
- They decided to pool resources and collaborate on the new campus, bringing academic and support activities under one roof, including a shared library space.
- The UWS and SRUC librarians worked closely with architects from the early planning stages to provide input and ensure library needs were met, such as removing intrusive pillars.
- The
The document discusses the "Librarians on Loan" program between the Gold Coast City Council Local Studies library and the Office of Architecture and Heritage. Through this program, librarians are loaned out to work with the Office of Architecture and Heritage to provide research support using the local studies collection. This helps raise the profile of local studies, contributes to heritage preservation, and improves the librarians' skills in researching for different audiences. However, challenges include not being able to support the Office as often as needed due to staffing constraints and adapting to new research formats and styles.
This document provides information about an exhibition titled "Twelve Degrees of Latitude: Regional Gallery and University Art Collections in Queensland". The exhibition celebrates Queensland's public gallery collections and features works curated from regional galleries and university collections. It began in Townsville in 2009 and then toured various galleries across Queensland from 2010-2011, giving audiences an opportunity to see significant artworks from regional collections. The exhibition features works from over 50 Australian artists.
In Sally Walker's keynote, she talks about her career and work at Orkney Library to being awarded the honour of Scotland’s first Library & Information Professional of the year 2017. Sally will discuss some of the initiatives in which she is involved such as Bookbug, Lego & Minecraft and her work with schools. She also explores how she engages with children, encouraging them and their families, to use the library. Inspiring others to believe anything is possible if you have a passion for your work and are somewhere you can shine.
Ayr Library, University of the West of Scotland and SRUC PPTsconul
Presentation and Q&A with a focus on partnership working in planning the new building.
Neal Buchanan, Campus Librarian (Ayr), University of the West of Scotland
Peter Anastasiou has achieved academic excellence as a mechanical engineering student at Villanova University, maintaining a 3.94 GPA and membership in engineering honors societies. He has hands-on engineering experience through projects providing potable water and designing and coding robots. Peter has taken on leadership roles organizing new student orientation and Special Olympics events. Additionally, he has work experience as a swim coach and lifeguard and volunteers with his church.
Elspeth Scott, GLOW: The Scottish Schools Digital NetworkSLA
Glow is Scotland's national schools intranet that digitally connects educators and pupils. It aims to improve student achievement and teacher collaboration by providing a safe, secure system for anytime access to educational resources. Glow features tools for communication, collaboration, file sharing and more to encourage learning that is inspiring, engaging and helps students achieve their potential. The document discusses how school librarians can utilize Glow's various components like groups, meetings and file sharing to support teachers and students.
The Kiel Public Library director presented to the Kiel Area Chamber of Commerce about the library's accomplishments in 2008 and its plans for the future. In 2008, the library offered many new programs including gaming events and a teen film festival. Usage statistics increased from 2006 to 2007. However, the library's building is now outdated and too small, limiting services. A needs assessment found the library needs more space and technology to better serve the community. The director is exploring long-range plans and funding options to build a new, larger facility.
Ayr Library - University of the West of Scotland/ SRUCDancheB
The document summarizes the partnership between the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) and Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) in planning and developing a new joint campus library facility in Ayr, Scotland. Key points:
- UWS and SRUC worked together for over 5 years to build a modern facility to replace their aging, deteriorating buildings.
- They decided to pool resources and collaborate on the new campus, bringing academic and support activities under one roof, including a shared library space.
- The UWS and SRUC librarians worked closely with architects from the early planning stages to provide input and ensure library needs were met, such as removing intrusive pillars.
- The
The document discusses the "Librarians on Loan" program between the Gold Coast City Council Local Studies library and the Office of Architecture and Heritage. Through this program, librarians are loaned out to work with the Office of Architecture and Heritage to provide research support using the local studies collection. This helps raise the profile of local studies, contributes to heritage preservation, and improves the librarians' skills in researching for different audiences. However, challenges include not being able to support the Office as often as needed due to staffing constraints and adapting to new research formats and styles.
This document provides information about an exhibition titled "Twelve Degrees of Latitude: Regional Gallery and University Art Collections in Queensland". The exhibition celebrates Queensland's public gallery collections and features works curated from regional galleries and university collections. It began in Townsville in 2009 and then toured various galleries across Queensland from 2010-2011, giving audiences an opportunity to see significant artworks from regional collections. The exhibition features works from over 50 Australian artists.
Maskwacis Cultural College's continuing education program offered 58 learning opportunities, 296 instruction hours, and trained 1151 learners in 2018.
Next steps: Noncredit policy approved. Prepare process guidelines.
MCC’s 7th annual ATCO BBQ story in numbers 5000 books distributed, 1200 people participated, 775 school students, 15 partners, 8 vendors, 9 Cree language activities, 12 door prizes given away, 46 volunteers; practicum students from ECD 100, CS1102, EDPSY 1500 earned experiential learning credits, 1200 people enjoyed the BBQ (includes take outs by head starts), 28 classes attended; Schools from Maskwacis, Wetaskiwin, Ponoka participated; 11,625 minutes read recorded by participants, 193 hours of reading time recorded by participants, and 196 minutes read aloud to children by volunteer readers.
Next steps: Prepare a toolkit based on May 29, 2019 event. Present at ATALM in October 2019.
MCC’s 7th annual book giveaway: 35,090 books given away across 35 occasions in 2018.
Next steps: Giveaway at the Awasisak conference on July 18 and Samson Powwow. Replicate MCC model in another community.
Ryan Baines is a dedicated secondary school teacher with over 10 years of experience in the Catholic sector. He has worked with leadership teams to deliver quality outcomes for students and has strong skills in behavior management. Baines is passionate about the creative arts and his diverse experience would add value to any teaching community. He holds a Master's degree in Museum Studies from the University of Queensland and has held roles coordinating retreats, teaching various subjects, and working in galleries.
The document discusses the Libraries Change Lives Award (LCLA) which recognizes exemplary library projects that improve people's lives. It provides details on the 2009 LCLA winners and finalists, including the Across the Board project in Leeds that supports families of children with autism, the Reading Champion Project in Edinburgh for children in residential care, and the Six Book Challenge adult reading program. All highlighted projects showed strong partnerships, positive impacts on users, and sustainability.
Andrew Payne Mainstreaming Diversity At The National ArchivesFARO
The document discusses the National Archives of the UK's efforts to mainstream equality and diversity. It describes initiatives like the "Caribbean Through a Lens" project, which involved partnering with 50 community organizations to promote engagement with photographs of the Caribbean from the Archives. The project aimed to empower communities and inform future outreach. Over 65,000 people attended exhibitions and 49,300 viewed photographs online as a result. The document argues this project takes steps toward making the Archives "essential" by satisfying diverse users and their questions.
This document provides a history of Wells Community Academy from its opening in 1859 as an elementary school through fires and expansions. It discusses how the school has improved graduation rates, FAFSA completion, and created professional academies. The future plans outlined include single theme school proposals, pool construction, and continued mentoring, tutoring, and grant writing efforts to support students.
This document lists the dates of a school building project in Prokeab, Cambodia from December 6-27, 2011. It lists 21 students and 2 staff from 14 independent schools in 7 countries that participated. It mentions exchanges between the student group and others regarding how the conference is going and potential future participation. It thanks the organizations and people who made the school building project possible.
The document summarizes the activities of the Melitopol school 16 Connecting Classrooms cluster from 2010 to 2013. It describes cluster meetings held in Vinnitsa, Ukraine and Wales. The school organized charity concerts that raised money for orphans. Students participated in cultural festivals celebrating the cultures of Cyprus, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Malta. They also held a photo exhibition on diversity. The cluster activities concluded with a final event in Kyiv in 2013.
The document discusses potential partnerships between schools and other community organizations in Kingston, such as partnerships between Walter Gretzky PS and St. Basil Catholic School, and between schools and seniors' centers, community centers, daycares, pools, housing, universities, health clinics, and public libraries. It notes examples of successful school-library partnerships in other cities and school-track center partnerships. It also addresses demographic changes that have led to school closures and threats of closure, and how partnerships between schools and large local employers could help address this issue.
This document summarizes a Comenius project meeting held in Bratislava, Slovakia between 15-21 October 2012. The project involved partners from 10 countries and aimed to promote healthy lifestyles through sports, arts, and nutrition. During the meeting, 12 students and 25 teachers from the partner countries visited various locations in Bratislava, participated in sports activities and creative workshops, and presented information about their schools and countries. The program highlighted Slovak culture through a folk evening, practical learning workshops, and presentations by Slovak students.
JIBS User Group event: New Dawn: the Changing Resource Discovery Landscape pr...sherif user group
The final programme for the JIBS User Group event: New Dawn: the Changing Resource Discovery Landscape - JIBS Event and AGM: Monday 25th February 2013 (10am-4:30pm)
Brunei Gallery at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) London.
Find out more about JIBS User Group events at: http://www.jibs.ac.uk/events/intro.html
This document introduces T.R. Parker, the Outreach Librarian at Union University, and discusses their role and priorities. It provides an overview of Parker's background and qualifications for the position. It then explores framing outreach according to three categories: library as place, library services, and library on the web. Key points are made about creating comfortable library spaces, meeting users where they are, and embedding library resources online. The presentation concludes by thanking the audience.
A presentation outlining some of the service work Earl Tilly, Lester Cooper, Kosen Hillary and Dr. Clavert Hategekimana did in Rwanda this summer 2016.
Grace's Netball Court, Building Malawijasperhadman
On a stormy weekend at the end of March 2013, Jasper Hadman, Mike Dunn, Stothard Watson and Ross Bruce took part in the Jurassic Marathon - a 3-day 79-mile run along Dorset's Jurassic Coast. Thanks to your sensational support, we raised over £10,000 for a netball court to be built as part of Building Malawi's Lingadzi Academy in Lilongwe, Malawi. The court has been built in memory of Grace Hadman, who died in April 2009 aged 17. Here are the results of your support so far! Grace would have been so proud of what has been achieved by Building Malawi and we are all eternally grateful to you for making the whole project possible through your donations. Thank you so much for your support and particular thanks to Tom Bowden and Rachel Balm from Building Malawi for all their hard work to make Grace's Netball Court become a reality. Visitors to Lingadze Academy are always welcome!
The document is an invitation to a meeting of the Devon RE Network Group on February 8, 2011 at The King's School in Ottery St Mary, Devon from 4-5:30pm. The meeting will focus primarily on assessment with a secondary focus on marking new GCSE questions, and is open to all primary and secondary teachers of religious education in Devon to discuss issues, share resources and meet other coordinators.
"see blue." U 2015 | Housing & Residence Lifeukyenroll
This document provides information about on-campus housing options at the University of Kentucky. It summarizes the benefits of on-campus living, including higher GPAs and opportunities for academic support. Various housing and room types are described, along with move-in dates and procedures. Living-learning programs are highlighted, which pair academic areas with residence halls.
The SSAT Confucius Institute aims to expand Mandarin Chinese teaching in UK schools through a network of Confucius Classrooms. The Classrooms follow a hub-spoke model and are supported by Chinese partner schools and teachers from Hanban. The Institute partners with organizations in both the UK and China to provide teaching materials, teacher training, and accreditation support. It also organizes student exchanges and teacher networking events to help schools establish and maintain high-quality Chinese language programs. Future plans include developing more immersive Chinese language opportunities and bilateral educational projects between UK and Chinese schools.
The document describes the Chilterns Commons Project which worked from 2011-2015 to conserve over 200 commons across the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The project engaged over 600 volunteers in activities like scrub clearance, pond management, surveys and training to improve management of the fragmented common lands. It supported the establishment of friends groups and held educational events to increase public awareness of the ecological and historical importance of the commons landscapes.
This document summarizes the work of the Stonelaw High Fair Traders student group over the past 8 years. Some key points:
1) The group promotes fair trade through various school and community events, raising over £137,000 for their work.
2) Their sales profits go towards sending AIDS orphans to school in South Africa.
3) They have partnered with Ikusasalethu High School and received awards for their social enterprise work.
This document discusses the importance of collaboration to effective university orientation programs. It provides examples of how the UCD Library collaborates with other university departments on orientation initiatives like peer mentor library visits, unified branding with the #helloUCD hashtag, and joint projects like a virtual tour of the library. Key collaborative groups that aid orientation are mentioned, such as the UCD Orientation Advisory Group and UCD Supports for Students Working Group. Benefits of these cross-university committees include a unified orientation branding and student supports. The document emphasizes that collaboration is core to providing students a transformative university experience.
Jeanette Castle has worked in various library roles across different sectors, including as a University Librarian, Library Services Manager, and in public library roles. She has taken on leadership positions in professional organizations like CILIPS and SCURL. Her career has involved managing libraries, people, projects and finances. She emphasizes skills like critical evaluation, knowledge organization, user needs analysis, and research methodology that are transferable across library roles.
Vibrant libraries, thriving schools - the national strategy for school librariesCILIPScotland
The document outlines a national strategy for school libraries in Scotland from 2018-2023. It discusses the background work done in developing the strategy, including advocacy efforts, advisory group membership, and visits to over 30 school libraries. Key challenges identified for school libraries included staffing support, budgets, professional recognition, and demonstrating their value and impact. The strategy's vision is for vibrant school library services that help students gain skills for learning, life and work, and provide a nurturing space. It outlines how school libraries will support areas like the curriculum, literacy, digital skills, health and wellbeing. The next steps are to distribute the strategy widely and establish an implementation group to monitor progress.
Maskwacis Cultural College's continuing education program offered 58 learning opportunities, 296 instruction hours, and trained 1151 learners in 2018.
Next steps: Noncredit policy approved. Prepare process guidelines.
MCC’s 7th annual ATCO BBQ story in numbers 5000 books distributed, 1200 people participated, 775 school students, 15 partners, 8 vendors, 9 Cree language activities, 12 door prizes given away, 46 volunteers; practicum students from ECD 100, CS1102, EDPSY 1500 earned experiential learning credits, 1200 people enjoyed the BBQ (includes take outs by head starts), 28 classes attended; Schools from Maskwacis, Wetaskiwin, Ponoka participated; 11,625 minutes read recorded by participants, 193 hours of reading time recorded by participants, and 196 minutes read aloud to children by volunteer readers.
Next steps: Prepare a toolkit based on May 29, 2019 event. Present at ATALM in October 2019.
MCC’s 7th annual book giveaway: 35,090 books given away across 35 occasions in 2018.
Next steps: Giveaway at the Awasisak conference on July 18 and Samson Powwow. Replicate MCC model in another community.
Ryan Baines is a dedicated secondary school teacher with over 10 years of experience in the Catholic sector. He has worked with leadership teams to deliver quality outcomes for students and has strong skills in behavior management. Baines is passionate about the creative arts and his diverse experience would add value to any teaching community. He holds a Master's degree in Museum Studies from the University of Queensland and has held roles coordinating retreats, teaching various subjects, and working in galleries.
The document discusses the Libraries Change Lives Award (LCLA) which recognizes exemplary library projects that improve people's lives. It provides details on the 2009 LCLA winners and finalists, including the Across the Board project in Leeds that supports families of children with autism, the Reading Champion Project in Edinburgh for children in residential care, and the Six Book Challenge adult reading program. All highlighted projects showed strong partnerships, positive impacts on users, and sustainability.
Andrew Payne Mainstreaming Diversity At The National ArchivesFARO
The document discusses the National Archives of the UK's efforts to mainstream equality and diversity. It describes initiatives like the "Caribbean Through a Lens" project, which involved partnering with 50 community organizations to promote engagement with photographs of the Caribbean from the Archives. The project aimed to empower communities and inform future outreach. Over 65,000 people attended exhibitions and 49,300 viewed photographs online as a result. The document argues this project takes steps toward making the Archives "essential" by satisfying diverse users and their questions.
This document provides a history of Wells Community Academy from its opening in 1859 as an elementary school through fires and expansions. It discusses how the school has improved graduation rates, FAFSA completion, and created professional academies. The future plans outlined include single theme school proposals, pool construction, and continued mentoring, tutoring, and grant writing efforts to support students.
This document lists the dates of a school building project in Prokeab, Cambodia from December 6-27, 2011. It lists 21 students and 2 staff from 14 independent schools in 7 countries that participated. It mentions exchanges between the student group and others regarding how the conference is going and potential future participation. It thanks the organizations and people who made the school building project possible.
The document summarizes the activities of the Melitopol school 16 Connecting Classrooms cluster from 2010 to 2013. It describes cluster meetings held in Vinnitsa, Ukraine and Wales. The school organized charity concerts that raised money for orphans. Students participated in cultural festivals celebrating the cultures of Cyprus, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Malta. They also held a photo exhibition on diversity. The cluster activities concluded with a final event in Kyiv in 2013.
The document discusses potential partnerships between schools and other community organizations in Kingston, such as partnerships between Walter Gretzky PS and St. Basil Catholic School, and between schools and seniors' centers, community centers, daycares, pools, housing, universities, health clinics, and public libraries. It notes examples of successful school-library partnerships in other cities and school-track center partnerships. It also addresses demographic changes that have led to school closures and threats of closure, and how partnerships between schools and large local employers could help address this issue.
This document summarizes a Comenius project meeting held in Bratislava, Slovakia between 15-21 October 2012. The project involved partners from 10 countries and aimed to promote healthy lifestyles through sports, arts, and nutrition. During the meeting, 12 students and 25 teachers from the partner countries visited various locations in Bratislava, participated in sports activities and creative workshops, and presented information about their schools and countries. The program highlighted Slovak culture through a folk evening, practical learning workshops, and presentations by Slovak students.
JIBS User Group event: New Dawn: the Changing Resource Discovery Landscape pr...sherif user group
The final programme for the JIBS User Group event: New Dawn: the Changing Resource Discovery Landscape - JIBS Event and AGM: Monday 25th February 2013 (10am-4:30pm)
Brunei Gallery at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) London.
Find out more about JIBS User Group events at: http://www.jibs.ac.uk/events/intro.html
This document introduces T.R. Parker, the Outreach Librarian at Union University, and discusses their role and priorities. It provides an overview of Parker's background and qualifications for the position. It then explores framing outreach according to three categories: library as place, library services, and library on the web. Key points are made about creating comfortable library spaces, meeting users where they are, and embedding library resources online. The presentation concludes by thanking the audience.
A presentation outlining some of the service work Earl Tilly, Lester Cooper, Kosen Hillary and Dr. Clavert Hategekimana did in Rwanda this summer 2016.
Grace's Netball Court, Building Malawijasperhadman
On a stormy weekend at the end of March 2013, Jasper Hadman, Mike Dunn, Stothard Watson and Ross Bruce took part in the Jurassic Marathon - a 3-day 79-mile run along Dorset's Jurassic Coast. Thanks to your sensational support, we raised over £10,000 for a netball court to be built as part of Building Malawi's Lingadzi Academy in Lilongwe, Malawi. The court has been built in memory of Grace Hadman, who died in April 2009 aged 17. Here are the results of your support so far! Grace would have been so proud of what has been achieved by Building Malawi and we are all eternally grateful to you for making the whole project possible through your donations. Thank you so much for your support and particular thanks to Tom Bowden and Rachel Balm from Building Malawi for all their hard work to make Grace's Netball Court become a reality. Visitors to Lingadze Academy are always welcome!
The document is an invitation to a meeting of the Devon RE Network Group on February 8, 2011 at The King's School in Ottery St Mary, Devon from 4-5:30pm. The meeting will focus primarily on assessment with a secondary focus on marking new GCSE questions, and is open to all primary and secondary teachers of religious education in Devon to discuss issues, share resources and meet other coordinators.
"see blue." U 2015 | Housing & Residence Lifeukyenroll
This document provides information about on-campus housing options at the University of Kentucky. It summarizes the benefits of on-campus living, including higher GPAs and opportunities for academic support. Various housing and room types are described, along with move-in dates and procedures. Living-learning programs are highlighted, which pair academic areas with residence halls.
The SSAT Confucius Institute aims to expand Mandarin Chinese teaching in UK schools through a network of Confucius Classrooms. The Classrooms follow a hub-spoke model and are supported by Chinese partner schools and teachers from Hanban. The Institute partners with organizations in both the UK and China to provide teaching materials, teacher training, and accreditation support. It also organizes student exchanges and teacher networking events to help schools establish and maintain high-quality Chinese language programs. Future plans include developing more immersive Chinese language opportunities and bilateral educational projects between UK and Chinese schools.
The document describes the Chilterns Commons Project which worked from 2011-2015 to conserve over 200 commons across the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The project engaged over 600 volunteers in activities like scrub clearance, pond management, surveys and training to improve management of the fragmented common lands. It supported the establishment of friends groups and held educational events to increase public awareness of the ecological and historical importance of the commons landscapes.
This document summarizes the work of the Stonelaw High Fair Traders student group over the past 8 years. Some key points:
1) The group promotes fair trade through various school and community events, raising over £137,000 for their work.
2) Their sales profits go towards sending AIDS orphans to school in South Africa.
3) They have partnered with Ikusasalethu High School and received awards for their social enterprise work.
This document discusses the importance of collaboration to effective university orientation programs. It provides examples of how the UCD Library collaborates with other university departments on orientation initiatives like peer mentor library visits, unified branding with the #helloUCD hashtag, and joint projects like a virtual tour of the library. Key collaborative groups that aid orientation are mentioned, such as the UCD Orientation Advisory Group and UCD Supports for Students Working Group. Benefits of these cross-university committees include a unified orientation branding and student supports. The document emphasizes that collaboration is core to providing students a transformative university experience.
Jeanette Castle has worked in various library roles across different sectors, including as a University Librarian, Library Services Manager, and in public library roles. She has taken on leadership positions in professional organizations like CILIPS and SCURL. Her career has involved managing libraries, people, projects and finances. She emphasizes skills like critical evaluation, knowledge organization, user needs analysis, and research methodology that are transferable across library roles.
Vibrant libraries, thriving schools - the national strategy for school librariesCILIPScotland
The document outlines a national strategy for school libraries in Scotland from 2018-2023. It discusses the background work done in developing the strategy, including advocacy efforts, advisory group membership, and visits to over 30 school libraries. Key challenges identified for school libraries included staffing support, budgets, professional recognition, and demonstrating their value and impact. The strategy's vision is for vibrant school library services that help students gain skills for learning, life and work, and provide a nurturing space. It outlines how school libraries will support areas like the curriculum, literacy, digital skills, health and wellbeing. The next steps are to distribute the strategy widely and establish an implementation group to monitor progress.
Reaching People - the new National Library of Scotland Strategy 2020-2025CILIPScotland
The document outlines the National Library of Scotland's new 2020-2025 strategy to better connect with audiences through five strategic priorities: safeguarding collections, improving access, engaging audiences, supporting learning and research, and developing the organization. The strategy aims to make the library more inclusive, responsive, and relevant for current and future generations through initiatives like expanding digital access, community outreach, and partnerships.
This document summarizes events from 2008 involving the School Library Association (SLA). It discusses the SLA's weekend course in Nottingham in June 2007, speakers at various events, celebrations of the SLA's 70th birthday with authors Michael Foreman and Chris Riddell, the Chief Executive being named to the Queen's New Years Honours List, establishing a link with the Nepalese School Library Association, publishing new guidelines and resources for school libraries, and presenting the annual School Librarian of the Year award to Nikki Heath.
John Scally: The National Library of Scotland: A future vision for allCILIPScotland
The document summarizes a presentation given at the CILIPS Scotland Conference in Dundee on June 1, 2015 about the National Library of Scotland's future vision. It discusses the library's origins, collections of over 24 million items, legal deposit functions, digital collections, usage statistics, funding challenges, and strategic priorities for 2015-2020 which include preserving collections, increasing digital access, encouraging research, education, public engagement, and developing the library as a destination.
This document provides a summary of Alan Kilpatrick's professional profile. He has over 6 years of experience working in various library settings, including academic, law, and government libraries. He has a Master's degree in Library and Information Science. His experience includes reference and instructional librarianship, collections management, and social media coordination for a national library association. He has presented at several library conferences.
The document discusses support for the University of Kentucky Libraries from donors and friends. It highlights recent renovations to the William T. Young Library and Medical Center Library made possible by private donations. These renovations updated study spaces and added collaborative learning areas. The document also summarizes programs supported by donors like the Special Collections Learning Lab internships and collection endowments that allow the libraries to meet the needs of students and faculty. It concludes by thanking donors and providing ways for readers to support the libraries through gifts.
Presented at CONUL conference, June 2016, Athlone, Ireland by Christopher Pressler, Helen Shenton, Eoin McCarney, Cronán Ó Doibhlin and Ciara McCaffrey.
Empowering School Librarians - Personal Learning Network on GlowCILIPScotland
The document discusses the creation of a National School Libraries Professional Learning Community (PLC) on the online platform Glow. The PLC aims to support school librarians through continuing professional development opportunities and sharing of resources and best practices. It was developed in consultation with various library organizations and Education Scotland. The PLC homepage provides access to professional learning activities, documents from key organizations, and a space to showcase achievements. Future plans include ongoing user consultation and expansion of available materials.
Libraries, digital capability and Jisc: what's newLis Parcell
Slide deck for a presentation to the South Western Regional Library Service, Exeter, 16 November 2015. The session gave an overview of Jisc and outlined current work on digital capability for librarians.
An elephant in the room: information literacy in the narrative of UK public l...LISDISConference
The document summarizes the findings of a dissertation that analyzed how information literacy is positioned in UK public library advocacy narratives. The key findings were: 1) Advocacy materials focus on digital inclusion and literacy over information literacy; 2) Libraries are portrayed as providing access to technology rather than actively developing users' skills; 3) There is no clear relationship presented between information literacy and public libraries in advocacy narratives. The dissertation recommends greater collaboration to link digital and information literacy and recognize library professionals' roles in developing these skills.
The document summarizes the minutes from the ALISS AGM meeting held on June 4th 2007 at the British Library. It provides an overview of ALISS's finances, membership, activities over the past year including conferences and site visits, and plans for upcoming activities. The committee members for 2006/2007 were elected and included Jane Secker as Chair, Jennie Grimshaw as Treasurer and Heather Dawson as Secretary.
Pamela McLean is a librarian at St Ninian's High School in Kirkintilloch, Scotland. She provides career advice and information about school libraries. Her message promotes several networks and organizations that support school librarians, including key documents and skills to develop like curriculum support, information literacy, and health and wellbeing. She shares her contact information to provide further assistance.
Libraries & STEM Learning: Results from a Survey of Libraries Across the UK a...Keliann LaConte
This document summarizes research on STEM learning opportunities in libraries across the UK and Ireland. The majority of respondents were from public libraries. Key findings include:
- Most public libraries (92-95%) offer STEM events, primarily targeting ages 6-12. Coding is the top activity offered.
- Libraries see STEM/STEAM learning as important for developing skills like digital literacy. Events aim to be fun and informal.
- Top barriers to offering more STEM are lack of funds, staff time, and STEM knowledge. Collaboration is seen as important to address this.
- Training, communication of ideas/resources, and fun, age-appropriate STEM activities were highlighted as areas collaborators could
- The ALISS AGM was held on May 22nd 2013 at Senate House with 32 people attending.
- Sally Patalong took over as the new ALISS chair from Angela Upton. Jo Tate became the new treasurer replacing Jennie Grimshaw.
- Financially, ALISS is in a strong position with £8,135 in funds as of March 2013. Membership and conferences generated income exceeding costs.
Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries: Showcase - Jill ...CILIPScotland
SCURL is a partnership of Scottish higher education institutions and cultural organizations that aims to improve library services through collaboration. It coordinates large-scale procurement of digital content which supports over £5 million in annual spending and provides access to resources from major publishers. SCURL also facilitates communities of practice, task forces, and working groups to promote sharing of best practices and expertise among members. While budget constraints and digital transitions present challenges, SCURL has been successful in advocating for members' interests and delivering cost savings through collaborative collection agreements.
This document provides an agenda and speaker biographies for an event titled "Catalysing Communities: the Library Asset" being held on April 25, 2013. The agenda includes sessions on how libraries build social capital and deliver community benefits, experiences from library services that have taken on catalyst roles in areas of health, learning, and social cohesion, and closing remarks on the library as an asset. Speaker biographies are provided for 13 speakers from local government and library organizations in the UK who will share experiences of libraries partnering to address community needs.
A presentation by Gill Hamilton, Digital Access Manager at the National Library of Scotland (NLS).
Delivered at the Cataloguing and Indexing Group Scotland (CIGS) Linked Open Data (LOD) Conference which took place Fri 21 September 2012 at the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation.
A presentation by Richard Wallis, Technology Evangelist at OCLC.
Delivered at the Cataloguing and Indexing Group Scotland (CIGS) Linked Open Data (LOD) Conference which took place Fri 21 September 2012 at the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation.
A presentation by Daniel Lewis of the Open Knowledge Foundation.
Delivered at the Cataloguing and Indexing Group Scotland (CIGS) Linked Open Data (LOD) Conference which took place Fri 21 September 2012 at the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation.
A presentation by Muriel Mewissen, Project Manager of the Shakespeare Registry Project.
Delivered at the Cataloguing and Indexing Group Scotland (CIGS) Linked Open Data (LOD) Conference which took place Fri 21 September 2012 at the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation.
A presentation by Susanne Thorbord, Bibliographic Consultant at the Danish Bibliographic Centre (DBC).
Delivered at the Cataloguing and Indexing Group Scotland (CIGS) Linked Open Data (LOD) Conference which took place Fri 21 September 2012 at the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation.
A presentation by Gordon Dunsire.
Delivered at the Cataloguing and Indexing Group Scotland (CIGS) Linked Open Data (LOD) Conference which took place Fri 21 September 2012 at the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation.
A presentation by Daniel Vila Suero of the Ontology Engineering Group at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid.
Delivered at the Cataloguing and Indexing Group Scotland (CIGS) Linked Open Data (LOD) Conference which took place Fri 21 September 2012 at the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation.
Event: Metadata and Web 2.0 seminar
Organised by: Cataloguing & Indexing Group in Scotland
Held on Friday 2nd March at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
Presented by: Martin Morrey
Event: Metadata and Web 2.0 seminar
Organised by: Cataloguing & Indexing Group in Scotland
Held on Friday 2nd March at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
Presented by: Bryan Christie, National Library of Scotland
Event: Metadata and Web 2.0 seminar
Organised by: Cataloguing & Indexing Group in Scotland
Held on Friday 2nd March at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
Presented by: Nora McGregor, British Library
Event: Metadata and Web 2.0 seminar
Organised by: Cataloguing & Indexing Group in Scotland
Held on Friday 2nd March at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
Presented by: Vicki Cormie
The University of Glasgow Library developed a strategy to deliver mobile services over multiple phases.
Phase 1 involved developing a mobile catalogue, implementing QR codes, testing instant messaging and e-books, and conducting user surveys. Based on survey findings that most use mobile internet for email, social media and browsing, the top requested services were searching articles, checking out books and reading e-books.
Phase 2 will focus on improving the mobile website, expanding access to e-resources beyond e-books, using QR codes in physical locations, teaching digital skills, and utilizing mobile devices to improve workflows. The strategy is being implemented and promoted in phases based on user research.
The document summarizes several ongoing reviews that will impact post-16 education in Scotland. Key points include:
1) Reviews cover college governance, ICT infrastructure, and the role of colleges. Recommendations include regionalization and shared services.
2) Budget cuts of 7-23% are expected over the next few years for colleges. Capital funding is also being cut significantly.
3) The "Putting Learners at the Centre" review proposes a more interconnected, sustainable, and learner-centered post-16 system focused on employment.
4) Colleges will receive regional funding to enhance regional provision and outcomes. Courses must focus on recognized qualifications and job skills. Funding models will
The document summarizes the work of SLIC (Scottish Library and Information Council) in supporting further education (FE) libraries in Scotland. It discusses SLIC's annual FE library survey which benchmarks resources, technology, and staffing. The survey found that most colleges cite JISC ebooks as their most used online resource and are making good use of technology like QR codes. It also notes future challenges for FE libraries like reduced budgets, restructured services, and changing user expectations. SLIC helps FE libraries respond by promoting collaboration, knowledge sharing, workforce development, and digital initiatives to support quality library services across Scotland.
The document summarizes the SCURL Walk-In Access to E-resources Project which investigated technical and operational solutions to enable higher education institutions to provide access to electronic resources for external and walk-in users where licenses permit. The project aimed to deliver a toolkit identifying good practices and built on outcomes of previous UK projects. It discusses various approaches taken by member institutions to provide access within the terms of licenses, including the use of Shibboleth, EZProxy, dedicated computers and IP ranges.
The British Library is facing significant budget cuts while still aiming to fulfill its mission of enabling access and supporting research. This has required developing new digitization and funding models, moving from selective "boutique" digitization to larger-scale "mass digitization" projects pursued through public/private partnerships. Examples discussed include newspaper digitization through a partnership with Brightsolid and book digitization through agreements with Microsoft and Google. While innovative approaches are needed, traditional efficiency improvements also remain important to make progress despite budget challenges.
The document summarizes research from two surveys on students' use of mobile technologies and attitudes toward using library services on their phones. It finds that most students own smartphones and browse the web daily, with Apple and Samsung being the most popular brands. While over 90% of students would like to access library services on their phones, about a third said data limits restrict their mobile web use. The document concludes that libraries need to design accessible services for a variety of mobile devices and operating systems while keeping pace with the rapid changes in mobile technology.
The document discusses the University of Glasgow's experiments with demand-driven acquisition (DDA) models for ebooks. It implemented a small patron-driven acquisition trial through an ebook aggregator, spending a limited amount on about 1500 ebook titles over 4 months. Usage was high, with 10% of titles receiving 10 or more access and the average cost per used title being £55.96. Only 10% of titles saw no repeat use after initial purchase. The university is considering further DDA trials and evaluating different models to help build its ebook collection in a responsible way while supporting user needs.
The document outlines three deliverables for a project: 1) Install a prototype digital research space, 2) Design and build user interfaces and workstation arrays demonstrating a vision for multimedia digital research, 3) Evaluate user experiences in the technology-rich environment. It then summarizes findings from evaluating the prototype space, including that researchers want advanced search functionality and better organization of research papers, and that Wi-Fi access and using their own devices were important to users. The recommendation is to focus on greater remote access to resources, advanced search and reference tools, and training to facilitate their use while acknowledging a role in the full digital research process beyond content provision.
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Honorary members Presentation
1. Special General Meeting 27/11/10
AGENDA
To approve the award of Honorary Membership
of CILIPS to:
Jill Evans
Alex Linkston
Ian McDougall
Bob McKee
Marilyn Milligan
Chris Pinder
2. The nominees
Jill Evans, Service Development Manager, Scottish
Confederation of University and Research Libraries,
for her work in developing library services in higher
education through SCURL, SLIC and CILIPS
Council
Alex Linkston CBE, Chief Executive, West Lothian
Council and Treasurer of SOLACE, the Scottish
branch of the Society of Local Authority Chief
Executives, for his support for libraries, quality
frameworks and shared services.
Ian MacDougall, historian and author, for his
contribution to local history and libraries
3. The nominees
Bob McKee, Late Chief Executive of CILIP for
support for the library and information profession in
Scotland.
Marilyn Milligan, Chair of CILIP in Scotland Council
and member of SLIC Board, for her contribution to
education resource services in Scotland, quality
frameworks and continuing professional
development
Chris Pinder, CILIP in Scotland President 2010,
Director of Learning Information Services,
Edinburgh Napier University, for his work to support
the development of library and information services
in the higher education sector through ELISA,
SCURL and CILIPS Council