CILIP North West Member Network Blog

Although I enjoy attending CPD events, I was apprehensive about attending the CILIP 2018 conference in Brighton as a) it was so far away from where I live b) it was being held in such a big venue c) I’d never been to a conference before and d) I didn’t know anyone else who was going. Pre-conference Preparation  To alleviate my apprehensions, I looked at the conference overview online and at the networking events that were being held throughout the conference and made a brief plan of what I wanted to attend. I decided on the Hidden Brighton guided walk on the Tuesday evening as I hoped I might be able to meet someone in a similar situation to me, so we wouldn’t be on our own for the whole conference. I ended up meeting 5 people, all from different sectors and we ended up spending quite a lot of time together and have since become good friends and even have our own WhatsApp group! Keynote Speakers  Each of the keynotes was inspirational in their own way and I left each sessio...

Name : Lorna Role on CILIP NW Committee : Student Rep Work : Knowledge Service Assistant at an NHS Mental Health Trust Brief summary of work role/responsibilities : I look after the book, health promotion and leaflet collections at the Knowledge Service. This includes issuing and returning stock, dealing with reservations and asking people to bring everything back! I also look for new additions to all three collections which is a really enjoyable part of the job. I look after two Twitter accounts: one for the KS and one for the health and wellbeing service who we share a building with. One slightly unrelated responsibility I have is organising the NHS Pride Parade. Other CILIP member networks you belong to : Health Libraries Group,  Information Literacy Group and  Leader’s Network How has your career developed up to now? I started as a Graduate Trainee at a university library. This gave me a great grounding in so many different aspects of academic libra...

We are pleased to welcome you to the new CILIP North West member network blog.  The blog has replaced our quarterly newsletter and we hope that it will provide an opportunity to bring you more frequent and timely content. We are always keen to hear from our members and would encourage you  to comment on the posts.  You can contact us  at info.nw@cilip.org.uk if  you would like to give us feedback, submit any articles or share any ideas for future posts. We look forward to hearing from you!