CILIP North West Member Network Blog

Recently, I was lucky enough to attend this year’s CILIP conference, thanks to a bursary from the CILIP NW Member Network.   As a recently qualified library professional, who’d never attended a conference before, the CILIP conference seemed the perfect place to start, especially as it was being held just down the road at Manchester University. So I submitted a short bursary application form, kept my fingers crossed and was delighted to receive an email a few days later telling me I’d been awarded a place at the conference! I was so excited and couldn’t wait to get stuck in. Fast forward to the morning of 3rd July… The excitement was now mixed with a healthy dose of apprehension. What if I didn’t know anyone else there? Was I wearing the right clothes? The questions went round and round in my head but luckily, all of my fears were allayed as soon as I stepped inside University Place. I instantly spotted a couple of work colleagues, and soon met up with a couple of other familiar...

Name: Gil Young Role on the CILIP NW Committee: Mentor Support Officer Work: NHS Library and Knowledge Services Development Manager  Which other CILIP member networks do you belong to?  In addition to being a CILIP mentor I am a member of the Health Libraries Group, the Library & Information Research Group and the Public & Mobile Libraries Group. My current role does have some overlap with HR so I am also an associate member of the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) How has your career developed up to now?  Randomly in many ways as I have moved across sectors and made a number of sideways moves when something has interested me or circumstances have changed. I was a graduate trainee at MMU and my first professional post was at the Christie Medical Library. I then had posts at MMU, at Stockport Public Libraries, CALIM (Consortium of Academic Libraries in Manchester) and NoWAL (North West Academic Libraries). I was made redundant f...