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Vote Liz McGettigan for CILIP Council 2012! 7 Oct 2011 | 10:55 pm
I’m very excited about the upcoming CILIP Council elections this year because I’ve been lucky enough to work with one of the candidates in the past and I just know that she is the perfect candidate fo...
Libraries as regeneration tools… 12 Aug 2011 | 12:43 am
Lately I’ve been hearing a lot about the essential role that public libraries are playing in the regeneration of Scotland’s communities. An example of this is happening right now in Craigmillar in E...
CILIP Umbrella Conference 2011 – link to my presentation… 14 Jul 2011 | 08:21 pm
On Tuesday I attended the annual CILIP Umbrella conference for the first time. I had been invited by LIRG to present the findings of my literature review on methodologies for measuring the value of pu...
Methods for demonstrating the value of public libraries… 14 Jun 2011 | 12:23 am
The Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) has just published my article on methods for demonstrating the value of public libraries. The article provides a literature review of existing quant...
Measuring the value of public libraries… 28 Mar 2011 | 04:55 am
I’m down in Leeds at the moment for a workshop on Measuring the Value of Public Libraries: The fallacy of footfall and issues as measures of Public Libraries. I’m really excited because I’ll be partic...
9 months later… 20 Mar 2011 | 10:38 pm
I’ve been on maternity leave for the past 9 months which explains the lack of activity on my blog . I don’t return to work officially until June but now that my beautiful baby girl is a little bit ol...
Free workshop: Engagement, Impact, Value 14 May 2010 | 12:07 am
Just read a post on Brian Kelly’s blog about a free event that UKOLN and Mimas are running in Manchester on 24th May. Although the event is aimed primarily at those already involved in JISC-funded ...
Edge 2010: Building the library of the future in Newcastle… 19 Mar 2010 | 12:08 am
Newcastle City Library at night One of the most inspiring sessions at The Edge 2010 conference came from Tony Durcan, Head of Culture, Libraries & Lifelong Learning, Newcastle Council; and Councillor...
Librarian brews the alphabet… 18 Mar 2010 | 10:31 pm
Librarian Brews the Alphabet © Coll Hamilton One of my lovely friends, Coll Hamilton, is a super talented artist and he has created this little image of me for my blog. It is inspired by my love of ...
Edge 2010 – The Power of the Blog! 6 Mar 2010 | 04:08 am
The second Keynote Speaker at last week’s Edge 2010 conference was Ewan McIntosh. From the very start Ewan’s energy and passion for social media was infectious. He spoke enthusiastically about Twitt...
