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The Kent Sub-Branch is Back! / House of Commons Open Day Report News about the new Kent branch from Victoria Bird: With a slightly new name, and a new team, CIL- IP in Kent has big plans on the horizon, and we need you! Without sounding too much like a lottery advert, the new team in Kent would like to hear from you to help us make this new sub-branch as good for everyone in the area as possible. We have created a short quiz to find out a little about what you want to see from your local committee. It should only take a couple of minutes and is completely anonymous so please take time to let us know what you want us to do. We have a couple of events in the planning stages, including a visit to the award-winning Augustine House at Canterbury Christ Church University, and a qualifications fair. Meet the CILIP in Kent committee at www.cilipinkent.wordpress.com, follow us on Twitter (@CILIPinKent), like us on Facebook for more details as they are arranged, or email us. See more at: http://www.cilip.org.uk/southeast-branch/news/kent-sub-branchback#sthash.931tZWdE.dpuf House of Commons Library Open Day for Librarians and Information Officers Wednesday, 19 February <strong>2014</strong> I recently had the opportunity of attending the House of Commons Library Open Day. The day was structured somewhat like a conference with a variety of ‘workshop-style’ sessions followed by a tour of the House of Commons Library as well as a whirlwind tour of the Houses of Parliament as a whole. We were first given an Introduction to the House of Commons Library, where we learned about the different reading rooms (A, B, C, and D), the restrictions on membership (limited to MPs only), and the spectrum of material available, including Reading Lists aimed towards information relevant for the next weeks Parliamentary Sessions. The Research Team also produces Standard Notes, Research Briefings, Debate Packs, and Current Awareness emails to ensure that all MPs are briefed and ready for anything that may come up during their duties. The Research Team also provides research services to MPs, whether it be regarding legislation they are looking into or on behalf of a constituent, who may have had to ask their MP for assistance on a certain matter. My name badge from the day In addition to the House of Commons Library and House of Lords Library, the Houses of Parliament is home to the Parliamentary Archives, the purpose of which is to safeguard the collection and provide ready access to the Members of Parliament. The records ‘live’ in Victoria Tower, which is 13 floors of air conditioned repository space, consisting of 9km of shelving. We had the opportunity to visit the House of Commons Library, which felt incredibly special as the only other time I will be in those rooms is if I become an MP! I felt the décor was grand enough to leave one in awe with huge ceiling heights and towering bookcases, while comfortable and classic enough for MPs to feel at home amongst the green leather wingback chairs and sweeping views of the River Thames. The overall day was a real treat and I certainly hope that if you have an opportunity of attending in the future that you will give it serious consideration. Report by Jaimee McRoberts News Reference Specialist British Library Page 2
Lightning Talks at UKC and reviving the CILIP Kent group The Lightning Talks event held on the 13 th January was set up by Maria Centrone, Lending Services Supervisor at the University of Kent. The purpose was to share the interesting and innovative work taking place in Kent libraries. A lightning talk is a 5 minute presentation with an opportunity for questions at the end. The attendees at the event were also encouraged to consider resuscitating the CILIP Kent group and so there was a closing talk from CILIP staff on how to run local groups. Over 30 people attended the event. The majority worked in Canterbury or the wider Kent area and others lived in Kent but worked in London. I wanted to attend the event for several reasons – firstly to support Maria as I was her mentor during her CILIP Chartership application, secondly to meet other librarians from Kent and find out what projects they were working on, thirdly to register my interest in joining a new and improved CILIP Kent group and, finally, an opportunity for me to present to other librarians. In my current and previous jobs I have presented to students, school pupils, academic staff, work colleagues, international scholars, nuns from India on holiday in south east London (long story…) but I have never presented something about librarianship to a room full of librarians. There were 7 lightning talks scheduled covering a range of topics. First off the mark were Ian Badger, Learning and Teaching Librarian and Nick Ross, Gateway Services Manager from University for the Creative Arts. Ian and Nick spoke about the merger of the library, careers and employability, counselling and student advice services. Ian mentioned that in his new role as Learning and Teaching Librarian he no longer orders stock or carries out stock editing as it is now all managed centrally. It was particularly interesting to hear that the newly formed team had undertaken training on emotional intelligence and also on the topic of assessing boundaries - as enquiries about library stock are very different to enquiries about disability support or counselling. The team needed to know about helping the different students and making sure they weren’t going ‘too far’. Second in the running order were Jane Gallagher, Senior Special Collections Assistant, Kathryn Gerrard, Stock Co-ordinator and Kirsty Wallis, Library Assistant from the University of Kent (UKC). Their talk was titled “Innovation through discussion: the LibChats story”. The trio, who are all working their way towards their postgraduate library qualification, spoke about the Kent LibChats series they had set up at UKC. LibChats were developed as a way to share good practice, discuss innovation in the library, showcase projects and share information across library and IT teams at UKC. The library at UKC is part of a converged service with IT. Staff wanted to meet colleagues informally and combine the meet up with professional development. The LibChats follow a similar format of a talk delivered by a member of the in-house team or an invited external, followed by tea and cake and then rounded up with a discussion. Talks have covered topics such as information literacy, school libraries, mobile technology, inductions, relationship management and reclassification projects. An article about the Lib- Chats story is due to be published in a future edition of SCONUL Focus. Each event is live tweeted and this has generated much interest from local librarians and lately the events have been opened up to non-UKC staff. Justine Rush, Faculty Liaison Librarian for Humanities at University of Kent (UKC) presented on “Library induction at University of Kent”. Like many other libraries UKC are always trying to make their library inductions informative and attractive to undergraduate students. As a fellow liaison librarian, I know that this can (cont.) Page 3
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