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Papers & Presentations

This page contains some of the papers / presentations I’ve given at Conferences or events, and articles I've written.

• That Times Higher Education letter...
  Not really a proper publication of course, but it seemed to be of interest to a lot of people. To understand the context, first you need to read the article by the academic complaining about loud libraries, and then read my response here, the letter in question. Finally, this blog post explains all the background.

• The fast-changing face of modern librarianship
  This is an article I wrote about the Library Routes Project for the CILIP Career Development Group's Yorkshire & Humberside branch newsletter, Up the Ladder, availble here in PDF format (by permission). I must admit, all those italics are not my own!
  [Up the Ladder, Issue 35, Winter 2009]

• Realising your potential: rising above the stereotypes This paper was given at the CILIP Graduate Open Day in Octoboer 2009. It was based roughly on the Why are we still defined by our building? paper, below, but with some changes and improvements; for that reason, I won't post the whole paper here (not least because it only exists in note form) but here is a link to my notes and slides, via issuu. It's just the notes I used on the day, so apoligies for the lack of formality.

• Why are we still defined by our building?
  A version of the paper I gave at the CILIP New Professionals Conference in London, July 09, is available here in PDF format until it is published. I’m told CILIP plan to make a video of the actual presentation available soon, which will presumably feature the slides I used too.

• Collaborative Digitisation Survey Results
  A joint presentation given by Jane Secker and me (mostly by Jane, it has to be said!) in July 09, on the initial findings from the major survey into HEIs digitisation under the CLA's scanning licences can be found here.

• Digitisation: From Project to Service
  My presentation for the Heron User-Group in London, June 08, can be found on HERON's website for HERON subscribers only; it is a case-study of the University of Leeds Library's digitisation project, Online Course Readings.

• How did you fund yours?
  Library work is always bracketed under Information Management. Sometimes Careers Advice is too, and this is an area I’m interested in having done some work-experience at the University of York’s Careers Service, during my MA. This is a piece I wrote for Prospects PostGrad Magazine, about how I worked part-time during my first Masters, and the importance of demonstrating actual skills and experiences to potential employers, rather than just coming out of University with a degree and expecting that to be sufficient to secure you a decent job. It is available here in PDF format.
  [Prospects Postgrad, 2006/7]