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Ruth – Information Librarian

January 20, 2017by Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter 2 Comments

Ruth Gould, Information Librarian with Aberdeen City Libraries, describes her work.

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Public Libraries

Being Batgirl: ongoing adventures in school librarianship

March 24, 2016by Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter Leave a comment

Originally posted on The Victorian Librarian:
It’s been almost three weeks since my last blog post; I have survived the first two weeks of running a school library. It’s started really…

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School Libraries

International Book Giving Day

February 12, 2016by Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter Leave a comment

If you’re planning to buy chocolates and flowers for Valentine’s Day this Sunday, why not add books to the list? 14th February is also International Book Giving Day when the […]

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Glasgow Women’s Library and the Suffragette Oak

February 5, 2016by Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter 2 Comments

Wendy Kirk of Glasgow Women’s Library was one of the original 23 Librarians. One of GWL’s current campaigns is to promote the Suffragette Oak on Glasgow’s Kelvin Way as European Tree […]

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23 LIS Students

January 29, 2016by Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter 1 Comment

23 Librarians is pleased to welcome a new member to the family – 23 LIS Students will publish profiles and insights from library school students across the UK and Ireland. […]

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“My Library By Right” – have you signed yet?

January 13, 2016by Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter Leave a comment

If you haven’t signed CILIP’s petition against library closures, now would be a great time to do so! It currently has almost 8000 signatories but needs many more. More info […]

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Happy 2016!

January 8, 2016by Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter Leave a comment

Happy New Year! Here’s a quick look back at how the blog did in 2015. What were the most-read posts? Quite a varied selection – Wendy – the other Mitchell […]

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What do I do?

November 26, 2015by Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter Leave a comment

In the absence of any recent 23 Librarians posts (hint, hint – the official series might be over, but the blog is still open for business) I’d like to share […]

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Special Libraries

Call for writers: LISNPN

August 31, 2015by Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter 1 Comment

LISNPN (Library and Information Sector New Professionals Network)  is looking for contributors to write short blog posts about their library / information ‘new professional’ stories. It could be anything related to being […]

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Professional Networks

Paul – Subject Librarian

August 21, 2015by Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter Leave a comment

Paul Cannon is an Academic Subject Librarian with the University of the West of Scotland. He works across both Hamilton and Paisley campuses. The journey to my current post has been interesting […]

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Academic Libraries

23 Librarians on CILIPS webpage

July 13, 2015by Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter Leave a comment

Many thanks to Sean McNamara (@SeanieMac24) of CILIPS for adding a page on 23 Librarians to the CILIPS website. I hope this will help to keep the blog in public view […]

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#GLTU15 – Gartnavel Hospital Libraries: anatomy of a visit

June 18, 2015by Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter 1 Comment

Originally posted on Glasgow Library Tweetups:
Thanks to Christine Glasgow (@glasg0wg1rl) for her report of this fascinating visit. Gartnavel General Library awaits its visitors Yes, library tweeters, I couldn’t resist…

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NHS

Daryl – Rare Books Librarian

April 17, 2015by Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter 2 Comments

23 Librarians is back! The blog will no longer run as a weekly series, but there are still volunteers preparing posts which will be published whenever one is ready. The […]

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Academic Libraries

2/23. Anabel – a retired librarian’s story

March 27, 2015by Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter 14 Comments

Having cajoled (some might say nagged) 45 other librarians into telling you their library stories, perhaps it’s time I told you mine! I took early retirement almost three years ago, […]

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Retirement

2/22. Donna – working in the Scottish Parliament

March 20, 2015by Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter Leave a comment

Hello. My name is Donna Nicholson Arnott and I graduated from the MSc Information and Library Studies course at Strathclyde University in November 2013. I’ve been working in the Scottish […]

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