Being Batgirl: ongoing adventures in school librarianship
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…
International Book Giving Day
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 […]
Glasgow Women’s Library and the Suffragette Oak
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 […]
23 LIS Students
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. […]
“My Library By Right” – have you signed yet?
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 […]
Happy 2016!
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 […]
What do I do?
Originally posted on Tina's Library Related Stuff:
Variety is the spice of life and I thought that as a relief from the silence of me not finding time to…
Call for writers: LISNPN
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 […]
Paul – Subject Librarian
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 […]
23 Librarians on CILIPS webpage
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 […]
#GLTU15 – Gartnavel Hospital Libraries: anatomy of a visit
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…
Daryl – Rare Books Librarian
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 […]
2/23. Anabel – a retired librarian’s story
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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2/22. Donna – working in the Scottish Parliament
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 […]
2/21. Fionna – Language Librarian
Fionna Black is Librarian at the University of Glasgow’s Language Centre Library. My 13-year-old son was commenting on how hard it was to study as a doctor, the entry requirements […]
