IFLA 2019 report / Erica Foden-Lenahan

IFLA WLIC 2019 Athens, Greece 24-31 August   Attendance at an IFLA WLIC is a profession-affirming experience. As a solo librarian, it can be easy to become isolated and the activity of WLIC, the sessions attended, the posters viewed and the exhibition navigated remind one of the bigger picture. The discussions that ensue and ideas […]

Student delegate report: ARLIS UK & Ireland Annual Conference 2019, Glasgow

Student delegate report, ARLIS/UK&Ireland Annual Conference 2019, Glasgow Rosaline Love, University College London   I was fortunate to be the recipient of the Conference Student Award for the ARLIS/UK&Ireland 50th Anniversary Conference, 15th – 17th July 2019, held at the University of Glasgow. The commemoration of the 50th anniversary called on delegates to reflect on […]

International Delegate Report: ARLIS UK & Ireland Annual Conference 2019, Glasgow

International Delegate Report: ARLIS UK &Ireland Annual Conference 2019, Glasgow Stefanie Hilles, University of Miami This summer, I had the pleasure of both presenting at and attending ARLIS/UK & Ireland’s 50th Anniversary Conference in Glasgow on July 15th-17th as an International Delegate. Although active in ARLIS/NA, this was my first ARLIS/UK & Ireland conference and […]

Student Delegate Report, ARLIS UK & Ireland Conference 2019, Glasgow

Student Delegate Report, ARLIS UK & Ireland Conference 2019, Glasgow Bridget McCall,  Glasgow School of Art   This year’s ARLIS conference was held on the 15-17th July at the University of Glasgow and comprised talks and workshops creatively expressing themes of digitisation, accessibility and the promotion of effective information skills training. Some of the most […]

Conference Working Party 2020 call for members

Dear members and friends, The core Conference Working Party for the forthcoming ARLIS/UK & Ireland conference, to be held in Cambridge 22-24 (25th optional) July 2020, are looking for additional enthusiastic CWP members to take up the following responsibilities, some of which can be combined and/or shared: Grant Applications* Conference Bookings (x2)* Badges/lanyards/personalised programmes/signage/ Delegates’ […]

ARLIS/UK & Ireland Travel and Study Award Report: ARCLIB conference, Venice, May 2019

‘Globalism, Diversity, Exchange’, ARCLIB conference, Venice, 8-11 May 2019 With the support of ARLIS/UK & Ireland and ICOM UK, I was fortunate to attend the ARCLIB (Architecture Librarians’ Group) conference in Venice, the theme for which this year was ‘Globalism, Diversity, Exchange’. The conference centred on the ways in which library services can contribute to […]

CILIP Copyright Conference 2019 : delegate report

CILIP Copyright Conference 2019, 2 April, Hallam Conference Centre, London This conference consisted of a roughly two-hundred-strong delegate audience, and was aimed squarely at information professionals already experienced in copyright law who attended for yearly updates, rather than newly qualified professionals looking to increase their basic knowledge of copyright practices in the UK. Below are […]