Papers & Presentations

This page contains some of the papers / presentations I’ve given at Conferences or events, and articles I've written. There are also a couple of zen-style slide-decks on my slideshare account.

  • The Library Routes Project
    An article about Library Routes, from ALISS Quarterly, Volume 5, no. 3: April 2010. It details how the project came about, the methodology and so on - the article can be downloaded here, in PDF format. This PDF is actually the whole edition of the journal, by permission from the editor - my article is at the back, the last one in there.

  • Why are we still defined by our building? (the short version...)
    The full version can be found below; this is a much reduced edition, published by Impact (the Career Development Group Journal), as part of the prize of winning best paper at the 2009 New Professionals Conference. Available here in PDF format.

  • The Unspeakable Truth
    This is a copy of the essay which was one of the winners of the LISNews Essay Contest - it's about the future of libraries, and the positive lessons about reinvention we can learn from other industries. Downloadable here as a PDF.

  • 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.

  • 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]


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