Central Branch
Central Branch is based in the Forth Valley covering the Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling Council areas.
In Central Branch our purpose is:
- To raise awareness of issues relevant to the profession
- To promote emerging practice
- To provide opportunities for professional networking
- To connect with the wider profession, CILIP and CILIPS
- Encourage engagement and participation through an ethos of informality and a sense of fun
Members are the focus of our Branch and we offer opportunities to get together including social events and training, which are always informal, fun and we enthusiastically welcome new faces (but not in a scary way!)
We came up with the following acronym, which encompasses what we hope to achieve by being part of Central Branch:
Making connections
Enthusiastic
Motivated
Bold
Engaged
Relevant
Still here
For any queries, including membership, please get in touch via our main email address: cilipscentralbranch@gmail.com
Office bearers
Chair: Yvonne Manning
Principal Librarian, Learning Resource Service, Falkirk Council
T: 01324 501990 yvonne.manning@falkirk.gov.uk
Secretary : Gavin Johnstone
Community Hub Librarian (West) , Bo’ness Library, Falkirk Community Trust
T: 01324 503590 gavin.johnstone@falkirkcommunitytrust.org
Treasurer: Ian Keane
Public Librarian, Clackmannanshire Council
T: 01259 452271 ikeane@clacks.gov.uk
Web Editor: Victoria Candlish
Community Information Librarian, Stirling Council Libraries
T: 01786 237536 candlishv@stirling.gov.uk
Branch Representative to Council: Wendy Bathgate
Library Assistant, Stirling Council Libraries
T: 01786 823125 bathgatew@stirling.gov.uk