CILIPS Students & New Professionals Community
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Upcoming Events:
Join us for an exciting collaboration with the fantastic Local Studies Scotland CILIPS group (LocScot)
We’re inviting all students passionate about Scottish local history to present their dissertations in front of a panel of experts. Tell us about which Scottish collection you used, what you learned and what impact could your work have in the future. Prizes and tours of local history collections are up for grabs!
Date: Postponed until 2024 – Keep your eyes peeled for updates!
Time: TBA
Location: Online (Zoom)
Register now to secure your place!
Past Events:
2023
We celebrated the end of the semester on Sunday 10 December at our CILIPS Students and New Professionals Community at our End of Semester Pub Night!
Held at Bon Accord in Glasgow, it was a time to unwind and celebrate the end of another successful semester with fellow students and new professionals. The night was fun-filled, with lots of laughs and great company. And it was a fantastic opportunity to socialise, make new friends, and catch up with old ones. We hope to see more of you there in the future!
Our first event of 2023 was held on the 29th of April, chatting with the wonderful Sue Williamson MBE about all things public libraries.
2022
We had two Christmas events in December 2022, the first of which was a bookish online quiz on Wednesday the 7th December. We encouraged our members to take a break from their exam studies, or the end of year work stress, and join us for an hour of Christmas jumpers and laughter! If in-person events were preferred, we also met up locally on Friday the 9th December.
Also in 2022, at Taking Different Paths: Open Source Library Solutions, we looked at career paths beyond the traditional idea of being on a library front desk. Eilish McLaughlin and Fiona Borthwick shared insights into their job roles at PTFS Europe, discussing how their library backgrounds have given them the knowledge and experience to work with open source library solutions! If you missed out, you can watch the recording, or check out our closed captions.
Previous Events
We also have an impressive rap sheet of previous events spanning our history as a committee! In August 2020, we ran our first ever event – an online Careers Workshop with Heather Marshall, Senior Librarian at Glasgow Caledonian University. If you missed out, you can view a recording of this session.
Social Media Coordinator: Elisabeth Nagy
Twitter: @elisabeth_na
Hi, my name is Elisabeth and I’m the Social Media Coordinator for our SNPC account on X (formerly Twitter)! I graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2021 with a degree in Museum Studies and am now working as a Library Assistant with the University of Glasgow.
I’m originally from Germany where I studied English Language & Literature as well as Communication Science. Next to coffee and reading, I also really enjoy music, including both going to gigs and playing in an orchestra.
Events Coordinator: Chaeli Brown
Hello! I’m Chaeli and I am an Events Co-ordinator with CILIPS SNPC.
After graduating from the University of Strathclyde with a MSc in Information and Library Studies in 2023, I now work as an Information Scientist with ThinkAnalytics.
I’m originally from the United States and grew up attending international schools in Syria and India. In my free time I enjoy reading, hiking, trying new restaurants and going to the cinema!
Website Editor: Antonietta Colasante
Hello! I’m Antonietta and I’m the Website Editor for the CILIPS SNPC website. I graduated from the University of Strathclyde with a MSc in Information and Library Studies in 2023 and now work as a Library Assistant in public libraries.
Originally from Melbourne (Australia), I completed a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in English Literature at the University of Melbourne. I moved to Glasgow to undertake my Masters after falling in love with Scotland as an undergraduate exchange student – and do not mind the cold climate at all! In my free time, I love reading, writing, listening to music and going to the theatre and movies. I’m also a frequent dog-sitter for my sister’s deceptively cute multiple-poo, Maxy.
Social Media Coordinator: Filipa Pedroso
Hi there! My name is Filipa, I’m a MSc Information and Library Studies student at the University of Strathclyde and currently one of the student placements at the Andersonian Library. Previously, I lived in Portugal where I completed my BA in Painting, Fine Arts. In my free time you can find me having Italian food, talking about dragons, or listening to Taylor Swift – or maybe all of those at the same time!
Secretary: Eleanor Rydén
Hi! My name is Eleanor and I will (hopefully) have my MSc in Information and Library Science from the University of Strathclyde later this year. Before moving here, I studied English in Northampton, meaning that I now own way too many books that I mostly haven’t even read. Before that, though, I am from Sweden, right outside Stockholm. My free time is usually spent reading, knitting, or, whenever we’re in the same country, hanging out with my dog.
Past Committee Members
Former Social Media Officer: Eilish McLaughlin
Hi folks, I’m Eilish! I previously worked in academic libraries in Bradford and Belfast and also worked in a large international school library in Bangkok. I am currently working as a sales and marketing consultant for PTFS Europe, an open source software library solutions company and I’m also in my final year of a masters in library and information science with the University of Ulster. Previously, I was the Students and New Professionals Officer for CILIP Ireland and was co-director of an independent art gallery in Belfast.
Related Links
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Library and Information Sector New Professionals Network
A webpage for those who are new or aspiring library and information professionals run by a group based mainly outside of Scotland
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New Library Professionals Network
A website concerned with all things library for new professionals, run from the North of England
Resources
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Meet CILIPS SNPC [563.1KB]
Meet CILIPS SNPC, the Students & New Professionals Community helping all those in the early stages of their ca...
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CILIPS Students & New Professionals Community – Terms of Reference [90.1KB]
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New Voices Case Studies – Prompts for New Professionals [42.2KB]
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New Voices Case Studies – Prompts for Students [41.9KB]