CILIPS Students & New Professionals Community

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Upcoming Events:

SNPC End of Semester Pub Night

Come celebrate the end of the semester with the CILIPS Students and New Professionals Community at our End of Semester Pub Night!

It’s time to unwind and celebrate the end of another successful semester with your fellow students and new professionals. Join us for a fun-filled night out, a few laughs and great company. Whether you prefer a refreshing pint of beer, a delicious cocktail, or a non-alcoholic beverage, there’ll be something for everyone.

This is a fantastic opportunity to socialise, make new friends, and catch up with old ones. The pub night will start at 7.00 PM, so you’ll have plenty of time to relax and enjoy the evening.

Mark your calendars and get ready for a memorable night at The Bon Accord. We can’t wait to see you there!

Date: Sunday 10 December 2023

Time: 7.00 PM

Where: The Bon Accord

153 North Street, Glasgow, G3 7DA, UK

Cost: Free!

Tickets are limited so get in quick and register your place now!

LocScot LookOut

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:

We had our first event of 2023 on the 29th of April, chatting with the wonderful Sue Williamson MBE about all things public libraries.

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.

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 currently pursuing my MSc in Information and Library Studies at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.  Before moving to Scotland I graduated with an undergraduate degree in Biology from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota and worked in healthcare software.  I’m a Third Culture Kid and grew up living in the United States, Syria, India, and Sweden.  Outside of my coursework and my work placement with the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh, I love to read, swim, travel, embroider and hike.

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.

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.