LocScot Newsletter
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CILIPS Autumn Gathering By Michelle O’Hara, Library Adviser, Information and Digital Team, Edinburgh Central Library Being the fortunate recipient of a place, sponsored by LOCSCOT, to the CILIPS Autumn Gathering, I headed down to the train station on the cold Edinburgh morning of the 4th October and headed on the train for the frozen wasteland that is Dunfermline. “The Autumn Gathering proved to be a wonderful day there was a lot to think about and a number of inspiring ideas to try and use at work in my own library.”
It was well worth looking out the thermals and the furry winter boots. The Autumn Gathering was an excellent event. Presided over by CILIPS Scotland’s president Dr Peter Reid we had a range of knowledgeable speakers on a number of different areas; from information and digital literacy and the necessity of improving them through libraries to the use of games, photo stories and social media to reach out to library patrons and soon-to-be library patrons. There was an introduction to the fabulous work of the John Gray Centre in East Lothian and an introduction to the dangers of revealing a little too much about yourself and how you present your public image, on Social Media platforms. The Autumn Gathering proved to be a wonderful day there was a lot to think about and a number of inspiring ideas to try and use at work in my own library. I am really grateful to LOCSCOT for giving me the opportunity to go; I would happily go back again, even to Dunfermline in the freezing cold. LocScot sponsored a place at the Gathering for any member of library staff who works in Local Studies in Scotland.