Category: Library Professionals

Conference season!

Over the summer, several colleagues have had chance to attend conferences on a number of different themes/topics.

Conference: Business Librarian’s Association Summer Conference, University of Northampton, 26th-28th June

Ben Taylorson, Faculty Librarian: It’s not as straightforward to get to Northampton as you might expect, but a mere 4 trains and 5 hours after leaving the house I had made it. Before the conference began, I was afforded the opportunity to have a look around the town and a wander over to the football ground, before making my way to the Waterside Campus. This is a collection of buildings overlooking the canal and a nearby park, which is lovely. The overpowering smell from the nearby Carlsberg brewery – not so much. 

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Being an intern at the Oriental Museum

A child playing in a small blue sandpit indoors on a checked carpet

A post by Erin Munro

Hi! My name is Erin and I’ve had the pleasure of being the Learning and Engagement Intern at the Oriental Museum for the last year. With my time here coming to an end I thought I’d share with you some of my experiences and what I’ve learnt whilst being part of this amazing team.

I kicked off the year shadowing and helping my predecessor in her final month as Intern, seeing first hand what was in store for me in my upcoming role. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous at first, it was something new and would have an impact on lots of lovely people! However, my supervisor Charlotte put me at ease, teaching me everything she knows and trusting me with many of her amazing programmes. I have a great lot to thank her for!

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A trip to Preston

For the Academic Libraries North event ‘You Said, We Did’

A post by Faculty Librarian Ben Taylorson

With Zoom and Teams now part of everyday working practices for many of us, the need to physically go somewhere for ‘a thing’ has diminished. But I do like a good, old-fashioned ‘in person’ event. So, when the chance came to travel to the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) to meet with a group of fellow librarians for a morning of information sharing, I took it.

I arrived the night before the event, and thus was able to have a bit of a mooch about in Preston. I’d been a couple of times before, but only to the football ground to see my beloved Boro win once and get thrashed once. After having a wander and buying a meal deal from Tesco, I then retired to the comfort of the Premier Inn where I ate a BLT sandwich and 2 boiled eggs whilst watching Police Interceptors (I feel this is the realistic glimpse behind the curtain of the life of a librarian you were looking for).

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Lendrum Graduate Internship in Book Conservation

A post by Susan Hull

In 2021 I began the Lendrum graduate internship in Book Conservation at Durham University. I applied for this post whilst completing an MA in Conservation of Fine Art with a paper specialism at Northumbria University, having had previous voluntary experience in object conservation based in museums. This internship was essentially my first taste of book conservation. For the next two years I worked alongside the conservation team at Palace Green Library, home of the Durham University Archive and Special Collections. The team comprised of book, paper and collections conservation specialists, all of whom were generous in sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm.

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Work Placement at the Bill Bryson Library

A post by Vicky Bishop

I am a student on the MA Museum and Artefact Studies course, and one of the course requirements is to complete a 20 day work placement. I have been lucky enough to spend my work placement with the great team at the Billy B. This may seem strange – surely the library is not a museum? – but actually there are a lot of similarities for they both hold collections which are available (in different ways, granted) for public consumption and research, and there are many shared professional skillsets and practices. The university recognises this synergy, for the university’s libraries and museums are part of the same directorate: University Libraries and Collections, or ULC for short. 

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Cleaning up

A post by Faculty Librarian Ben Taylorson

I’m not really one for new year’s resolutions, but one thing I wanted to make sure I did in 2023 was make full use of the volunteering time that Durham University generously provides for staff. I have done a bit of volunteering through work before, at a foodbank and preparing Christmas treats for children. But with an entitlement of 35 hours of volunteering time to use, I set about finding something that I could do across the course of the whole year, via the Staff Volunteering Newsletter.

I’m quite an outdoorsy type, so I settled on litter picking/beach cleaning. The university work closely with SeaScapes to improve the state of our beaches and ultimately protect the fragile marine environment, and run monthly beach cleans (starting in April) on 1st Wednesday of every month 10 – 12pm.

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An unusual venue for a library workshop…

A post by Ben Taylorson

As the Faculty Librarian for the Business School, I am a member of the Business Librarians Association (BLA). Last month we were able to meet as a group for the first time since 2020. In itself, it was great to be able to do that – but it was made all the more enjoyable by the choice of meeting venue…

It will probably not come as a surprise when I admit that, as a librarian, I had not been to a work thing at safari park before. But Woburn Safari Park near Milton Keynes was the venue for the BLA members’ workshop, and it made for a memorable day!

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