A Conference in Review: Looking back at Lilac 2023
Earlier this year, I received a bursary from YOHLNet to attend the Lilac Conference which was in Cambridge on 19th-21st April. This was a gathering of librarians from around the world presenting on…
Reflections on my experience at LILAC 2023
I was lucky enough to be awarded a bursary by LIHNN to attend LILAC 2023 at the University of Cambridge in April. It was a fantastic three days of networking, ample canapés, and of course, lots of interesting sessions on all aspects of information literacy. Below I have summarised my personal highlights:…
Top tips for accessible virtual training
In March 2020, Greater Manchester Mental Health Library and Knowledge Service began operating a purely virtual service as a result of the pandemic and lockdown.…
Accessibility in the library
We’ve been asking ourselves lately if we could make our service more accessible and inclusive. What we did wasn’t the result of requests or suggestions from library users. Instead we wanted to have things in place that we did as standard so that we didn’t have to rely on people telling us if something was creating a barrier for them…