New! This series of hour-long sessions offers an opportunity to learn about different roles and areas of library life and aim to demystify areas of the library service.
The sessions will give you an overview of the kind of work involved and how that work fits into the wider service. They will also consider the types and levels of roles involved in that area of work, outlining whether people tend to be lone workers or part of a team etc.
The aim is also to provide a glossary of key terms used in each area to help you understand more about any acronyms and phrases in common use.
This page will include details of upcoming sessions and recordings and resources from each session.
Skill up with ALN 4 – an introduction to the work of Academic Skills
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| Sarah Kneen and Kirsty Hemsworth, the co-chairs of the ALN Academic Skills Community of Practice, will outline what is involved in working in the role; the different aspects of the role; and how the work can vary from institution to institution.
Book your place here. You can catch up on the session by watching the recording here after the event. Slides will also follow. |
Skill up with ALN 3 – an introduction to the work of Academic Librarians
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| Louise Smith and Louise Speakman, the co-chairs of the ALN Academic Librarians Community of Practice, will outline what is involved in working in the role; the different aspects of the role; and how the work can vary from institution to institution.
You can catch up on the session by watching the recording and reviewing Louise and Louise’s presentation. |
Skill up with ALN 2 – an introduction to Research Support
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| Thanks to Delphine Doucet and Megan Kilvington, co-chairs of the ALN Research Support Group, based at the University of Sunderland and York St John University respectively, for running the second in our series, bringing us up to speed on what it means to work in research support in HEIs.
You can catch up on the session by watching the recording here. Slides to follow. |
Skill Up with ALN 1 – an introduction to Partnerships work
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| Thanks to Tom Vause, co-chair of the ALN Partnership Development Community of Practice and based at Leeds Trinity University, for kicking off this new series with his session outlining what is involved in partnership work.
You can catch up on the session by watching the recording and reviewing Tom’s slides. |
Still to come – an Acquisitions session is coming up in July. Details to follow.
More sessions on other topics also to come soon.
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