A fond farewell to #uklibchat
We have made a decision to say goodbye to #uklibchat and end on a high with our 10 year anniversary. We will be hosting two last chats and will close … Continue reading
#uklibchat summary – 1st August: Recent LIS student research
We had a brilliant chat last week on the topic of recent LIS student research. The Storified tweets and a list of resources (and research papers!) shared during the chat … Continue reading
#uklibchat Library Student Survey 2015
We’ve been running a short Library Student Survey to go with our #uklibchat session: Library Student SOS. Here is a link to the anonymous survey. This is currently still live, … Continue reading
Feature #22b A recent student’s experience of a library qualification
Our second feature article this month is a personal perspective from a a recent full time student on the Library and Information Studies MA at UCL in 2013-14. Our earlier … Continue reading
Feature #22a : Career support for LIS Students
This month, with our theme coming up about studying to become a qualified librarian and what support we would like, our first feature article comes from some of those who … Continue reading
#uklibchat summary – Teaching in libraries – August 2014
August’s chat was on teaching in libraries and was an interesting insight into what kind of teaching people do, how they do it, and where it’s going in our sector. We … Continue reading
#uklibchat Summary – What They Don’t Teach You In Library School – 1 October 2013
Our chat on 1 October focused on advice and tips for those starting out in library and information work. It attracted quite a few participants doing graduate traineeships and working … Continue reading
#uklibchat LIS Student 2013 – What is it for?
We recently started up a public list for 2013 LIS Students on our Twitter account https://twitter.com/uklibchat/lists/lis-student-2013 We’re inviting current students to let us know if they want to be added … Continue reading
When I started in LIS, I never thought I’d…
For our October 2013 #uklibchat What they don’t teach you in Library School, we invited librarians on Twitter to finish off the sentence ‘When I start in LIS, I never … Continue reading
Feature #09: What they don’t teach you in library school
For this month’s topic, ‘what they don’t teach you in library school’, we have a feature post from Siobhan, who has recently finished a postgraduate qualification and has some reflections … Continue reading