Cambridge Library Group

CLG November - RNIB, Lara Marshall Date: Thursday 20th November Time: 5.45pm for 6.00pm start Location: Online via Microsoft Teams Price: Free for members Contact email address: camlibgroup@gmail.com Event details Enabling accessibil...

For our November event, we'll be joined by @laramarshall.bsky.social from RNIB to talk about Enabling Accessibility in Libraries.

Thursday 20th November, 6pm via Microsoft Teams.

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Members free, non-members welcome for £4

CLG AGM and AI Literacy Talk Date: Thursday 9th October Time: 5:30pm for 5.45pm start of AGM, talk starts at 6.15pm Location: The Long Room, Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Road Price: Free for members; £4 for non-members Cont...

Our October event is our AGM, followed by a talk from Alberto Garcia; Between Books and Chatbots: Empowering Academic Librarians to Lead AI Literacy Conversations at Murray Edwards College.

We welcome members and non-members to join us, and sign up by 7th October

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Our friends over at CILIP East are hosting a careers event!

Your committee is excited to be planning the 2025-26 programme! Watch this space for more! #CPD #librarylove

March 2024: Scott Polar Research Institute visit The CLG’s March 2025 visit was to the library of the Scott Polar Research Institute, which supports multidisciplinary research and focuses o...

Read about our March visit to the Scott Polar Research Institute Library, in our latest blog: cambridgelibrarygroup.blogspot.com/2025/05/marc... @scottpolar.bsky.social

This is tonight, and we're looking forward to hearing all about Prison Libraries frim Nicola Hamill-Stewart!

CLG Inside Prison Libraries, Thursday 1st May Date: Thursday 1st May, 2025 Time: 5:30pm for refreshments, 6pm start Location: Betty and Gordon Moore Library, Cambridge Price: Free for members; £4 for non-members Contact email address: camlibgroup...

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Bookings close on Friday 25th April

Our next event on Thursday 1st May, is 'Inside prison libraries: a Suffolk librarian's perspective with Nicola Hamill-Stewart'.

She will be joining us to talk about her work in Prison Libraries.

Location: Betty and Gordon Moore Library, Cambridge
Price: Free for members; £4 for non-members

CLG Graduate Trainee Talk, Tuesday 8th April 2025 Date: Tuesday 8th April 2025 Time: 5:30pm for refreshments, 5:45pm-6:40pm for the talk Location: G28, Faculty of Law, Sidgwick Site, Cambridge (in person) Price: Free for members; £4 for non-members C...

Our next event is on Tuesday 8th April, and we'll be joined by 3 Graduate Trainees @camlibrarytrainees.bsky.social at the Faculty of Law, to talk about their experience

Members free
Non-member - £4

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October 2024: AGM and talk by Steven Archer, Trinity College For our AGM this year, we were lucky to be hosted at the wonderful Trinity College, by Steven Archer.     Steven joined us to talk about his...

Read our most recent write up of our October AGM and talk by Steven Archer, Sub-Librarian @trincolllibcam.bsky.social

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CILIP Members' Fest 2024 14-18 October 2024, Online & in-person Announcing CILIP Members’ Fest – a week-long programme of online events and in-person networking! Taking place 14-18 October, the festival will offer a selection of online trainings, workshops and discussions, programmed in partnership with CILIP’s many community groups and networks. .

Thanks for the heads up @cilip-rpg.bsky.social ! Check out the videos at www.cilip.org.uk/page/Members... for some free CPD - no need to be a member to access.

Drawing of a lounging 'Gibson Girl' from Charles Dana Gibson's collection of drawings: 'A Widow and Her Friends', first published in 1901 (CUL 1903.17.4).

We plan to spend all weekend rotting in bed with a large pile of books. You?

#RotGirlWinter #CambridgeUniversityLibrary

Image: a lounging 'Gibson Girl' from Charles Dana Gibson's collection of drawings: 'A Widow and Her Friends', first published in 1901 (CUL 1903.17.4).

Looking for new ways to enhance your CPD? Then why not join us for our programme of events: cambridgelibrarygroup.blogspot.com/p/programme-...

There is still time to sign up for our November event tomorrow Thursday 28th November 6pm, with @drmammon.bsky.social from @ghilondon.bsky.social

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We're looking forward to it!

...and about how to navigate working in two different national contexts and infrastructures

Free to CLG members, and £4 to non-members

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Email: camlibgroup@gmail.com with any queries!

Our next event will be on Thursday 28th November, online, and we'll be joined by @drmammon.bsky.social from @ghilondon.bsky.social to talk about running a specialist library with no institutional affiliation, in particular how to raise awareness of the library and attract new readers...

We had our AGM last night, and a fantastic talk by Steven Archer, Sub-Librarian @trincolllibcam.bsky.social

Watch this space for a write up!

If you want to be able to attend our 'members only' events, then why not join us: cambridgelibrarygroup.blogspot.com/p/becoming-m...

You can join as a member of CLG throughout the year, the earlier the join, the more events you'll get to enjoy.

Sign up as a member soon, and you'll be able to enjoy our October event, however it is Member's Only.

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September 2024: Newnham College Library visit Our September 2024 meeting was an in-person visit to Newnham College Library to explore the main library, the Rare Books room, and two of th...

Read our write up of our September event, a tour of Newnham College Library, over on our blog: cambridgelibrarygroup.blogspot.com/2024/09/sept...

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Thank you to those who joined us for a tour of Newnham College Library, a wonderful visit, and such an open space to work in!

This evening we're off to a Members only tour of Newnham College Library.

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Join the Cambridge Library Group (CLG) for the 2024-25 academic year. Further details are on the webpage 'becoming a member': cambridgelibrarygroup.blogspot.com/p/becoming-m...

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