Join us on Wednesday 18th February for a free webinar on hints and tips on how to successfully apply for a CILIP North East bursary! For more information and registration, please see: www.cilip.org.uk/event/bursar...

The Call for Speakers for our 2026 Beyond the Horizon conference is now live! We welcome thoughts and papers from across the library sector, so it's a great chance to share something you’re excited about with other professionals. To register interest, please see docs.google.com/forms/d/1vQt...

CILIP NE were pleased to offer a bursary to Cheryl Francis from University of Sunderland to attend the DARTS conference. Cheryl has shared a review of her conference experience and we're delighted to share that in three parts on our blog cilipne.blogspot.com/2025/10/DART...?

Save the date - Beyond the Horizon - Monday 18th May 2026 (afternoon) - Make space to join us online for our annual half day conference. Watch out for our call for speakers which will be coming soon!

Save the date! How to successfully apply for a CILIP North East bursary - Wednesday 18th February 2026 1.00-1.30pm - Come and join us online as we chat with Cheryl Francis on her hints and tips for applying for the CILIP NE bursary. Bookings will start in January

Registration for our upcoming visit to the Northern Poetry Library in Morpeth at 3pm on Thursday 27th November is now open to both CILIP members and non-members. To register, and for more information, please see: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...

Our next in-person event is a visit to the Northern Poetry Library in Morpeth at 3pm on Thursday, 27th November. Join us for a talk on the history of the Library, as well as a showcase of some special items from the collection. For more info, please see: www.cilip.org.uk/Login.aspx?r...

How can joining CILIP North East help your professional development? Read our latest blog on the ways in which being part of our community can help support your career: cilipne.blogspot.com

Join CILIP North East for a visit to the Northern Poetry Library in Morpeth on 27th November. The visit will feature a presentation on the history of the Library, followed by a showcase of some special items from the collection. For more info, please see: www.cilip.org.uk/Login.aspx?r...

We'd welcome your feedback from today on our evaluation form at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #CILIPNE

That concludes our presentations for today. Thank you to all of our speakers and especially to Louise for facilitating today's conference! #CILIPNE

Thank you to June for a really insightful presentation! #CILIPNE

June notes brand identity is more than just a logo, but the personality and emotions your brand evokes, setting you aside from the competition #CILIPNE

June notes that library and information professionals have to develop their own personal brand to stay current in today's workplace. According to a recent study, 71% of consumers say brand trust is increasingly important to them #CILIPNE

Our final speaker today is June Huang, with 'Personal Brand for Library, Information, and Knowledge Professionals' #CILIPNE

Thanks to Kate for this nostalgia-filled journey through Northumberland Libraries' history #CILIPNE

Question: How long did the research take? Answer: About 3 months from the time of receipt of funding to when the exhibition was put together #CILIPNE

Northumberland's first mobile library van, affectionately nicknamed 'Bessie', was purchased in 1951. A second van for the North of the county was purchased in 1953 and was immediately successful with 6,078 books issued in the first 8 weeks #CILIPNE

The first county librarian was Ruth Eveline Baker, who was 28 when appointed as the County Librarian for Northumberland in 1924 #CILIPNE

The rural library scheme began when Northumberland County Council adopted the Public Libraries Act in August 1924, receiving aid from a Carnegie UK Trust Grant #CILIPNE

With funding from Arts Council England, a project celebrating Northumberland Libraries' centenary included an exhibition, oral history recordings, library events and a theatre performance telling their story #CILIPNE

Next up is Kate St Clair Gibson, with 'Our Century of Stories: 100 Years of Northumberland Libraries' #CILIPNE

Thanks Lauren for another really interesting presentation! #CILIPNE

Question: How did you select the student interns? Answer: The vacancies were advertised by the Careers Service, before applicants were interviewed by a panel including Lauren #CILIPNE

The team offer CPD for school and college staff, sharing examples of effective practice from the start of the student journey through to the completion of A-Levels #CILIPNE

Workshops offered by the team cover topics such as finding and evaluation information, as well as how to use this information, and referencing #CILIPNE

Feedback from students helped the team identify trends and pinpoint where terminology and titling of resources wasn't clear #CILIPNE

This student-led approach included user-led resource creation, which arose from focus groups with A-Level and undergraduate students to inform resource type and content #CILIPNE

Lauren notes that the team had a lot of requests from A-Level students for support, noting that the website's offering has grown due to a collaborative, student-led project over the span of two years. #CILIPNE

Lauren begins by giving an overview of Newcastle's Library Education Outreach team, which works to inspire school and college students using Newcastle's information resources and study skills support #CILIPNE

Next up is Lauren Aspery, from Newcastle University, with 'Sixth Form Study Skills: Supporting A-Level students to succeed' #CILIPNE

We're welcoming applications for our current committee vacancies, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion, Secretary, and Chair. If you're interested, please contact us at [email protected] #CILIPNE

We welcome contributions from local CILIP members for our blog at cilipne.blogspot.com #CILIPNE

If you have any suggestions about what you'd like to see discussed or where we should visit over the coming year, please let us know! #CILIPNE

Suzie of the CILIP NE Member Network is providing a quick update of what the committee has been up to recently, including our visits to the Kittiwake Trust Multilingual Library and the Terry Farrell Collection #CILIPNE

Thank you Janice for this extremely informative and timely presentation! #CILIPNE

Academic librarians should learn why and how students use AI tools, teaching them to use these tools effectively and ethically. #CILIPNE

Teachers' concerns with AI include worries about the loss of skills among students, the lack of standard policies across universities for dealing with AI, and frustration about the difficulty of detecting AI use #CILIPNE

Janice now details some perceptions of teachers towards AI tools, including the importance of academic integrity and attending lectures to build one's knowledge base, as well as the limitations of AI in helping in the dissemination of research results #CILIPNE

Janice notes that the best ways of increasing AI awareness among students include introducing AI tools in a gentle manner, and encouraging students to think critically and understand what is expected of them #CILIPNE

Janice details the students' perceptions of AI tools, noting that there is a notable reliance on these tools, as well as a significant level of comfort in using these. Reasons suggested for these perceptions include time restrictions & low confidence in writing skills, as well as curiosity #CILIPNE

Janice notes that, as information professionals, it's essential for us to have an understanding of the growing trends in Artificial Intelligence #CILIPNE

Next up is Janice Fernandes at the University of West London with 'Artificial Intelligence and Perceptions: The student, the teacher and the librarian' #CILIPNE

Thanks Shazia for this extremely interesting presentation! #CILIPNE

In response to a question, Shazia notes that the feedback from students indicates that the approach has been positively received, with high attendance and engaged students. #CILIPNE

Shazia notes that informed learning allowed students to experience information literacy in a richer way, and used reflection to review her own information literacy provision to identify changes that could be made #CILIPNE

Students were introduced to a number of different methods of reflection in the sessions Shazia offered to students in the Faculty, looking at how they could apply the information and skills they learned to other contexts #CILIPNE

'Informed learning is simultaneously about information use and learning' - it's not just acquiring information, but recognising that the ways we use information contribute to the learning process #CILIPNE

Shazia begins by introducing the concept of Informed Learning (Bruce), and how it helped reframe her approach to information literacy as she moved to her new role in a different faculty. #CILIPNE

Our first speaker is Shazia Arif, Academic Liaison Librarian at Brunel University of London with the presentation ‘Getting it ‘Just Right’: Making information literacy teaching more inclusive: an academic librarian’s reflections’ #CILIPNE