Its Great Up North – Job Shadowing
When I was offered the chance to attend the Its Great Up North Conference on 6th and 7th June in Harrogate as part of job shadowing, I immediately said yes. Although I work in Health Education England,…
It's Great Up North - friendly and well organised (but Harrogate needs more pavements)
Health Libraries North was a friendly and well organised conference that was high energy and focused on ensuring positive experiences of the attendees. Whilst I didn’t gain any specific ideas on…
My Experience of It’s Great Up North 6-7th June 2019
I arrived in Harrogate with much trepidation having volunteered – after too much coffee and cake – to do a 3 Minutes of Mayhem presentation telling everyone all about HCLU Library Assistant Study Days and how much I had got out of them.…
When Your Twitter Quacks, Rather Than Tweets
You know you’re being indulged when you ask “What are we going to use as a twitter icon?” and the answer down the phone is use a duck! So Wat the duck came to pass! Then came the challenge of sourcing the real life duck that you’ve got a picture of…. thankfully the web provided!…
Preparing to present at Its Great up North – reflections on the support on offer
Gil’s Young’s warm invitation to all Northern healthcare library staff to present at “Its Great up North” hit my in-box last November. It looked really appealing, particularly for new presenters as the emphasis was on a relaxed and enjoyable event for healthcare staff at all levels.…
Need help promoting your service? Ask a publicity champion
My name’s John and I’m a Publicity Champion. This sounds like something you might hear in a church basement where everyone confesses their bad habits or at a seven-year-old’s fancy-dress party but for the past few months I’ve been working with other librarians up and down the country developing publicity materials for libraries to use to promote their services.…
“I’m absolutely petrified to present!”
I’ve not been to many conferences before, and I was extremely excited about this one as knowing it would be full of other health library staff made it less daunting than the annual CILIP conference.…
So long, farewell, auf Widersehen, adieu, au revoir
Well it is goodbye from me. After nearly 30 years I am hanging up my date stamp and accession register and moving to the delights of retirement. No more excuses for not having the best garden in the…
Sharing the Load: Planning It's Great Up North
Being part of the organising conference was a largely stress free affair. There were enough of us to share the load, we had a good mix of people with different ideas and experiences, and as we all…
Reflections on It's Great Up North from a LKS Student/New Professional
I was fortunate to be offered a sponsored student place to attend “It’s Great Up North!” this year. As I was just finishing up my LIS studies at Manchester Metropolitan University, the conference promised to serve as a strong introduction to the professional network and community of health information professionals in the region…