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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…

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Thoughts from a first-time library conference attendee

As a fledging librarian who has recently completed a post graduate diploma in Library and Information Management at Manchester Metropolitan University, I was delighted to be able to get one of three student places offered to this years’ cohort to attend It’s Great Up North.…

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It's Great Up North - Day 2

It's Great Up North took place in Harrogate on the 6-7 June 2019. The programme for day 2 of the event is below with links to presentations where available.…

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It's Great Up North - Day 1

It's Great Up North took place in Harrogate on the 6-7 June 2019. The programme for day 1 of the event is below with links to presentations where available.…

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FADE to grey

The Northern Libraries’ grey literature course took place in March 2019, delivered by Jo Hopper, organised by the Knowledge for Healthcare CPD Group and attended by librarians from all over the Northern region – it was a very informative course and I learned a lot from it.…

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Did we get a grasp of CASP?

Between the 6th and the 8th March 2019 a truckload of librarians and knowledge specialists from across the North headed to Lancaster for an intense three-day train-the-trainer course on the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP). In this post some of the participants share their initial reflections on the training.…

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Graduate Library and Knowledge Services Trainee – Three Month Summary

My name is Amy Clancy and I am documenting my year as a graduate trainee at Greater Manchester Mental Health and Cheshire Wirral Partnership. I am now three months into my graduate trainee year, and it’s hard to believe I am already a quarter of the way through! In this blog post I’ll discuss changes that have occurred within my role since my last post, as well as reflect on my first three months as a graduate trainee.…

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