The GLAM sector: what can we learn from Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums [TG1/ASPECTS3_GLAM]

This workshop is designed to share and celebrate the successes and diversity of four key cultural organisations and the lessons we can learn from each other, in terms of service relevance, modernisation, professional practices and audience engagement.

This workshop is part of the cpd25 Aspects programme, aimed at library staff looking to acquire additional skills and knowledge or those working towards CILIP Chartership.

Programme:

1pm Arrival and registration

1.30pm Presentations:

Dr Karen Attar, Senate House Library, University of London: ‘Working with Rare Books’

Jane Bramwell, Tate Library and Archive: ‘So you want to be an art librarian?’

Deborah Sutherland, V&A Research Institute, National Art Library and Archives: ‘Not just a beautiful space: engaging with Visitors and Readers’

Kathryn Collins, The London Archives: ‘Developing the school’s program at The London Archives’

3.30pm Close

Speakers:

Karen Attar has been at Senate House Library, the central research library for the University of London, since late 2001: firstly as a rare books cataloguer, then Rare Books Librarian, and finally Curator of Rare Books and University Art. She deals with all aspects of rare books: acquisition; teaching and the facilitation of teaching; cataloguing; exhibiting; web writing and so forth. Recently she spent eighteen months as Senior Librarian, Rare Books, at the State Library of New South Wales, Australia. A past fellow of the Institute of English Studies at the University of London, she has published widely on rare books and libraries. Her major publication is the third edition of the Directory of Rare Book and Special Collections in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (Facet, 2016).

Jane Bramwell: Following an extensive career in Further Education libraries, Jane joined Tate as Library Collections Manager in 2007, and became Head of Library, Archive and Collection Access in January 2009. Jane was the Project Lead on Archives & Access and continues to support and advise on other digitisation and cataloguing projects at Tate and externally. She is an active member of ARLIS UK & Ireland and MLAG and is currently on the ARLIS conference working party for Limerick 2025.

Deborah Sutherland came late to the library profession, working briefly in the African Studies Library at the University of Cape Town, then in the booktrade for 10 years, before taking the plunge and earning an MSc in Library & Information Science. For the last 25 years she has worked at the V&A, in a variety of roles in the National Art Library, from Acquisitions to Reading Rooms Manager. 15 of those years Deborah was responsible for the care and storage of the NAL’s collections within a strategic framework of current accessibility and future availability. In that time she project-managed four major collection relocations, and one gallery and three store refurbishments. In 2018 she was seconded to the museum’s Decant from Blythe House to the new V&A East Storehouse in the Olympic Park. This has all amounted to planning and implementing moving more than a million volumes and 100k archives and objects, including the transfer of over 80k children’s books from South Kensington to Blythe House and then, five years later, to Storehouse. Deborah especially enjoys supporting, training and mentoring new professionals, apprentices and volunteers and researching, writing and presenting on retail and graphic design in the NAL collections.

Kathryn Collins: I joined The London Archives in September 2024, following the rebrand from The London Metropolitan Archives. My role is to develop and run a new school’s program consisting of workshops for Primary and Secondary school groups onsite. The workshops are grounded in the collection and support students understanding of National Curriculum topics such as the Second World War, Medicine through time and Diversity in London. I will also be expanding the service to include online workshops plus a family and young people’s program too. I previously worked as an Education Officer at The National Archives for 7 years, with a year as Families and Young Peoples program officer. I was also co-chair of the Neurodiversity Forum at The National Archives, provided support and allyship to Neurodiverse colleagues. Before working at The National Archives, I taught History in two London Secondary schools for 10 years. My pronouns are She/Her.

Venue:

The British Library, Foyle Room

96 Euston Rd

London, NW1 2DB

Cost:
£50 for members
£100 for non-members

Electronic CPD attendance certificates can be provided on request. Please request via cpd25@london.ac.uk

Cancellations less than one week before the event will be charged a 50% cancellation fee. In the event of a ‘no-show’ on the day, the full non-member fee will be charged.

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