CILIP Scotland Podcast

Feminist Librarianship - Notes on Imposter Syndrome This podcast episode accompanies chapter 17, Notes from a New Professional II: Interviews on Imposter Syndrome, from the book Feminist Librarianship, written and produced by Leah Higgins.  The chapter shines a light on the perspectives and experiences of seven women working in the library and information sector (or adjacent) fields, and how they...

Episode two of Taking Root: Scotland’s Green Libraries kicks off with the CILIPS Team walking the walk of environmental action, showcasing all of the different projects that we’ve played a part in supporting across the last few years. There is an accompanying Environmental Jargon sheet for this series, which you can click here to download . Helping community climate action and understanding to gro...

Sustainability and climate action has been taking root across libraries in Scotland for many years now and we wanted to dig a little deeper, surveying the work and projects taking place across the sector. Libraries are playing an essential role in tackling the climate crisis, and as you’ll learn in this podcast, are the inaugural recyclers. There is an accompanying Environmental Jargon sheet for t...

The newest episode of the CILIP Scotland Podcast brings you a reflective episode, as we explore what libraries mean to us as a complement to CILIP’s Libraries Change Lives Week , hear about NHS for Scotland’s Knowledge Network Redesign, and take a closer look at what changes might take place for library services given the change in government post-election.  CILIP Scotland Director Sean McNamara t...

Welcome to the very first CILIP Scotland Podcast takeover, featuring the CILIPS Students and New Professionals Community ! Taking the reins in the podcast studio for the first time, Chaeli , Matthew and Filipa were keen to share with the audience their reflections on starting their professional career in the Library and Information sector post-graduation.  Defacto host for the episode Chaeli Brown...

In 2024 alone, Scotland's public libraries have been considered low hanging fruit for cuts and closures in too many local authority budgets. It has become essential that librarians and communities are empowered and given a solid foundation to advocate for their vital and vibrant library services. In part one of Scotland's Library Advocacy Story, the CILIP Scotland team outlined the funding...

Part two of Scotland’s Library Advocacy Story continues on CILIP Scotland's journey to mobilise and support librarians, information professionals and the communities they serve to best advocate for their vital library services.  We began by introducing the Save Aberdeen Library Campaigners behind the fight to save six libraries and a swimming pool from closure in 2023. Laurie Anne Mackay and H...

Join the CILIP Scotland team, Sean, Kirsten and Leah, as we take you through the Library advocacy highlights happening across the sector in Scotland. Interviewing the people who are making the change! We recapped and recycled content from our inspiring ⁠Green Libraries Gathering⁠ , which included hearing from the National Library of Scotland, Scottish Book Trust and Paper Boats Collective. We also...

Join the CILIP Scotland team for the first-ever CILIPS Podcast! The team (Sean, Kirsten and Leah) interview guest Jimi Mitchell from the Sir Alex Ferguson Library in their in-house podcast studio. We ask Jimi about all things new professional, his experience of the #CILIPS23 Conference and being nominated for Scotland's Library and Information Professional of the Year 2023 . Kirsten then provi...