Beyond the Horizon 2024 - Speakers

We're delighted to share the confirmed speakers (so far) for Beyond the Horizon 2024 - the CILIP North East RMN annual conference. 

A full programme of talks and abstracts is now available.

Short Talks

Building Connections: a personalised Library welcome for academic and research staff
Nicki Clarkson - Engagement Librarian, University of Southampton

Copyright and AI
Liesl Rowe - Senior Digital Library Advisor (Copyright), Leeds Beckett University

Knowledge in the Shadows - The Shadow Organisation and Why it is Important
Daniel Lyons - Head of Organisational Knowledge Management, Disclosure and Barring Service

English Public Libraries Data - No It’s Interesting, Really!
Luke Burton - Director, Libraries, Arts Council England

Getting Started, Write Away: experiences from delivering an essay writing skills module
Lisa Eveson - Academic Librarian, Teesside University

Reimagining the Academic Librarian Role at Cardiff Metropolitan University
Marie Lancaster and Aimee Jones, Assistant Head Librarian - Academic Services, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Pathways - a Journey into the Centre of Libraries
Lisa Anderson and James Bywater - Library Service Manager, University of Northampton

Lightning Talks

NE School Librarians Network
Jackie Dunn - Senior Outreach Officer, Newcastle University

Don’t Touch My Hair
Naomi Smith - Subject Librarian, University of West London

Student Publishing as a Learning Tool
Rachel Branson - Scholarly Communications Coordinator, Northumbria University

There’s more to Life than Books You Know, But Not Much More
Sarah Munks - Liaison Librarian, Leeds Trinity University Library

The event page is live so book your place now! It's free for CILIP members.

Upcoming Events at the Kittiwake Trust Multilingual Library

The Kittiwake Trust MultiLingual Library have over 19,000 books for adults and children in over 100 languages. We're so pleased that they now have a new site in Gateshead. 

View the flyer for contact details and opening hours of the Multilingual Library.

You can download the Flyer as a PDF

The Multilingual Library are holding some events in March 2024 and you'll find the details below.

Breaking Bread

21 March 2pm

All around the world different types of bread are a staple food.

In this afternoon session we will exchange stories and songs about bread from our various cultures as well as tasting breads and sharing the names of breads in many languages.

Bring your tastebuds and your stories and help create an artwork for our Library of Sanctuary.  In conjunction with The Comfrey Project and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.

Library Celebration

23 March 2pm-6pm

We finally get to celebrate the re-opening of the Multilingual Library after more than a year of homelessness.

Our Patron, Professor David Crystal will join us via a Zoom link, and John Vincent, Networker from The Network will come up from the Deep South to speak.  John runs courses and lectures, writes, produces regular newsletters and ebulletins, and lobbies for greater  awareness of the role that libraries, archives, museums, and the cultural & heritage sector play in contributing to social justice. He is particularly interested in supporting the work that libraries do with people seeking sanctuary and other ‘new arrivals’ to the UK, young people in care, with LGBTQ+ people.

Visitors will have the chance to look round the library and talk to some of our volunteers. We will also have music and poetry from volunteers and friends of the library. 

Needless to say, we will also plug the fact that we were the first Library of Sanctuary in the North East - six months before the Newcastle City Library were awarded the same accolade.

Learn more about the Kittiwake Trust Multilingual Library

https://www.multilinguallibrary.org.uk/ 

High West Street (formerly The Gloucester)

Gateshead 

NE8 1EJ