CLIC Libraries: Collaborating in Cardiff

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CLIC Libraries: Collaborating in Cardiff

Karen F. Pierce (Cardiff University)

&

Marlize Palmer (Welsh Government)


CLIC members


CLIC Libraries

• Cardiff Metropolitan University

• Cardiff Public Libraries• Cardiff University• Cardiff & Vale College• National Assembly of

Wales

• National Museum Wales• Royal Welsh College of

Music & Drama• University of South Wales• Welsh Government


CLIC members


CLIC Staff Development Group

Karen Pierce (Chair) CU

Sue Evans (Vice-chair) WG

Helen Bader (Secretary) RWCMD

Rebecca Evans (Vice-secretary)CMU

Sally Earney CU

John Wright USW

Laura Wood CPL

Kristine Chapman NMW

Delyth Thomas NAW

Lucy Hodson NAW

Simon Rhys-Phillips CVC


Beginnings


Beginnings (2)

Project objectives:1. Define a strategy & complementary

action plan…to strengthen library collaboration in Cardiff

2. Identify practical measures…to share resources & deliver improved library services to the community in Cardiff

3. Assess the library requirements of different groups of learners within Cardiff


Project report

• Jones-Evans, Angela (2006) CLIC- Cardiff Libraries in Collaboration: the development of a strategy and an action plan for its future development


What does CLIC do?

• Website: http://www.cliclibraries.co.uk/

• Steering Group– Set up Staff Development Group– Pilot reciprocal access scheme– Pilot reciprocal borrowing scheme

• Staff Development Group– Run a variety of staff training events


Events held so far (1)

• Customer care• Floor-walking with

confidence• Library tours• Social Media / Web

2.0• Marketing your library• Information literacy


Is the customer always King? Learning from experience in libraries & beyond

All fizz and no bang? Does Web 2.0 really matter?

What’s occurring in Barry?

Library skills for the 21st century

Professional development: mapping out your pathway

Floor-walking with confidence

Knowing your customer: cross-sector perspectives

Social media in libraries

Innovative marketing on a low budget

Developing information literacy skills amongst library users – tools and techniques

New year – new ideas: sharing experience in CLIC libraries

Libraries, but not as we know them: an illustrated exploration of building trends and predictions

Library tours

Specialist services in libraries


Events held so far (2)

• Library tours for Love your Libraries Day

• Exhibition• Introduction to copyright• Presentation skills


Why it matters

Free

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Networking

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Inclusivity

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Co-operation


Attendance by sector


The CLIC website

A place for:

• Resources• News• Networking• Information• Training


• Develop the website primarily as a resource for library staff in Cardiff

• Retain basic information about libraries in Cardiff for the benefit of the general public

• Use the website as the hub for building a community of library staff by sharing resources & providing information about events

• Remove the need to log in to access the staff area• Create social media accounts to help publicise the

site and to get library staff contributing

Web admin team recommendations


Twitter account - @CLICLibraries


CLIC Facebook account


CLIC blog -http://cliclibraries.blogspot.co.uk/


New Horizons

Since 2012 CLIC has been broadening its horizons in the types of events it provides, how it markets itself and how it defines its membership


“Do Something Different Day” 2012 & 2013

• 23 different sites took part• Job swaps on offer

included;– IT support– Graphics services– Careers advisors– Collections management– Dental library– Health library


• Good mix of respondents from the various sectors & differing job roles

• Most respondents want to see CLIC provide an equal mix of networking opportunities & training

• Predominantly happy with range & quality of events currently provided by CLIC

• The greatest interest is in events which allow learning about & visiting CLIC member libraries

• Inability to arrange cover/scheduling clashes/prior work commitments appear to be the greatest barriers to attendance rather than lack of interest in training on offer

Survey results – brief summary


What do you value most about CLIC events?

Opportunity to network

Opportunity to developprofessional skills

Opportunity to hearabout work in othersectors of the profession

Other


The Future


The challenge: re-think the future

• Budgets are under pressure

• Services need to be consolidated

• Services and models need to be re-imagined for today’s users

• Collections are increasingly going digital


Challenges

From co-working to crowdsourcing, collaboration in its many forms and degrees continues to shape and, in some senses, even redefine the way we work


“Maker movement”


Libraries and the “maker movement”


Working together

• The future of libraries and library “values” in the digital world will increasingly depend on us working together at the international, regional, national and local levels.


The future plan

The Steering Group is currently in the process of putting together a funding bid to commission a report that will explore the direction CLIC should take over the next 5 years


Contact details

Karen F. Pierce (@Darklecat)

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Marlize Palmer (@Vetlies)

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