SLA Europe was pleased to welcome Caroline Ball (University of Derby) and Rachel Bickley (London Metropolitan University), two members from the #ebookSOS campaign to share an update on their progress and their future plans. What is the campaign about? Barriers to educational ebook resources have long been a cause of concern for librarians. In the UK this concern was heightened …
SLA Europe was pleased to welcome two guest speakers to discuss and share the importance of impact measurement. Our speakers outlined ways to leverage and use language when discussing the value of the library within a company or organisation. Kristīne Pabērza-Ramiresa explored why impact evaluation still such a struggle for many libraries. Although there are a number of reasons, such …
We are excited to announce that nominations are now open for the position of SLA Europe President-Elect for 2022. Please see below for more details from our current president, Amy Stubbing. As President for SLA Europe, I would like to request nominations for the position of SLA Europe President Elect for 2022. The role of President Elect is a 3-year commitment …
SLA Europe was pleased to host a joint webinar with SLA Asia and welcome Nikhil Damle to explore the discussion on the “soft” and “hard” side of resilience, especially on how we can navigate the “new normal” in a post-COVID world. The past 18 months has shown that everyone’s individual situation has changed, particularly in spending more time at home, …
We are delighted to share that our 2021 SLA Europe President, Amy Stubbing, is one of ten award recipients this year, pulling together a fantastic list of achievements across the organisation. Amy has won the James M. Matarazzo Rising Star Award, recognising her as an “outstanding” SLA member that shows “exceptional promise of leadership and contribution to the association and …
We delighted to share that our President, Amy Stubbing, recently attended the 2021 ARLIS / UK & Ireland Conference as a panellist for the final session, The Future of (Art) Libraries. The ARLIS Conference ran from 21 to 23 July and this year’s theme focused on ‘Reframing Art Libraries – from Challenge to Opportunity‘. The panel discussion was chaired by …
SLA Europe is delighted to announce that 2020 Past President, Seema Rampersad, will stand as a candidate for the upcoming SLA Board Election. The full list of candidates standing for election for 2023 SLA President are: Nabi Hasan (New Delhi, Delhi, India) Richard Huffine (Vienna, Virginia, United States) Seema Rampersad (London, England, United Kingdom) Shelly Ray (Los Angeles, California, United …
Hello and a happy new year to all of our members – those current, lapsed or future! I stepped into 2021 with real trepidation about filling the shoes so expertly occupied by Seema in 2020 as President of SLA Europe, while also incredibly excited to have my chance to serve you all in 2021 – the start of SLA Europe’s …
2020 started in a fairly normal way in the first few weeks of January, but the restructuring news announced by SLA Headquarters seemed initially overwhelming and daunting, especially on how it would impact us at SLA Europe. In hindsight, the changes have been beneficial with #OneSLA allowing for improved access to all Communities without extra costs to members – we …
SLA Europe was pleased to welcome Teodora Petkova to explore Solid, an exciting web decentralization project led by Professor Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web. What if we could have all our digital artefacts and records in one place, a place of our own? Not scattered across platforms, or harvested by third-party machine applications? Imagine all our data …
At SLA Europe, we are delighted to end another year with an excellent leadership team and events catalogue for 2020, especially in consideration of our “new normal” and shift to online spaces. As our 2021 President Elect Amy Stubbing moves to take on the mantle of SLA Europe President from our 2020 President Seema Rampersad, we are thrilled to announce …
We are excited to announce that nominations are now open for the position of SLA Europe President-Elect for 2021. Please see below for more details from our current president, Seema Rampersad. As President for SLA Europe, I would like to request nominations for the position of SLA Europe President Elect for 2021. The role of President Elect is a 3-year …
