What Did You Do on National Libraries Day?

National Libraries Day was on Saturday 7 February 2015.  Libraries aren't just places to borrow books - though that's an important function.  They're also places to access sheet music, orchestral or choral materials, plays, electronic information, audio, DVDs... not to mention internet access for an academic or public library community, or just somewhere to sit and read quietly. 

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Music Librarianship and Research: One of 23 Librarians

A few weeks ago, a recently-retired librarian called Anabel Marsh started a blog about the very varied careers of 23 different librarians.  Karen was invited to guest-contribute a blog-post, which appeared on 14th March.  Happy to have been able to contribute, she thought no more of this until a comment appeared in her in-box: the blog was recommended to a class of librarianship students in South Korea, and a would-be music librarian wanted to make contact with her.  Truly the internet has made it a very small world these days!

Cellos and Bellows: librarians' tweetup #GLTU4

Glasgow Library Tweetups Pay Us a Visit

Assorted librarians gathered to visit the Whittaker Library at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and then the museum and newly refurbished library at the National Piping Centre, last Friday (18th May).  This was a joint effort organised by Anabel Marsh, with Karen McAulay at the Royal Conservatoire and James Beaton at the Piping Centre coordinating the visits to each venue.

Preceded by the James Clark lunchtime concert at the Royal Conservatoire, and rounded off by a meal at the Tryst, a congenial and informative visit was had by all.

The event has been blogged by Anabel Marsh - here, on the Glasgow Library Tweetups blog.  (There are pictures!) Anabel has also compiled a Storify story, to collate participant feedback - here. 

James Beaton, piping librarian and oral history project manager ('Noting the Tradition') at the National Piping Centre, contributed his own limerick report on the event:-

The blogs are quite full of it

James and Karen's big hit

They came, saw our books

And our most learned nooks

And went off and thought for a bit.