Job shadowing opportunities

Are you curious about other library sectors?  Want to see a day in the life of a librarian? Job shadowing might be the answer!

At our NLPN Winter 2017 event, Penny Andrews came up with this great idea:

Librarians/info pros – if you would be okay with new professionals and (prospective?) lib students shadowing you, tweet @NLPN_ #nlpnwinter

— Penny Andrews (@pennyb) February 18, 2017

It seems to us that the simplest way to enable this is to create a list of librarians who are willing to allow aspiring librarians to shadow them. If you would like to be added to the list below, please email us manchesternlpn@gmail.com or DM us. We will need your name, job title, location and preferred contact details. As you’ll see on the list, we’ll disguise your email address.

We will periodically check in with the people on the list to see if circumstances have changed. If you are on the list and would like to be removed, please contact us as above.

Now the list has some members, it’s over to the shadowers! Remember, these people have specifically volunteered to be on the list and would love to help so don’t be scared. You will learn throughout your career that librarians are some of the most helpful people you will ever meet.

London

Name	Job title	Location	Preferred contact details
Ian Clark	Subject Librarian (Psychology)	Stratford (London, SE)	i.clark[at]uel.ac.uk
Matt Budd	Librarian (special library for social workers)	Bloomsbury (London)	Matthew.Budd[at]cafcass.gov.uk
Sarah Feehan	Academic Liaison Librarian	London	S.Feehan1[at]westminster.ac.uk
Mobeena Khan	Service Development Specialist	Harrow, Greater London	mobeena.khan[at]harrowlibraries.org.uk OR mobeena.khan[at]harrow.gov.uk
Hong-Anh Nguyen	Information Centre Manager, The King’s Fund	London	ha.nguyen[at]kingsfund.org.uk
Catherine De Abaitua	Duty Library Manager	Hackney	catherine.de-abaitua[at]hackney.gov.uk

North East

Name	Job title	Location	Preferred contact details
Suzie Williams	Academic Liaison Librarian	University of Sunderland	suzie.williams[at]sunderland.ac.uk

North West

Name	Job title	Location	Preferred contact details
Emily Hurt	Clinical Librarian	Preston	emily.hurt[at]lthtr.nhs.uk
Lesley English	Faculty Librarian	Lancaster	L.h.english[at]lancaster.ac.uk
Alison Bond McNally	School Librarian	Manchester	AlisonBond[at]DeanTrustArdwick.co.uk
Rachel Fell	Academic Liaison Librarian	Manchester	r.fell[at]mmu.ac.uk
Christine Sweet	Electronic Resources Assistant	Manchester	christine.sweet[at]manchester.ac.uk
Jacqueline Vigilanti	Research Support Librarian	Manchester	j.vigilanti[at]mmu.ac.uk
Michael Cook	Public Health Evidence & Knowledge Specialist	Bolton	Michael.Cook[at]bolton.gov.uk
Tim Leonard	Academic Liaison and Collections Senior Team Leader	Bolton	t.leonard[at]bolton.ac.uk
Jenny McNally	Systems Librarian – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday am	Salford	J.McNally[at]salford.ac.uk
Jenny McNally	LMS Business Manager	WHELF (mostly work from home in Manchester but also travel to Wales regularly)	McnallyJ1[at]cardiff.ac.uk
Wendy Taylor	Scholarly Communications Librarian	University of Salford	W.M.Taylor[at]salford.ac.uk

South East

Name	Job title	Location	Preferred contact details
Alison Horner Le Riche	Library and Knowledge Services Manager	Reading	alison.horner-le-riche[at]royalberkshire.nhs.uk
Emma Mires-Richards	Liaison Librarian for SECL, CEWL and Psychology	Canterbury	E.L.Mires-Richards[at]kent.ac.uk
Leanne Workman	Information Consultant (Sciences)	Egham, Surrey	Leanne.workman[at]royalholloway.ac.uk

Scotland

Name	Job title	Location	Preferred contact details
Tanya Milligan	Project lead [part-time]	Central Scotland	Tanya.milligan[at]falkirkcommunitytrust.org
Richard Aird	Head of Customer Service (library, archives, learning technologies, IT service desk)	Stirling	richard.aird[at]stir.ac.uk
Jeanette Castle	Library Services Manager (University Librarian)	Paisley	Jeanette.Castle[at]uws.ac.uk
Lisa Haddow	Library and Archives Research Support Team Manager	Stirling	l.j.haddow[at]stir.ac.uk
Joy McLean	FE Librarian	Clydebank	joy.mclean[at]wcs.ac.uk
Heather Marshall	Senior Librarian – Academic	Glasgow	heather.marshall[at]gcu.ac.uk

South West

Name

Job title

Location

Preferred contact details

Wales

Name	Job title	Location	Preferred contact details
Siona Murray	Information Officer	Rhos on Sea, North Wales	siona.murray[at]gllm.ac.uk
Naomi Prady	Academic Liaison Librarian	Swansea	n.l.prady[at]swansea.ac.uk

West Midlands

Name	Job title	Location	Preferred contact details
Michelle Bond	Academic Liaison Librarian for the Faculty of Engineering and Computing	Coventry	michelle.bond[at]coventry.ac.uk

Yorkshire and Humberside

Name	Job title	Location	Preferred contact details
Emily Wheeler	Learning Advisor	Leeds	e.wheeler[at]leeds.ac.uk
Peter Smith	Research Support Librarian	Sheffield	P.R.smith[at]shu.ac.uk
Mike Ewen	Teaching Enhancement Advisor (technology)	Hull	michael.ewen[at]hull.ac.uk
Alison McNab	Academic Librarian (Research Support)	Huddersfield	A.McNab[at]hud.ac.uk
Ruth MacMullen	Scholarly Communications Licensing Manager	Sheffield	ruth.macmullen[at]sheffield.ac.uk
Ruth Elder	Collections Management Specialist	University of York	ruth[dot]elder[at]york.ac.uk

Useful resources

NHS Library Knowledge Services: Job Shadowing – this page contains a list of links and resources on job shadowing in the NHS.