The NLPN team

A brief introduction to the team behind NLPN events and social networks

Amy

I completed the MA in Library and Information Management at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2012. During my MA I became a part-time library assistant at an NHS hospital & a Primary Care Trust library, shortly followed by a move to the academic sector to be a Senior Library Assistant. My first professional role was Assistant Information Specialist, specialising in health research, for a Non Departmental Public Body. This role provided me with the experience needed to gain my current role as Information Specialist for the same organisation. In 2016 Helen & I published an article on the use of social media by new library professionals.

Helen@HelenMonagle

After qualifying from the Masters course at MMU in 2012, I gained employment as a Library Assistant in a public library. The experience gained in this role helped me to get my next role as Principal Library Assistant in an academic library. I worked in this paraprofessional role for a number of years gaining a number skills before gaining my first professional post as an Assistant Librarian. This role provided lots of experience and enabled me to gain my next role as Senior Assistant Librarian working within the serials team in an academic library. In 2019, I moved to another HE institution to begin work as Electronic Resources Manager. My interests include facilitating access to e-resources, statistics and development opportunities for new professionals.

 

Siobhan@shibshabs

My first degree was in English Language and Literature from the University of Liverpool. After post-graduation travelling, I decided I wanted to be a librarian in order to be involved in helping others to find the resources they needed to achieve their degree results.  I applied for quite a few jobs and got one in Acquisitions at the University of Nottingham.  After a year there, I was promoted to another Acquisitions role, with a greater focus on access to e-resources.  I applied for the MA Library and Information Management and started full-time in September 2011.  While working on my dissertation, I decided to move back to Nottingham and found a job as a school librarian.  This job was a maternity cover, after which I took the opportunity to go travelling in America (my favourite American library has to be the 42nd Street branch of NYPL). After a spell of temping, I returned to academic libraries and worked for 2 and a half years as a Learning & Teaching Services Assistant at the University of Leicester. I have now returned to acquisitions work as Systems and Acquisitions Librarian in an FE college. My particular interests are user experience, training and development opportunities for new professionals.

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