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Grampian Information presents…. 

The Hollywood Librarian: A Look at Librarians through Film

Thursday 9th April

6pm refreshments

Film starts 6.30pm

£5/£2.50 students

 Room 226, Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University, Garthdee

The Hollywood Librarian is the first full-length documentary film to focus on the work and lives of librarians.  Using the entertaining and appealing context of American movies, the film holds surprises for people who may think they know what librarians do. American film contains hundreds of examples of librarians and libraries on screen — some positive, some negative, some laughable and some dead wrong. Films such as Sophie’s Choice, Philadelphia and It’s a Wonderful Life show librarians as negative stereotypes. The librarians in Lorenzo’s Oil, Desk Set and The Shawshank Redemption, on the other hand, are competent and professional. Dozens of interviews of real librarians are interwoven with movie clips of cinematic librarians and serve as transitions between the themes of censorship, intellectual freedom, children and librarians, pay equity and funding issues, and the value of reading.

Further details at: http://www.hollywoodlibrarian.com

All Welcome.

If possible, please book with Amelia Davies info@grampianinfo.co.uk to confirm numbers for catering.

Interview Skills Evening:CILIPS and GI  Working Together
17 March 2009

6-8 PM

£10 (waived if unemployed)

Aberdeen Business School, Garthdee

Light Refreshments Provided

Email info@grampianinfo.co.uk to reserve your space.
GI and CILIPS NE have joined together for an exciting event, an opportunity to come and brush up on your interview skills and get some great advice from those in the know.  Short presentations will be given by Wendy Pirie, Head of Service at University of Aberdeen, Anne Stevenson from the HR Department at RGU and a Recruitment Professional about putting your best self forward in interviews.  Whether you are in records management or a library assistant, there will be skills that you can take away from this event.  There will be a nominal fee of £10, which will be waived if you are unemployed.  Express interest in attending by emailing info@grampianinfo.co.uk.  If you are aware of colleagues or friends who would be interested in attending, please pass the message along.  This event is the first of many (hopefully) working jointly with CILIPS NE!

February Newsletter Just Published!  Follow this link.

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Grampian Information’s Conference 2008 was a great success.  You can find several of the presentations and the feedback from our brainstorming sessions under the heading Conference 2008, Conference Documents.

We are currently preparing our schedule of events for 2009, look back here soon for more details.

We are excited to announce the programme for the Grampian Information Conference and Annual General Meeting 2008.

We look forward to seeing you at our new venue, the Inspire Conference Centre  on the 6th November 2008.

See the programme and speaker profiles (updated as we receive them) under the Conference 2008 page.

Registration is now available through our online booking system. Link directly to the form here

Nominations for the annual Grampian Information Awards are also open. This awards will be presented at the Conference.

See the nomination criteria here.  The nomination form can be found here.

We would like to invite all members to the Members’ Fair and Extraordinary General Meeting of Grampian Information NetworkTuesday 17th June 2008, at 4.00 PM

CLAN House, Caroline Place,
Aberdeen, AB25 2TH. EGM Commences at 4:30

4.00 Stuart Peers, CLAN - an insight into CLAN and meeting information needs of those affected by cancer

4.30 GI EGM and GI Update

4.45 Networking, visiting stands and refreshments.

6.00 Podcasting: You Can Do It Too (University of Aberdeen) 

6.30 GI Update (repeated) 

Visit Stands  7pm Close  

Registration for this event available now at http://grampianinfo.wufoo.com/forms/members-fair/

Places still available for organisations to display to other members their resources, projects, etc.
Book now to ensure your attendance!  Bookings close on 10 June 2008 as final numbers must be ascertained for catering, etc. Email info@grampianinfo.co.uk  with  any questions. 

If you are working in the information industry why not join us now? GI is a not for profit partnership of library, archive, records management, information and advice services based throughout the North of Scotland and beyond. GI members include information professionals working in public libraries, archives, educational establishments, research institutes, voluntary bodies, public sector and commercial organisations. Students and job seekers are also welcome to join our dynamic and friendly network. Member benefits include:

Network of industry contacts
Free training/networking events
Training and professional events held in Aberdeen
Annual conference
Up to 40% discount on GI events
Inter library loans scheme - some free document sharing
Supplier discounts and free trials
Opportunities to share resources, expertise etc
Email discussion list
Membership of special interest groups - Local Studies/Archives, Oil, Records Management and Science groups
Inclusion in membership listing on website
Quarterly newsletter and regular e-news updates

See also our subscription rate page.  If you have any other queries please contact info@grampianinfo.co.uk

TFPL are offering 25% discount on their training courses to GI members. For details of the training courses offered see:
www.tfpl.com/skills_development/training_learning.cfm