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JA Condie

SWOP visit to GWL – June 2018

On Wednesday 13th June SWOP visited the Glasgow Women’s Library. We received plenty of tea and cake – along with a very warm welcome – at this unique museum of women’s history.

“I had no idea that the Glasgow Women’s Library had so much to offer.  Apart from the traditional lending library there is also lots of interesting artefacts in the archive collection, too many to mention and definitely worth a trip out from Glasgow City Centre for a visit.  Thanks for a great afternoon” –  Morag Higgison,  Scottish Government Library

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JA Condie

SWOP Summer meeting hosted by GWL

Glasgow Women's LibraryOur next SWOP meeting will be on Wednesday 13th June at the Glasgow Women’s Library.

Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL) is a national treasure! It is the only accredited museum in the UK dedicated to women’s lives, histories and achievements, with a lending library, archive collections and innovative programmes of public events & learning opportunities. Highlights from GWL’s collections include Suffragette postcards and jewellery, feminist posters and badges, archives of organisations such as Scottish Women’s Aid and UK Family Planning Association and knitting and dress-making patterns.

It was a finalist in CILIP’s Libraries Change Lives Award in 2017, for its weekly read aloud group, Story Cafe.

GWL has recently been shortlisted for the prestigious Art Fund Museum of the Year 2018 – the only Scottish museum to make the shortlist this year, and the first nomination for a museum rooted in feminism.

Our visit will start with a tour of the collection followed by refreshments (and the meeting). You can book a place on this exciting visit via Eventbrite.

Please aim to arrive promptly so the tour can begin at 1.30 sharp.

JA Condie

New SWOP Events calendar – and Lesley Riddoch!

The SWOP events calendar widget has moved. It’s now called Eventbrite calendar and is located under the ‘Events’ tab in the menu bar above.

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We are delighted to welcome award-winning  broadcaster and journalist Lesley Riddoch to our next meeting. She will speak on the topic of Scotland, Brexit, and Europe.

This meeting will take place tomorrow in Dundee. If you haven’t already done so, please reserve your place on eventbrite .

 

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#LibrariesMatter because…

In the lead up to the local government election in May CILIP in Scotland will be campaigning for libraries across Scotland and showing why #LibrariesMatter.  SWOP members can help with this campaign.

If you would like to know more and become more involved take a few minutes to visit:

http://www.cilips.org.uk/advocacy-campaigns/campaigns/libraries-matter/help-us-show-librariesmatter/
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Share your posters with us!

JA Condie

Save the date!!!

This year’s SWOP AGM will be a half day event at the Advocates Library on 24th November, 1-5pm.

We hope to have 2 or 3 speakers and time for networking – with coffee and cake! – as well as the AGM.

More details will follow but please mark your calendars in the meantime.

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JA Condie

Next SWOP meeting – June 2015

Faculty of Advocates - Mackenzie Building
Faculty of Advocates – Mackenzie Building

I’m re-posting this due to a slight change of venue

Our next SWOP meeting will be on Wednesday 17th June 2015 at 2.30pm – 4.30pm at the Faculty of Advocates, Mackenzie Building, 172 High Street, Edinburgh

Jonathan Ellis from the Scottish Government will be joining us to speak about the new public service portal Mygov.scot.

Please keep this date in your diary and we look forward to seeing you there.  Further details regarding agenda and venue etc. to follow.

Please register you attendance via Eventbrite

JA Condie

SWOP meeting – 4th March 2015

Dear Colleagues,

We hope you can join us for our first SWOP meeting of 2015.

The meeting will be followed by a presentation by Paul Gray on the Scottish Government Library’s 10 Things eLearning course. For more information: https://sglibraryservices.wordpress.com/10-things/

For catering purposes please let Helen Costello (Helen.Costello@scottish.parliament.uk) know in advance if you are planning to attend.

The meeting will be held at 2.30pm on the 4th March 2015 in:

Faculty of Advocates – Mackenzie Building,
Old Assembly Close,
172 High Street,
Edinburgh   EH1 1QX

No tickets required but I set up an eventbright thing anyway – it includes a map of the location

JA Condie

Save the date – next SWOP meeting

Dear Colleagues,

Our next SWOP meeting will be on Wednesday 4th March at 2.30pm at the Advocates Library.

Paul Gray from the Scottish Government Library will speak at the end of the meeting about the ’10 things project’ developed by the SG library.

Please keep this date in your diary and I look forward to seeing you there.  Further details regarding agenda and venue etc. will follow.

Kind regards

Helen Costello
Secretary of SWOP

JA Condie

#swop25th Anniversary AGM – a brief report

This afternoon SWOP held its 25th Anniversary AGM at Augustine United Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh. A gratifyingly large number of SWOP members, old and new, turned up to mark the occasion.

SWOP – originally the Scottish Working Group on Official Publications – held its first meeting in 1989. A few years later the first edition of the Directory of Official Publications in Scotland was published. I got a little geeky thrill when Fiona showed us a copy of that, since I spent a fair bit of last year building the current version of the Directory which lives on this site.

Once the official AGM business had been carried out, and the winner of the photo competition had been drawn, we had a couple of very interesting and informative presentations.

First Juliet Grimes from the Scottish Government gave us a very entertaining talk on Responsible Procurement. It’s good to know that Scotland is a world leader in the development of sustainable procurement via the “Marrakech Process” (aka the “Machrihanish Process” – though Juliet’s attempt at Scotification has so far failed to catch on).  Juliet also made an amusing comparison between the serialisation of Dickens’ Pickwick Papers and the tweets of Why my Cat is Sad.

Then Dr Amy Todman (National Library of Scotland) provided an overview of the challenges of collecting the diverse range of materials related to the Scottish Independence Referendum. I for one am relieved to learn that, due to the introduction of new parody legislation, NLS will be able to collect the marvellous videos of Lady Alba.

Once the AGM and presentations were over it was time for some networking …and a little bit of wine. The Business Committee laid on a huge and excellent selection of food. We had a good go at devouring it all but there was still plenty to take home in doggie bags. Speaking of which…

This was, without doubt, the best 25th Anniversary AGM I have ever attended. Very happy Birthday SWOP!

JA Condie

#swop25th photo competition – and the winner is…

…our very own convenor Fiona Laing!

“Fix!” you cry – but no.  Here is pictorial evidence of the prize draw itself:

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photo by @JennyForeman

Thanks to all those who entered the competition on here, on Twitter or via the KHub page. The pictures looked great. I’ll try to post as many of them on here as I can – though some SWOP members prefer the seclusion of the KHub.  I’ll see what can be done…

Anyway, congratulations Fiona!  We’re not jealous at all   🙂

JA Condie

SWOP 25th Anniversary AGM

Dear Colleagues,

Our next SWOP meeting, which is the AGM celebrating our 25th Anniversary, will be held on Wednesday 19th November at 3pm in Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EL.

Information about the venue can be found here

The meeting will be followed by a presentation by Juliet Grimes (Scottish Government) on Responsible Procurement

Dr Amy Todman (National Library of Scotland) will give a short overview on the challenges of collecting a diverse range of materials related to the Scottish Independence Referendum.

25th Anniversary Celebrations
Refreshments will be available at the end of the meeting to celebrate SWOP’s anniversary and give an opportunity to catch up with colleagues.

For catering purposes please let me know if you are able to attend this meeting no later than close of play Friday 7th November including any dietary requirements.

SWOP is currently in the process of recruiting new members for the Business Committee.  The Business Committee meets three times a year and members are currently involved in taking forward some exciting collaborative eLearning projects with RGU and SLLG.  Being part of the BC provides excellent opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues who specialise in a range of Library and Information services providing creative opportunities for CPD activity and valuable cross industry networking.  If you are interested please contact Fiona Laing

If you haven’t already done so, please post a photo of your library space – on Twitter, here on the website, or on the Knowledge Hub pages – to enter the #swop25th competition

I look forward to seeing you there

Helen Costello
SWOP Secretary

JA Condie

SWOP AGM 2014 – 25th Anniversary meeting!

Our next SWOP meeting will be the AGM on Wednesday 19th November 2014, 3pm at Augustine United Church, 41-43 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

This will be a special 25th Anniversary AGM where we will be taking the opportunity to reflect over what has changed in the world of Official Publications over the last quarter century. Former members will also be invited to help celebrate this significant moment in SWOP’s history and enjoy the social gathering afterwards. We look forward to seeing you there!

AGM 19th November, 3pm
Venue: Augustine United Church, 41-43 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL Scotland

JA Condie

Save the date – SWOP AGM Wednesday 19th November 2014

Dear Colleagues,

Our next SWOP meeting will be the AGM on Wednesday 19th November 2014 at 3pm. SWOP will be holding a special 25th Anniversary AGM where we will be taking the opportunity to reflect over what has changed in the world of Official Publications over the last quarter century. Former members will also be invited to help celebrate this significant moment in SWOP’s history and enjoy the social gathering afterwards. Please do keep this date in your diary and I look forward to seeing you there. Further details regarding venue etc. will follow.

Kind regards

Helen Costello
secretary of SWOP