'The Women’s Library'
Speaker: Dianne Shepherd, The Women’s Library
Date: Wednesday, 4th July 2012
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: The Square (Wine Bar), 26 Tolmers Square, London NW1 2PE (behind Euston Square station)
Map: http://g.co/maps/w973q
Since the recent announcement that the Women’s Library was facing closure, there has been much publicity about its uncertain future. Currently contained within the gift of London Metropolitan University, Dianne Shepherd, Information Librarian at the Women’s Library, will join us to talk about the history of the Library, the variety of its collections and its contribution to historical research.
Housed on the site of an old Victorian wash-house, Dianne will also discuss how the contextual importance of its current location has helped encourage visits to events and exhibitions from a diverse audience, making it much more than just another academic library, rather a place that means something different to everyone. Finally Dianne will discuss the situation in which the Library now finds itself, the relationship it has with its current custodian and the on-going campaign which has fuelled a fierce debate about its future.
This talk will be of particular value to anyone registered for CILIP Chartership and can contribute towards CPD requirements. Refreshments will be available afterwards.
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CILIP in London evening meetings are free to CILIP members (with a £5 charge for non-members) and are open to all with a professional interest in the topic.
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This event has been sponsored by Credo Reference.
Tina Reynolds
Senior Information Officer
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