WHELF Graduate Intern
WHELF is delighted to announce the appointment of Kia Duplock as a graduate intern. Kia has written a short bio to introduce herself: I am the new WHELF graduate intern and based at Cardiff University. I will be involved in …
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E-content across the sectors in Wales
Wednesday 16 March 2022 – 11:00 AM – 13:00 PM CILIP Cymru Wales and the Wales Higher Education Libraries Forum (WHELF) invite you to a free e-content Question and Answer Panel session. Libraries across sectors in Wales are increasingly allocating …
WHELF Board News
Emma Adamson, Director of Learning Services at the University of South Wales (UWS), writes: “Andrew Dalgleish and I have discussed and agreed that we would like to request that I re-join WHELF as our senior representative for 2022, with Andrew …
WHELF (Wales Higher Education Libraries Forum) Statement: Elsevier Negotiations
Our universities are fully committed to the approach being taken by the UK’s Elsevier Negotiation Team and support the recommendation to reject the 6th proposal from Elsevier on the basis it does not yet meet the two core objectives of …
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WHELF call to join our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Group
WHELF is putting out a call to join our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Group. The WHELF EDI Group has achieved notable successes since it was established in 2020 – including a high profile conference on Excluded Voices. The Group has …
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WHELF Board news November 2021
The WHELF Board returned to the beautiful setting of Gladstone’s Library, Hawarden, for their first in person meeting since February 2020. All member institutions were represented and the guests were Emma Adamson, former WHELF Chair, Mairwen Owen, formerly of Bangor …
CILIP Cymru Wales announces the Welsh Library Team of the Year Award winner and finalists
The Estyn Allan training and development programme has been selected as first place in the CILIP Cymru Wales Welsh Library Team of the Year Award. Joint second place was awarded to Coleg Sir Gâr Library Service and the Grŵp Llandrillo …
WHELF Board meeting November 2021
The next WHELF Board meeting will be held at the beautiful venue of Gladstone’s Library, Hawarden in North Wales. It will be the first time colleagues have met face to face since February 2020, and the first opportunity to meet …
Welsh Government Consultation on its LGBTQ+ Action Plan
Last week CILIP Cymru Wales met with information professional leaders from across Wales to respond to Welsh Government’s consultation on its LGBTQ+ action plan. WHELF is pleased to have been included in this and hopes its members will share their views …
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WHELF Farewells
WHELF is currently going through a period of change, with colleagues leaving WHELF institutions: Mairwen Owen retired from Bangor University in July. Mairwen was most recently Academic Support Manager in Bangor University library but also worked as Law Librarian for …
