M25 Annual Networking Event, 4th November 2010

London Metropolitan University was pleased to host this event in the exhibition space at the Women’s Library, one of the university’s special collections of international importance, the other being the TUC Library Collections in Holloway Road library.

Guests had the opportunity to greet old friends and colleagues and meet new ones along with browsing the current exhibition, Hand Made Tales: Women and Domestic Crafts:
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/whats-on/exhibitions/handmadetales.cfm    

Women’s Library staff were also on hand to talk about the exhibition and show the more curious among us the location of Nicola Malkin’s pieces in the Crafted Footnotes exhibition:
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/whats-on/exhibitions/crafted-footnotes-with-nicola-malkin/crafted-footnotes-with-nicola-malkin_home.cfm
Crafted Footnotes is at the Library until March and Hand Made Tales closes in April, so you’ve plenty of time to visit us and see these fascinating exhibitions.

Guests were also introduced to the M25 Staff Room, the online space for all staff in the Consortium to exchange information and ideas, which complements the Directors’ Room.

The annual networking event is an important one for the Consortium, being a rare opportunity for colleagues to interact in a relaxed atmosphere.  We felt the choice of the Women’s Library made it particularly successful last year because this offered the additional bonus of showcasing one of the Consortium’s many unique collections.  The financial climate makes it even more important for the Consortium to exploit what we have, and collections such as this are pivotal to the role of libraries in supporting the core business of learning, teaching and research in our institutions.

Julie Howell
Director of Libraries, London Metropolitan University