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Joint Chair of CoLRiC
Head of Library Services, Leyton Sixth Form College email: Mirna.Peach@leyton.ac.uk |
| Current areas of responsibility: | Head of Library Services |
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| Previous areas of responsibility: | Library Centre Manager; development of Borough wide projects; partnership working; development and management of cross school projects; reading development |
| Cross college/academic responsibilities: | Embedding information literacy framework into curriculum; staff development; support for students; departmental links; customer service; Reading Ahead Challenge; embedding the library into college teaching and learning |
| Professional areas of specialism: | Building links; developing resources to meet need; staff and student development; customer service |
| Professional areas of interest: | Developing links across college and through partnership working; marketing of services |
| Length of time in FE/Sixth Form | |
| Project management experience/expertise: | Setting up new libraries/projects |
| Role in CoLRiC: | Joint Chair |
| Current professional challenges: | Developing e-resource use; maintaining current practices with current number of staff |
| What are the top three issues all librarians need to address in order to provide proactive responsive provision? | Understand what you are trying to achieve and why; attend cross college meetings and tell them what your services are; know who you are supporting and provide training for your team to develop best practice |
| Outside interests: | Reading, family, friends, but not necessarily in that order! |