Pride in our Libraries

Tuesday 28th June 2022, 6pm-7pm

In this session devoted to Pride, Amie Golding and John Vincent look at Pride in a school library and the importance of celebrating the contributions of LGBTQ+ people – the session will be practical, and will have a lot of opportunities for reflection, questions and discussion.

Speakers Biographies

Amie Golding is School Librarian and Head of Library Services at The Cathedral School, Llandaff in Cardiff. She considers herself fortunate to have worked in both public and academic library sectors, the latter of which has included Further Education at Neath Port Talbot College, and Higher Education at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Based in Neath Port Talbot, Amie studied Music at Cardiff University, and is currently completing her Masters in Information and Library Studies at Aberystwyth University. With this background, she is passionate about the arts, education, representation, and the crucial relationships that each of these have with libraries.

John Vincent has worked in the public sector since the 1960s, primarily for Hertfordshire, Lambeth and Enfield public library services. In 1997, he was invited to become part of the team that produced the UK’s first review of public libraries and social exclusion (from which The Network, which he now coordinates, originated). John is particularly keen on supporting the work that libraries do with LGBTQ+ people, with young people in care, and with people seeking sanctuary and other ‘new arrivals’ to the UK. He was co-Chair of the CILIP LGBTQ+ Network Steering Group (which led to the setting up of the current LGBTQ+ Network). In Oct 2021, City of Sanctuary published a revised version of his guide, Libraries of Sanctuary resource pack; and he is currently writing a new book for Facet Publishing, Libraries and sanctuary: supporting refugees and other new arrivals.

How to register

Registration for this webinar will be open until 27th June 2021.

This event is free to CILIP members.

The registration fee for non-CILIP members is £25 + VAT.

The webinar will take place online via Teams.