Local Studies Group committee members meet together twice per year, usually in London, but are in constant contact with each other via email.  If you are a member of the Local Studies Group and would like to join the committee, or come along to a committee meeting as an observer, please contact the Secretary- we'd be delighted to hear from you.

 

I am Terry and it is my privilege to be the current Chair of the Local Studies Group. I have been a member of LSG since I joined CILIP more than 20 years ago. My day job is managing the Archives & Local Studies services, including Heritage Education, for the county of Wiltshire and the borough of Swindon, based at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in Chippenham. Previously I worked as Local Studies Librarian for Northamptonshire and also as a Librarian at the Shropshire Records & Research Centre (now Shropshire Archives). I also feel privileged to have a career that involves both libraries and the heritage sector. As a not overly bright teenager in an otherwise dull History lesson (and this is a strange, but true story), I was inspired by the visit of the education officer for Essex Records Office, who brought some original archives into school and from that moment on (though I had no idea at the time how exactly this would pan out) I wanted to be involved in History and subsequently took a degree in History and postgraduate research in Industrial Archaeology, including Heritage Management, before going on to undertake a postgraduate diploma in Librarianship. I guess this is why I am so passionate about our Heritage Education Service in Wiltshire and Swindon. Like many colleagues involved in Local Studies, my day job sometimes has a tendency to overlap with leisure interests and I have co-authored books on Shropshire in the Civil War, Images of Northampton and Northamptonshire Black History. It is the early Black presence in Britain that continues to be my main interest, that is of course when I am not in the armchair watching sport on the TV. 

 

Carol has recently taken on the position of Treasurer.   

I am the Digital Champion for the group, responsible for communications with members, our web pages and blog. If you have news or events to promote please get in touch. I work in the research services team at the University of Leicester Library. My role includes developing open publishing platforms and collections, such as Centre for English Local History Theses and Papers.

Tony is Librarian & Archivist at the Royal Aeronautical Society. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Local Studies Group Toolkit, a major project to update to the Local Studies Guidelines. 

Louise is Senior Librarian for Local Studies in a library service in the Midlands.  She has worked in local studies for over 20 years. 

This position on the LSG committee is currently open to interested candidates. Membership of BRICMICS is by invitation only and comprises representatives from libraries, archives and other institutions with map holdings. The group exists to exchange views and information, and to monitor developments affecting map libraries and archives.