University libraries experience heavy demands for books around deadlines and exam times, and so employ shelvers. Carla Moore works at Lincoln University Library as she studies for a Masters.
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Mark Peasley is an area manager with Devon Libraries. There are 50 libraries in the county. Mark manages ten of them spread across south Devon.
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Tracey Baldock-Yaxley works in a public library serving the market town of North Walsham, Norfolk. She spends part of her time on a mobile library, visiting small villages and remote areas.
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Helen Marshall works in the knowledge and information team at the law firm Harvey Ingram LLP. 400 staff are spread across the head office in Leicester and the four other offices in the Midlands.
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Laura Sims works in the Education Centre at Victoria Hospital in Blackpool. She describes how her job involves keeping staff updated on the latest research by daily emailings and running a blog.
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Darren Flynn is a graduate trainee at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). He is based in the Business Library at the university’s Aytoun Campus.
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People all over country volunteer in public libraries. They support the work of library staff, helping to extend the range of services available in libraries within their local community.
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Libraries have to provide activities and services to encourage people to use libraries in different ways. Outreach activities go out into the community, encouraging people to become library users.
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"Libraries have always been places where people come to find information. We see ourselves as being at the heart of local communities." Mark Peasley, Area Manager with Devon Libraries.
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Not everyone enters libraries, archives, information and records with a degree. Some take their qualifications once they’re in the profession.
Supporting the the work of librarians and staff
Helping in libraries.
Libraries and archives rely on volunteers
Collecting and organising information in libraries
