This is one for acronym fans everywhere: CILIP's Branch and Mobile Libraries Group is joining forces with the Public Libraries Group for a weekend conference this year. It's a varied and genuinely interesting programme, with the overall theme of ''Learning our futures today.'' If you ask me, the panel session on the final day - Looking to the ...

You gotta love PLG. Not only did they send me to Umbrella, they also asked me to join their committee. Today, I went down to Fancy London and sat in on a couple of meetings to see if I like it. I do. I can't overstate the importance of professionals engaging with each other, driving policy forward and making a difference. We should all do ...