People
Lots of change going on in libraries currently with many long-standing members and colleagues of Time To Read taking retirement opportunities. From Liverpool we have lost Peter Wallace, Greg Neild & Andy Johnson and from Manchester we have lost Rose Ryan. We wish them long and happy retirements.
Stephen Lythgoe from Wigan has let me know he will be retiring in December.
2 people are moving on to new jobs:
Pamela Taylor- Bramwell (Rochdale) is having a complete change of lifestyle and is moving on to a community librarian role in the Outer Hebrides. We are all impressed by her courage at making such a dramatic move.
Zoe Clarke (Sefton) is moving into a Higher Education library role at Edge Hill College
We wish everyone lots of luck and you will all be missed.
Librarians in the North West have pioneered partnership working to encourage new readers into libraries. Time To Read is a partnership of librarians engaged in reader development activity in public library authorities in the North West Region. All 23 public library authorities in the region currently support Time To Read.