Intorduction

 Libraries have always been an important place for me.  As a child, it was my go to place on Saturdays.  Alone, I would walk to the library and get a bag full of books, regretting getting so many as soon as I started the walk home up the hill.  Previous to this we lived in a more rural location, where we had a regular visit to the library bus that visited our village regularly.

Skipping forward a "few" years I decided on a career change in my late 30s and became a library assistant.  Not your usual member of staff, but a big girl with a "loud" voice and purple hair.  I was here, I was working with people and books and I loved it.

Skip forward again and I have applied for various positions within our library service, but without any success.  I survived several reorganizations, and saw friends and colleagues come and go.  With the help and advice of a new and younger manager, I succeeded in getting my CILIP certification.  I applied for a higher position and got the job.  I was officially a librarian.  But although I have a degree, I do not have appropriate library qualifications.  So as a "mature" distance learning student I have take the plunge.  I am studying a MSc in Information Science.  This is my story.....