Staff > Rhona Arthur

Role

Assistant Director, Scottish Library Information Council/CILIPS

Career outline

Rhona Arthur, BA FCLIP, Assistant Director CILIPS/SLIC since 1997 and was previously professional officer at the Scottish Library Association. Her work focuses on the development of school library services, readership development and training. She is currently involved in the development of e-content for use in the public library sector, the New Opportunities Fund ICT training programmes for Public Library Staff and for Teachers and School Librarians.

Previous positions

• School Librarian, Blantyre High School 1980-1987
• Resource Centre Manager, Glasgow Education Resource Service 1987-1992
• Professional Officer, Scottish Library Association 1992-1997
• Assistant Director, Scottish Library Association/Scottish Library & Information Council 1998-
• Acting Director, Scottish Library Association 2001
• Assistant Director, SLIC/ CILIPS 2002 -

Representation on outside bodies and working groups

• Associate Assessor HMIE NOF ICT Training for Teachers and School Librarians Quality Assurance Team
• New Opportunities Fund ICT Training for Teachers and School Librarians
• Scottish Government's New Educational Development Department's Innovative Practice Group
• Scottish Government's New Educational Development Department's Masterclass ICT Training Group
• SLIC Working Party on Performance Indicators for School Libraries
• Information Services National Training Organisation Scottish Panel
• Scottish Expert Panel for the assessment of New Opportunities Fund ICT Training for Public Library Staff
• COSLA 21st Century Government Community Support and Training Group
• Scottish Arts Council Literature Forum
• SLIC e-Content Working Group
• COSLA Cultural Statistics Working Group
• National Readership Development Officer and Readership Development Network projects
• Scottish Cultural Forum
• Bookstart UK Steering Committee

Previous professional experience

• IFLA 2002 National Organising Committee and Executive Committee
• COSLA School Library Standards Working Party
• SLIC Working Party on Performance Indicators for School Libraries
• SLIC Working Party on Performance Indicators for Central School Library Services
• Scottish Virtual Teachers' Centre
• Director, Scottish Writers Award
• Readiscovery: Scotland's National Book Campaign
• Now Read On
• National Cultural Agencies Forum
• Information for Scotland and Celtic Conference Planning Committees
• SLIC Network Forum

Educational qualifications

• BA Librarianship 1980
• ALA Chartered Member of the Library Association 1982
• FCLIP Fellow of Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals 2001

Publications

• Advocating Libraries: Essays presented to Robert Craig (contributor)
• Building Bridges: Linking Cultures: Proceedings of the 86th Annual Conference of the Scottish Library Association (Editor)
• Developing A Learning Culture: Scotland's Opportunity: Proceedings of the 85th Annual
• Conference of the Scottish Library Association (Editor)
• The Inclusive Society: Proceedings of the 84th Annual Conference of the Scottish Library Association (Editor)
• Networking for the Future: Proceedings of the 83rd Annual Conference of the Scottish Library Association (Editor)