LIKE Events 2019/20
LIKE 86: London Walking Tour: London on Film.
Thursday 12th September 2019
An increasing number of films are using London and its historic sites as a backdrop. So please join our Blue Badge Guide and author, Rachel Kolsky, who will take us from Smithfield to Bankside highlighting famous films and their locations. They include Four Weddings and a Funeral, Closer, Shakespeare in Love, Mary Poppins and one of Rachel’s all time favourites, Hue and Cry. Inbetween, you will hear about filming in the capital …. should you be planning your own film!
The walk will last around two hours and will finish around Bankside. We will then mingle over drinks at a local pub. One drink is included in the ticket price. Please be prepared for no breaks, and potentially the British weather!
About our guide
Our guide for the walk will be LIKE favourite Rachel Kolsky. Rachel is a prize-winning Blue Badge Guide who also worked for over 25 years in the financial services industry as a professional researcher.
Booking: Eventbrite
Price: £14 which includes one free drink
Meeting place: Outside Barbican tube station. Our lovely guide Rachel will be there to meet us with a fluffy flower!
Start time: Arrive from 6pm ready for a prompt 6:15pm start.
Duration: The walk will last around two hours
LIKE 87: User experience - a new approach to structured searching
Wednesday 9th October
For our autum networking talk, we will be hearing Dr Tony Russell-Rose talk about a new approach to structured searching, in which concepts are expressed as objects rather than in the form of Boolean queries. His presentation will include interactive query suggestions via an NLP services API, which aim to make search queries more transparent and to provide an open-access platform for sharing best practices.
About our speaker
Dr Tony Russell-Rose is a specialist in user experience research and founder and director of 2dSearch and UXLabs. He was previously manager of user experience at software company Endeca and technical lead at Reuters, where he designed advanced user interfaces for information access and search.
Booking: TicketTailor
Schedule: Doors open at 6.00pm. The talk begins at 6:30pm.
Location: Cellar Bar, The Sir Christopher Hatton, 4 Leather Lane, EC1N 7RA
Nearest Tube Stations: Chancery Lane, Farringdon
Price: £16. This includes a hearty meal and room booking costs
LIKE 88: Autumn Quiz.
Thursday 7th November 2019
LIKE is pleased to be collaborating with CILIP London to bring you a great Autumn quiz this year.
Our quiz promises to be more than just your regular pub quiz, as we will feature audio and video rounds as well as some more traditional formats. We’ll take care of the marking for consistency and there will be prizes. Everyone in the winning team will win a £10 book token and there will be prizes for the runners-up too.
This year features a special individuals' round! Five lucky participants' names will be drawn from a hat for a chance to compete in a micro quiz to win a copy of the recent Facet title Practical Knowledge and Information Management (RRP £64.95) by Katharine Schopflin and Matt Walsh.
Please assemble your teams of up to five now. Team captains can sign up and pay for the whole team or your team members can sign up for themselves. They just need to state the team captain's name when signing-up. If you haven’t got a team, that’s not a problem. Please sign yourself up and we’ll match you to a team.
This will also be a great opportunity to meet fellow information and knowledge professionals as well as being a fun night out.
Booking: http://buytickets.at/like/285033
Schedule: Doors open at 6.00pm. The quiz begins at 6:30pm
Catering: A buffet will be served during the evening which is included in the ticket price. There will be a pay-bar in operation.
Location: Cellar Bar, The Sir Christopher Hatton, 4 Leather Lane, EC1N 7RA
Nearest Tube Stations: Chancery Lane, Farringdon
Price: £15 per person. Includes food and prizes
In the planning stages:
LIKE 89: Christmas Party.
Save the date: Wednesday 4th December 2019
We have the venue all lined up and booked - the popular Calthorpe Arms. The venue is currently finalising its menu and once it is announced, we'll be pleased to take your booking. So, please spread the word and save the date!
A LIKE diary favourite for many years. Expect an evening of merriment with a fun game, great food and secret Santa.
Venue: Upstairs at The Calthorpe Arms, Grays Inn Road
Time: Meet from 6pm with the fun starting from 6.30pm
LIKE 90: Careers advice evening.
From a glass house to a tree house: a journey of life fulfilment with Jo Whalley
Jo will shares her career journey with us. This includes both paid and voluntary roles in the library sector which led to her portfolio career as a coach, trainer, and blogger. During the talk, Jo will share tips and advice for understanding more about our passions and how we can integrate these into our lives.
CV, interview advice and the job market
Th talk will give you an overview of improving your CV; the pitfalls to avoid, some handy interview tips
LIKE 91: Focus on special libraries. February 2020.
Two speakers in unique institutions will take us behind the scenes of their workplaces and share the secrets of what it is really like to work there!
