ALSF 2026

The Assistant Library Staff* Forum is back for 2026. This year’s loose theme is “Celebrating Successes; Navigating New Challenges”.
Agenda

🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:20 AM
Introductions
🕑: 09:20 AM - 09:35 AM
Ice Breaker
🕑: 09:35 AM - 09:50 AM
Learning Classification and Multiple Schemes From Scratch
Host: Tom MacAulay
🕑: 09:50 AM - 10:20 AM
I'm not actually a scientist: how to be an expert, when you're not an expert.
Host: Meidhbhin Browne
🕑: 10:20 AM - 10:35 AM
Carry On Whipple
Host: Elizabeth Demong
🕑: 10:35 AM - 11:05 AM
Break
🕑: 11:05 AM - 11:50 AM
Panel (Routes into Librarianship)
Host: Sophy Arulanantham
🕑: 11:50 AM - 12:20 PM
Reading For Pleasure and My Apprenticeship
Host: Rebecca Morris
🕑: 12:20 PM - 01:20 PM
Lunch
🕑: 01:20 PM - 01:45 PM
The Endometriosis Friendly Employer Scheme : What it is and what's ahead
Host: CULA Endometriosis Workplace Champions
🕑: 01:45 PM - 02:15 PM
Providing alternate formats of library resources to disabled students
Host: Lindsay Jones
🕑: 02:15 PM - 02:40 PM
Decolonising through Critical Librarianship Back for More
Host: Melendra Sanders
🕑: 02:40 PM - 03:10 PM
Break
🕑: 03:10 PM - 03:40 PM
The CCCC: 30 years of Caring for the Cambridge Colleges' Collections
Host: Flavio Marzo
🕑: 03:40 AM - 04:00 PM
Conclusions