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Navigating Opportunities: Mary Heaney's Journey in Library and Information Services

Mary Heaney's presentation at the CURL conference on June 25, 2001, explores her career in library services, emphasizing the balance between opportunism and planning. Heaney shares her experiences from her early career at Trinity College Dublin to her role as Director of Learning Centres at the University of Wolverhampton. She discusses risk-taking, strategic decision-making, and the importance of curiosity in career advancement within the library profession. Her insights reflect a unique perspective on navigating the complexities of professional growth in the information sector.

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Navigating Opportunities: Mary Heaney's Journey in Library and Information Services

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  1. Spheres of influence & interest Mary Heaney University of Wolverhampton CURL Doing it my way 25 June 2001

  2. Overview Opportunism & planning… Taking risks Taking opportunities Curiosity or poking your nose in Happenstance 1 CURL Doing it my way 25 June 2001

  3. Opportunism & planning… • Starting out • University of Dublin, Trinity College: Modern Languages Librarian: • Knowing the man who dropped the Book of Kells • Failing to get a job swap in the Cataloguing Dept • First experience of a library merger 2 CURL Doing it my way 25 June 2001

  4. Opportunism & planning… • Immigration & sectoral migration • BBC Scotland, Film Librarian, Glasgow • BBC Scotland, Manager Library Services, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness plus Orkney, Shetland, Skye, Lewis and local radio stations: recorded and printed materials archivist, records manager & librarian • Women in Management & Women in Leadership 3 CURL Doing it my way 25 June 2001

  5. Taking risks • BBC London Policy Unit attachment:the John Birt near-experience • BBC Scotland Resources, Deputy Post Production Manager:deciding not to decide to go digital for the Winter Olympics 4 CURL Doing it my way 25 June 2001

  6. Taking risks • St Andrew’s College of Education, Glasgow: Director of Administration & Secretary to the Board of Governors • Corporate role • All support services • Scottish Colleges of Education under special scrutiny of SHEFC • Now part of Glasgow University 5 CURL Doing it my way 25 June 2001

  7. Taking opportunities • University of Wolverhampton, Director of Learning Centres • University looking for experience in: • education and/or • university and/or • library • Personal goal: return to: • professional origins with strategic responsibility 6 CURL Doing it my way 25 June 2001

  8. Curiosity or poking your nose in • Strategies for raising your profile • Reach out beyond boundaries of your role: from influence to interest • Find out about the career map of your organisation: lateral & upwards: readiness to act up and across, within and outside expertise • Volunteer for projects & corporate roles • Offer to represent your service externally • Write up your experiences 7 CURL Doing it my way 25 June 2001

  9. Happenstance • From West Midlands Regional Library Systemto The Libraries Partnership-West Midlands • Gap in UW: Director of IT Services • Devolution & Regionalism: diversity in the role of libraries & information services • Personal mobility: one route • More important: personal readiness for opportunity 8 CURL Doing it my way 25 June 2001

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