Summer Musings

Summer Musings

Interlend 2015 came around so fast this year, I can hardly believe that it now all over and our efforts, after a short break to get our communal executive committee breaths back,  will be focused on Interlend 2016 in Portsmouth.

We were so fortunate with the weather in Manchester, glorious sunshine both days. It was lovely meeting up with old friends and acquaintances and equally lovely to start making new ones. The two days seemed to just fly by and before we knew it we were all back on our way home with ideas buzzing about ‘Lean’ing out the ILL office, using social media more, watching for those non-verbal communication signs….

I could go on but you will be able to check out all the presentations when they are put on the web site. I came back feeling energised and motivated and ready to tackle the million emails that were in my inbox (okay that was a slight exaggeration – but it did take me the entire morning to trawl through them all!)

I am now back in sunny Essex looking forward to the summer. Let’s hope the good weather continues, because we are ready for a belated spring clean. We will be migrating our LMS next week so that should keep us all on our toes for a few weeks as we all get to grips with the new interface and slightly different workflows. Tackling anything new always seems easier when everything is sunnier – not just the weather but the people too, and let’s face it – people do smile more when it’s nice outside rather than when it’s raining!

Wishing you all a happy and sunny summer  - now, where did I put the sun screen?

Sandra DeRoy

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