House of Commons Library: Open Day

Open Day 2025

On Wednesday 19th February, at Portcullis House in Westminster.


In the Attlee Suite, from 9.45am to 11.00am:

Welcome and overview of the day

Claire Sewell Head of Research Information Service
Linda Coombs Head of Members’ Library Services

Opening remarks

Grant Hill-Cawthorne Managing Director of Research & Information

An introduction to the House of Commons Library

Martin Reid Director of Library Services

The work of Research

Anna Dickson Director of Research

Information literacy and democracy

Anne-Lise Harding Strategic Training Lead


In the Attlee Suite, from 11.20am to 12.30pm:

Engaging with new MPs and their staff

Hannah Roberts Head of Customer Service and Engagement

Developing a single subject view for the House of Commons Library: the Subject Specialist Finder

Susannah Foulis Taxonomy Services Lead

From parchment to podcasts: telling the story of Parliament through its records

Adrian Brown Director of Knowledge and Information, House of Lords


In the MacMillan Room, exhibition and stands:

House of Lords Library

Indexing and Data Management Section

Library Resources Section

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Select committees