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: