So you want to be a subject librarian: Eva's presentation

My experience as a subject librarian

1. Beyond Babel: A Translator’s Journey to Academic Librarianship Eva Garcia Grau, Information Consultant [email protected] Logo of Royal Holloway, University of London. It consists of a white crest on an orange square, with the name of the University in white and orange on a black square. This logo appears at the top of each subsequent slide.

2. What is a subject librarian?

3. My story starts here…

4. …moves here…

5. …continues here…

6. …detours here…

7. …and is currently here!

8. Challenges Juggling work, family and studying Imposter syndrome Lack of knowledge of my disciplines Lack of engagement of the Sciences Non-relevant resources Lack of institutional support Understaffing

9. Successes External perspective Supportive team AFHEA Dissertation CPD opportunities Special interests

10. Thank you! Eva Garcia Grau Information Consultant Royal Holloway, University of London [email protected] X: @EvetaGG BlueSky: @evetagg.bsky.social

11. Images Tower of Babel: Image by  Gordon Johnson from Pixabay Word cloud: Image by ChatGPT Barcelona: Image by LRHammer from Medium Dublin: Image by Marathon for Geograph Sandford House: Image by Stephen Richards for Geograph Maidenhead: Image by Colin Smith for Geograph Sisyphus: Image by ClipArtMax Superhero: Image by  Clker -Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay