Irony is a tricky topic as Alanis Morriset discovered a few years ago.
And perhaps ‘tragic’ is a more appropriate term for hearing the news halfway through Wednesday night’s SLA Europe Summer Soiree to celebrate 100 years of the Association, that the City Information Group was no more.
As a member of the group for nearly 20 years, I was saddened to hear of its demise. As Tim Buckley Owen points out in detail, they had a distinguished past. I certainly found their educational sessions to be of great interest and relevance to my career development. And of course their summer and winter parties were legendary.
Melanie Goody (one of the founding committee members) also recalls its glory days when it boasted over 1,000 members, on the TFPL blog.
On her View from the Hill blog Sue Hill says it is ‘A time to weep for the departed and to celebrate the survivors.’
It will be interesting to see if the existing GiG membership decide to join one of the remaining information bodies and associations.
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