{"id":1547,"date":"2016-02-04T14:16:14","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T14:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2022-04-13T09:31:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T08:31:29","slug":"alice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/alice\/","title":{"rendered":"*National Libraries Day 2016*, Meet the Team &#8211; Alice"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1561 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/02\/AlicepicblogNLD.png\" alt=\"AlicepicblogNLD\" width=\"269\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/02\/AlicepicblogNLD.png 269w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/02\/AlicepicblogNLD-263x300.png 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Name &amp; job title<br \/>\n<\/strong>Alice Percival, Assistant Subject Librarian\/Cardiff University Press Executive Officer<\/p>\n<p><strong>Before I worked in the library I\u2026<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2026was Information Manager\/Senior Research Associate for BRASS, the Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability &amp; Society.\u00a0 This was one of Cardiff University\u2019s first interdisciplinary research centres.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I am currently reading\u2026<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2026knitting patterns!\u00a0 In my spare time I knit cuddly toys and other small items (often from my own designs) &#8211; the librarian who knits is a bit of a stereotype, I know, but you\u2019d be surprised how many film stars do it nowadays as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your favourite things about Cardiff? Any hidden gems?<br \/>\n<\/strong>My favourite things are the parks and\u00a0the\u00a0restaurants.\u00a0 One\u00a0hidden gem is Cefn Onn Park in Thornhill, especially in\u00a0the spring\u00a0when the rhododendrons and azaleas are flowering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your favourite place in the world (besides Cardiff!)?<\/strong><br \/>\nProbably Brixham in Devon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the best thing about working here in the library?<\/strong><br \/>\nBeing able to solve problems for people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you didn\u2019t work in a library, what would be your dream job?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Designing knitted\u00a0items (see above!).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your most unusual or surprising library query?<br \/>\n<\/strong>At a University Open Day\u00a0a prospective student once asked me:\u00a0&#8220;You don&#8217;t still have books\u00a0in the libraries, do you??&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Name &amp; job title Alice Percival, Assistant Subject Librarian\/Cardiff University Press Executive Officer Before I worked in the library I\u2026 \u2026was Information Manager\/Senior Research Associate for BRASS, the Centre for [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":1561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-libraries","category-national-libraries-day"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1547"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1562,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions\/1562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}