About

About Me

Kirsty Morgan Music in sunny Manchester, outside Chetham's School of Music

My name is Kirsty Morgan and I’m a Glaswegian pianist, flautist, singer and music librarian. In 2017, I graduated from the University of Aberdeen with a Bachelor of Music, and I have a Masters from the University of Strathclyde in Information and Library Studies. I have worked in local public libraries and for the National Library of Scotland, and I’ve volunteered with the Music Libraries Trust and the International Association of Music Libraries (UK & Irl).

My current role is the head school librarian and music librarian (Head of Learning Resources) at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester. And I love it!

I started at the school in November of 2020, and it’s a fantastic role that requires a few different genres of librarianship. As a school librarian I work to boost the school’s reading culture; run literacy classes and events; oversee student volunteers, prefects and evening library staff; pastorally support a tutor group; help staff and students with computers and prep and manage the regular main school library of fiction and non-fiction books. But also, as the music librarian, I combine all of this with running the solo and chamber music libraries; ensuring children have and return parts from music sets; ordering copious amounts of music on behalf of teachers and students and ensuring the school library catalogue and shelves are as navigable as possible for the school’s needs.

Suffice to say, it’s a wonderfully varied and exciting place to work, and there’s a lot of things to write about it.

About this Blog

I came up with the name “Kirsty’s Keyboard” as a pun on the instrument I play and the device upon which I am writing to you now.

Kirsty’s Keyboard is a personal blog, partly documenting fun things I do, read and make; partly a home base for things I am doing (or have done) on other parts of the internet (and offline); and partly a record of projects and other fun things from the libraries where I work (and have worked). It allows me to discuss and remember ideas, experiences and the work I’m doing – and I hope there are people out there who might find it an interesting read too!