npc2010: taking charge of your continuing professional development
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Presentation for the CILIP Career Development Group's New Professionals Conference 2010 at the University of Sheffield, 5 July 2010. Full paper can be seen on my blog: http://wp.me/pwArg-9VTRANSCRIPT
Taking Charge of your Continuing Professional
Development
Laura WoodsInformation AssistantDavies Arnold Cooper
What is CPD?
“...the conscious updating of professional knowledge and the improvement of professional competence...a commitment to being professional, keeping up-to-date and constantly seeking to improve” (Wikipedia, May 2010)
Why is CPD important?
It’s not your grandmother’s library
The nature of information is changing
CPD is vital for new professionals
Moving from academia to the “real world”
Finding your first professional level post
Barriers to keeping up with CPD
Tips for negotiating funding
What’s in it for them?
Share and share alike
CPD on a budget
Professional literature
Professional journalshttp://www.cilip.org.uk/membership/benefits/informed/online-databases/Pages/default.aspx
Library and librarian blogshttp://uklibraryblogs.pbworks.com/
Professional Bodies
“If you put five librarians in a room, within three hours you'll get at least three associations, five committees, six meetings, and one manifesto” – Stephen Abram
Job shadowing and visits to other libraries
Build links within your department
Learn how other libraries in your sector deal with the same issues
Learn what issues affect libraries in other sectors
Attending events virtually
But all the good events are in...• London• America• any place I don’t live!
Awards and bursaries
Apply for everything!https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=LIS-AWARDS
Seize the initiative!
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