Meeting of the CPD25 Career Development Task Group 1

Thursday, 12th November 2009, Room R13, LSE Library

In attendance: Coral Black, David Gee (Chair), Claire Hackshall (Administrator), Samantha Halford, Antony Loveland, Vivien Robertson, Helena Boreland Testa, Breege Whiten.

1. Welcome and any apologies

Apologies were received from Kelly Travers.

2. ‘Professional Qualifications Support Workshops’ programme

2.1 October 2009: Introduction to CILIP qualifications

AL reported that the first session of this programme went very well. 

2.2 November 2009: Introduction to marketing within academic libraries

CB reported that everything was ready for the November session which would be taking place the following week. 

2.3 December 2009: Introduction to Collection Development: e-resources

VR reported that the speaker for this session now works for RHUL. 

2.4 January 2010: Introduction to Developing a Service

AL reported that everything was ready for this session and SH said that she would attend this too as she missed this session last year. 

2.5 February 2010: Introduction to Supervisory Skills

DG reported that everything was ready for this session.

2.6 March 2010: ACLIP and Chartership Portfolio Forum.

KT had sent her apologies and so was unable to give a report of this session. 

2.7 April 2010: Introduction to Financial Planning

VR reported that this would be a ‘hands-on’ session with Excel exercises.

2.8 May 2010: Customer Care

BW reported that she is currently organizing this session based on last year’s format and CH was asked to send BW the feedback summary of last year’s session for her information.

2.9 June 2010: Copyright for Higher Education Professionals

HBT and SH reported that they are currently organizing this session. The speaker is all set and is the same person as last year.

2.10 July 2010: Supporting our Users: Current Trends in Academic Liaison and Outreach

DG reported that he is currently organizing this session which will finish with the usual end of programme drinks for delegates. 

3. Seminar Programme

3.1 October 2009 Applying to Study Library and Information Science…and beyond

AL and BW reported to the group that this conference had taken place in October, that 33 delegates had attended and that it went very smoothly. The speakers were very good and it was noted that the delegates interacted with each other much more this year. The organisers thought that next time the Questions and Answer session could be a bit longer and that the student speakers should include a part-time learner and a distance learner. The group discussed running a networking session next time during the morning. It was agreed that SH would help with the organising of this event next year.

3.2 May 2010 Career Progression Day for Library Assistants

CB and DG reported that they were currently organising this event which would take place next May and run as a whole day event. It was felt that last year’s venue was too small for this particular event and also that there wasn’t enough lunch for everyone. It was agreed that the maximum number of attendees should be 25 and some discussion took place regarding a possible venue.

3.3 Spring and Summer 2010 – two discussion forums for SDO’s

The group discussed suitable topics for the two discussions forums to be run in March and June next year and the following titles along with some possible speaker names were suggested: ‘the role of SDO’s in dealing with change’ and ‘how to encourage non-learners’. Lunch would be held prior to these best practice discussion sessions taking place.

4. Visits Programme

4.1 May 2010 National Art Library

SH reported that she is currently investigating this visit.

4.2 Senate House Library

It was reported that the above visit won’t be able to take place before January 2011 at the earliest due to building work, and so HBT will investigate a visit to either the London Library or Lambeth Palace Library instead for July 2010. 

5. Any other business

N/A.