Minutes of the second meeting of CPD25 Career Development Task Group held on Tuesday 16th July 2002 at 3.00p.m. in Room L104, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.

Present:

David Gee (Chair), Sarah Elsegood, Diana Herman, Angela Jefkins, Elspeth Keith, Cathy Parr, Tim Hoof (Administrator)

Apologies had been received from Janet Westcott

2. Chartership Events

The Chair explained to members that the following information would be needed before an event could be advertised; date, time and timing of the event, full address (including website if possible) and cost for venue, speakers and any travel costs involved, charges for AV hire and refreshments. The organisers were encouraged to attend but it was not compulsory for them to do so.

a) October 2002: Chartership: What's it all about? (Co-ordinator: Sarah Elsegood)
It was confirmed that this event would take place on Friday 11th October in the new training room at the University of London Library. Susan Kay from CILIP would speak at this event. The room cost was £80 and tea and coffee would be supplied at a cost of 99p per person.

b) November 2002: Collection Development (including electronic materials) (Co-ordinator: Vivien Robertson)
Members were informed that this event would be held on either Wednesday 6th or Wednesday 20th November at the Maughan Library & Information Services Centre, King's College. Astrid Wissenberg would be presenting a slightly amended version of this year's event. There would be no room hire costs and tea and coffee would be provided for which there would be a charge.

c) December 2002: Project Management (Co-ordinator: Diana Herman)
Members noted that the arrangements for this event were as per those agreed at the June meeting.

d) January 2003: Selling yourself (Co-ordinator: Janet Westcott)
Members were informed via an email that Keith Webster (School of Oriental & African Studies) had agreed to speak at and host this event. A date was yet to be confirmed.

e) February 2003: Financial Planning and budgets (Co-ordinator: David Gee)
Members noted that a date had now been set for this event which would be held on Wednesday 26th February.

f) March 2003: Presentation skills (Co-ordinator: Angela Jefkins)
It was reported that this event would be given by Sue David and her colleagues at St George's Medical School Library. The event which would be held at Sat George's would include a tour before the workshop. There would be no room hire costs.

g) April 2003: Supervisory skills (Co-ordinator: Cathy Parr)
It was confirmed that this event would be held at University College London on Thursday 10th April using the same speakers as before. Room hire costs were £150 with tea and coffee at £1.15 per person.

h) May 2003: Customer care (Co-ordinator: Sarah Elsegood)
Suggestions for speakers at this event were sought by the co-ordinator.

i) June 2003: Current issue (Co-ordinator: Elspeth Keith)
Members were informed that Liz Davies (Imperial College) had agreed to speak at this event. The workshop would be held on Wednesday 18th June at the Camden campus of the Royal Veterinary College. There would be no room hire costs.

3. Events Programme 2002/3

a) October 2002: Applying to library schools (Co-ordinator: Angela Jefkins).
This event would be held from 2.30pm to 5.00pm on Thursday 10th October in the training room at University of London Library. Speakers were confirmed as Michael Martin (CILIP) to give an overview, David Nicholas (City University) on the training provider's view, Philippa Dolphin (Birkbeck College) on the employer's view and a recently qualified librarian. Room hire cost would be £120 and tea and coffee 99p per person. There would be a maximum audience of 40 for this event.

b) November 2002: Enriching your graduate trainee year (Co-ordinator: Diana Herman)
The Co-ordinator confirmed that this meeting was now fully organised, along the lines discussed at the June meeting.

c) February 2003: Career pathways (Co-ordinators: Janet Westcott and Elspeth Keith)
This event would be held from 2.00pm to 5.00pm on Thursday 20th February at the Camden Campus of the Royal Veterinary College. The event would be aimed at non-graduate library assistants. Angela Frampton (CILIP) would speak on NVQ's & progression, Charmaine Campbell (City & Guilds) would look at modern apprenticeships. A further 2 speakers were being organised. There would be no room hire costs and a maximum of 25-30 people for this event.

d) April 2003: Review of CPD25 programme (Co-ordinator: Cathy Parr)
It was noted that this event would be held during a morning of the week commencing 9th April in the Pearson Lecture Theatre at University College London. Discussion on topics was ongoing between the organiser and Jean Yeah (Chair CPD25). Room hire costs were yet to be confirmed.

e) June 2003: Team Skills for Library Assistants (Co-ordinator: Diana Herman)
An alternative co-ordinator was being sought for this event since Diana Herman thought she might need to be away in June.

4. Visits 2002/3

a) Imperial College It was reported that Imperial College had agreed to organise 2 visits each of which would comprise of a group talk on the refurbishment followed by smaller parties touring the library. It would not be possible to confirm dates until after the restructuring at Imperial College was completed later in Summer.

b) Kew Gardens Archive
A response was awaited from Kew Gardens.

5. Any Other Business

Members discussed availability and charges for room hire. It was agreed that the CPD25 JISCmail discussion group would be a good place to seek out venues and discuss charges. It was noted that more institutions had begun to charge for room hire and that the impact this would have on CPD25 was yet to become clear.

6. Dates of Future Meetings

The next meeting would be held on Tuesday 19th November at 3pm. Venue was to be confirmed closer to the date.