Minutes of the first meeting of CPD25 Career Development Task Group held on Tuesday 17th June 2002 at 2.00p.m. in Room L104, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.

David Gee (Chair), Diana Herman, Angela Jefkins, Elspeth Keith, Janet Westcott, Tim Hoof (Administrator)

1. Apologies

Apologies had been received from Sarah Elsegood, Cathy Parr & Vivien Robertson

2. Distribution of email send to all HE libraries containing our draft Chartership Programme

Members noted that this email had been issued.

3. Chartership Events

It was agreed that an unofficial limit of 25 delegates would be set for these events.

a) October 2002: Chartership: What's it all about? (Co-ordinator: Sarah Elsegood)
Sarah had sent an email saying that Marion Huckle or one of her colleagues at CILIP would be the speaker at this workshop which would be held in Senate House

b) November 2002: Collection Development (including electronic materials) (Co-ordinator: Vivien Robertson)
Vivien had sent an email saying that Astrid Wissenburg (King's College) had agreed to give this course again. It would be held at King's College.

c) December 2002: Project skills (Co-ordinator: Diana Herman)
Diana explained that she would speak at this event which would be held at University College London on Wednesday 4th December. The title of this event would be altered to Project Management.

d) January 2003: Selling yourself (Co-ordinator: Janet Westcott)
Janet proposed to contact Keith Webster to run this course again. It was suggested that it might then be held in the same venue as this year.

e) February 2003: Financial Planning and budgets (Co-ordinator: David Gee)
David reported that Jules Winterton had agreed to run this course again at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.

f) March 2003: Presentation skills (Co-ordinator: Angela Jefkins)
Janet Westcott agreed to speak at this event. Angela would investigate potential rooms at St Bartholomew's Hospital once she had changed job towards the end of July.

g) April 2003: Supervisory skills (Co-ordinator: Cathy Parr)
Judith Cattermole (Middlesex University) and Sheron Burton (Royal Society of Medicine) had agreed to run this course again. The venue was yet to be confirmed.

h) May 2003: Customer care (Co-ordinator: Sarah Elsegood)
Progress on this event would be clarified at the next event.

i) June 2003: Current issue (Co-ordinator: Elspeth Keith)
Elspeth would approach Liz Davies (Imperial College) who ran the current issues event this year with a view to holding this event at Imperial which Liz Davies as the speaker.

4. Events Programme 2002/3

a) October 2002: Applying to library schools (Co-ordinator: Angela Jefkins).
This afternoon event would be targeted at Graduate Trainees and Library Assistants. Angela explained that she was planning to contact those who had spoken at this event in 2001. In addition Michael Martin from CILIP had agreed to speak. She planned to speak to Antony Daws (Institute of Education), who had organised the 2001 event, with a view to holding it at the same venue. Angela would liaise with Diana Herman to ensure that there was not any duplication between this and the following event. It was agreed that Tim Hoof should contact the HE colleges to find out Graduate Trainee numbers for the first 2 events of the year.

b) November 2002: Enriching your graduate trainee year (Co-ordinator: Diana Herman)
This whole day event would be targeted at Graduate Trainees and Library Assistants. Diana reported that this would run along the same lines as the event she ran in November 2001. It would take place between 10.30 am and 4.15 pm on Thursday 14th November at the white Hart Lane Campus of Middlesex University. It was hoped to get 2 speakers from CILIP on "Enriching your year", Jane Gardner (TFPL) on "Preparing for the Job Market" and a short talk by William Masterston (Director of Information & Learning Resource Services, Middlesex University).

c) February 2003: Career pathways (Co-ordinators: Janet Westcott and Elspeth Keith)
Janet and Elspeth were planning to discuss this event after the task group meeting and would report back at the next group meeting.

d) April 2003: Review of CPD25 programme (Co-ordinator: Cathy Parr)
This event would be targeted at Staff Development Officers across the M25. It was agreed that Cathy and David Gee would liaise with Jean Yeoh to ensure that the Staff Development Officers' meeting did not duplicate the work of the CPD25 Forum.

e) June 2003: Team Skills for Library Assistants (Co-ordinator: Diana Herman)
Diana said that she would be interested in running the above course.

f) Summer 2003: Job Shadowing Programme.
Elspeth Keith had been asked to raise the possibility of a job-shadowing programme. It was noted that the School of Advanced Studies already operates such a system within the School and that the Open University had co-ordinated a cross-sectoral one in the Milton Keynes area during Adult Learners Week this year. There was concern that it might take a large amount of co-ordination. It was agreed to investigate this matter further with a view to making a final decision during the Autumn 2002 term. If the scheme were to proceed it would need to be advertised around Christmas for a July/August scheme to give sufficient planning time.

5. Visits 2002/3

Members agreed there was a need for the Steering group to clarify whether visits would be free since they rarely attracted any costs.

a) Imperial College
It was agreed to investigate visiting the re-organised Imperial College Central Library in February 2003. Angela Jefkins would organise the visits.

b) Kew Gardens Archive
Janet Westcott agreed to organise this event for July.

6. Any Other Business

There was no other business.

7. Dates of Future Meetings

The next meeting would be held at 3.00 pm on Tuesday 16th July 2002 in Room L105, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. Members should note that this is one hour later than original suggested.