Notes from the meeting held at King's College, Maughan Library Present:

Jean Yeoh (Chair), Janet Smith, David Gee, Christine Muller, Maureen Wade, Judith Cattermole & Caroline Holebrook (Administrator)

There were no apologies

Welcome to the LMN Representative:

Jean welcomed Mahmood Javaid to the meeting

Minutes of the last meeting: 2nd December 2002

One correction - No one has been approached regarding disaster planning as yet

Matters Arising:

M25 & CPD25 Party Philippa Dolphin has been co-ordinating the guest list. Everyone on the CPD25 task groups should now have received their invitation. The event will be held in the Weston Room at King’s College, Maughan Library at Chancery Lane. Laurie Taylor will be the guest speaker. The event is due to begin at 5pm.

Task Group One's "Enriching your graduate trainee year"

David reported that unfortunately this event has had to be postponed. As a large proportion of this academic session has been completed it is no longer useful to hold it in the same format. It is hoped that the session can be run later this academic year in a slightly altered form. Perhaps discussing other forms of post-graduate study to include graduates who may not be planning to go to library school.

Reports from the Task Group Chairs:

Task Group 1 - David Gee

David was pleased to report all of task group one’s Chartership events, seminars and visits are organised. The afternoon of the Staff Development Officers event on the 8th April will be set aside for the CPD25 first year review.

Task Group 2 - Christine Muller

Christine reported that the events held so far were very successful with good take up rates. Employment Law had been particularly successful. The group felt that if this event were run again it would be important to select a different time of year, as December was a very busy month. The Disability Discrimination seminar was also very successful. The practical approach taken by the trainer, Wendy Le Messurier, was very helpful for the delegates.

Task Group 3 - Maureen Wade

Maureen was able to report that the Project Management seminar had been very successful. The Communications Management and Financial Management Seminars are well under way now that the group membership has been finalised and the events re-delegated among the members. Carol Pickaver’s “Overhauling Efficiency�? Seminar is almost finalised and will include topics such as Auditing Procedures. The group will need to organise an alternative visit, as Forest Gate Library will not be ready to receive visitors until later this year.

Task Group 4 - Judith Cattermole

Judith was pleased to report that the “Managing Skills�? 3-day workshop run by Hudson Rivers’ Beryl Morris was very successful. An event aimed at Senior Managers had been discussed in the Task Group meeting and a potential workshop programme had been received from Hudson Rivers and will be considered. The Guardian Archive visit had been very popular and it is hoped that we will be able to return next year to see what changes have taken place. Judith was also able to report the Training for Trainers event due to take place on the 26th February was fully subscribed. The Managing Attendance event will be held at the Slough campus of the Thames Valley University on 4th April.

Task Group 5 - Janet Smith

Janet was pleased to report that the London Business School visits had been very useful. The “Managing E-Resources�? Seminar had been so over subscribed that a larger venue was found. “Operating a 24/7 Service�? held at ULL had been very useful and many good ideas and discussion had come out of the speakers presentations. “Managing Enquiry Services�? will be held at the Royal Veterinary College in Camden on the 25th March.

London Metropolitan Network

Mahmood Javaid reported that the LMN would hold their first event “Mobile Computing�? on the 28th Feb at ULL. Sue Wing from London School of Economics is the LMN Staff Development Task Force Chair. The LMN aim to run 5 to 6 events per year, one of which, they hope will be a full day event. The CPD25 administrator will be dealing with the entire administrative and event organisation details for the LMN.

Administrators Report

Caroline was able to report that the CPD25 bank account was now operating.

8th April 2003 - CPD25 Review

The Programme for the review was agreed as follows:

CPD25 Task Group Review

King’s College London

8th April 2003

1pm to 4.45pm

Programme

13.00 – 14.00 Welcome Lunch

14.00 – 14.15 Welcome from Jean Yeoh, Chair CPD25

14.15 – 15.00 Interactive Group Discussion Session

15.00 – 15.25 Feedback

15.25 – 16.15 Tea & Voting

16.15 – 16.30 LMN

16.30 –16.45 Summary & Close

Any other business:

Jean was able to announce that the British Library was now a member of the M25.

Date of the next meeting:

2nd May 2003 at Kings College, Maughan Library LG39, 9.30am