cpd25 - 20th January 2009

20th January 2009

Minutes of the cpd25 Steering Group Meeting
Thursday 20th January 2009, 10am
LSE Library, RG13

In attendance: Helen Alper (arrived late), Judith Cattermole, Vicky Falconer (administrator), David Gee, Mary Nixon (chair), Catherine Phillpotts.

1.
Apologies
Robert Atkinson

2.
Minutes of the last meeting:
Accepted as an accurate record.

3.
Matters arising:

3.1
The Job Description for Task Group membership has been sent out; thus far we have gained one new member. The current membership list will be sent to all the Steering Group so as to avoid duplication; the group agreed that it is preferable to only have one representative from each institution.
VF to distribute list.

3.2
The travel prize will be advertised shortly. VF to check arrangements for last time.
JC suggested that the scope of the Travel Prize could be broader than the IFLA conference – the funds could be used to pay for a place on the SCONUL abroad visit, for instance. The group agreed that, despite the efforts of most prizewinners to keep costs down, a cap should nevertheless be put on the costs that M25 is willing to reimburse, perhaps £2000.

4.
Financial update:
A brief run-down was made of the various events and their relevant surpluses/deficits; overall, there is a projected surplus from the current programme.
The issue of generating more income from certain events was raised to the group. Smaller events with paid facilitators and a tight cap on numbers tend only to cover the costs; however, some larger lecture/seminar style events have little restriction on numbers and we should thereby be advertising them more widely – particularly to those outside of the consortium.

5.
Reports from Task Groups:

5.1
DG reported that Diana Herman has resigned from the group and that Breege Whiten has joined.
The programme for the year is all organised, and the events that have taken place so far have been successful. There has been a slight increase in the number of people booking up for individual workshops in the Professional Qualifications Series.
The library assistants’ Career Progression day is nearly ready to be advertised.
The SDO forums have been reduced from 3 events to 2. The planning for the forum on the 17th March is nearly complete; one more speaker is still to be arranged for the 1st June. JC and MN offered suggestions. DG to follow up.
The visits for TG1 are arranged; they will form part the afternoon part of the Career Progression Day.

5.2
MN gave an overview of the report that was sent from RA.
It was suggested that the forthcoming Disaster Management might suit being run as a day-long event, and perhaps on that basis attract delegates from outside of the area.
Final dates have not been set as yet for several events in the projected programme.

5.3
CP reported that the programme seemed to be in hand, and that events already past had been for the most part successful. CP did however identify a possible need for better advance planning by the group. Reflective Practice, for instance, could have benefited from being advertised earlier.
E-Learning is still going ahead, though progress has been delayed slightly.
Project Planning went very well.
The details of several of the events in planning will be clarified in the forthcoming TG3 meeting – e.g. Basic Inquiry Skills, Collection Development, Working Patterns. The visit to the Archive Centre in Swindon will also need to be discussed.

5.4
JC did not receive feedback from Coping at the Counter . VF to forward, and to ensure to pass on all future evaluation to TG chair as well as convenor.
The visit to Westminster went well. The visit to the Taylor Library was very interesting though not as well attended as hoped.
The New Managers Series is advertised with bookings underway.
The Exchange of Experience event needs to be discussed at the forthcoming TG4 meeting (5th Feb) – at the moment perhaps clarity is lacking about the staff group for whom it is aimed.
MN suggested an event for people who managed groups of subject librarians.
The date and venue are being finalised for the Senior Library Assistant’s day; we should expect a good turnout and choose venue accordingly.

5.5
HA reported that the Future of Librarians conference has been the major focus of the group’s efforts. A date is finalised and it is expected to be very popular. Final details to be confirmed at forthcoming planning meeting (17th Feb)
A speaker is yet to be arranged for the Collaborative Software event. It is envisaged that the event will take place towards the end of next term.

6.
Organisation of Events:
cpd25 will issue certificates for all events rather than just the Professional Qualifications Series.
cpd25 are considering altering the website so that events are colour-coded by the various task groups’ theme, and that a code is given to each event so that all TG and SG members are aware of who is organising each event.
It was reiterated that cpd25 administration should receive event information by six weeks in advance of an event.

7.
Change of name:
It was suggested that the cpd25 Steering Group could perhaps be re-named, so as to avoid confusion with the M25 Steering Group. The group offered suggestions of ‘cpd25 Management Group’ and ‘cpd25 Strategy Group’.

8.
AOB:
The group agreed that the schedule for the cpd25 planning day should comprise of TG members in the morning, with SG members in the afternoon; suggestions made for 2009-10 events would then be distributed to relevant Task Groups. The day will take place in late April/early May, after the M25 planning day. VF to email round for suitable dates.

9.
Date of next meeting:
The review day will be the next meeting. The meeting subsequent to that will be the 2nd week of July, date still to be set.

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