Tag Archive | CPD
CPD23 Thing 10: Routes into librarianship
This post is part of 23 Things for Professional Development. For Thing 10, many people have been detailing how/why they went into librarianship. I’m not going to do that now, partly because I’ve written about it before, and partly because one of the Things coming up in future weeks is the Library Routes Project, so […]
One day at Umbrella
Last week, I was delighted to be able to spend a day at Umbrella. I was speaking in a session in the afternoon, alongside Ned Potter, on the echo chamber. That’s something I’ve talked about plenty on this blog before, so I’m not going to go over it again here (although please do go and […]
CLIG Seminar: Hints and tips for trainers
I went to a seminar way back in June, organised by CLIG, on planning and delivering training sessions. I’ve been meaning to write it up for a while – I’ve had so much on over the past month and a bit! Stay tuned for a flurry of blog posts as I catch up with everything […]
Taking charge of your Continuing Professional Development
Below is the paper I wrote for the New Professionals Conference in July. You can also download it as a PDF from my Slideshare page, where you can also see the slides I used. Taking Charge of your CPD What is CPD? Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is the “conscious updating of professional knowledge and the […]
NPC 2010: my impressions
My fellow presenters and delegates from Monday’s New Professionals Conference have already been blogging up a storm, so I’ve decided not to do a full write-up of everyone else’s talks. Instead, I’m just going to jot down a few impressions and ideas inspired by the talks I saw. If you want to see some good […]
BIALL 2010: Keri Gray – “You’re Hired! Practical tips and techniques for the confident interview”
Keri Gray gave some good, practical tips on preparing for and performing well in interviews. Her slides are embedded below, or you can see them on Slideshare – worth having a proper look through, there’s some really good tips in there about interview questions. A couple of points that stood out for me: Preparation: Research […]
Various announcements
There’s been a couple of exciting developments in WoodsieWorld since I last blogged! First, the talk I’m doing with @thewikiman at the CILIP Career Development Group / Yorkshire and Humberside branch member’s day has been officially announced. There are details on the CILIP website, and on thewikiman’s own site. Sadly, the event is only open to […]
Still time to apply for the SLA Europe Early Career Conference Award
Just a quick note to say that the deadline is approaching for applications for the SLA Europe Early Career Conference Award. Apply by the 31st January if you fancy it! Bethan Ruddock has written an excellent post about the benefits of the award over on the SLA Europe blog - I could not agree more. Applying for […]
