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CILIP New Professionals Conference: Part Three
The final session of the day was around the theme of “Career Profiles”. The first speaker was Hazel James, with “From Old School to New Profession”. Hazel gave an interesting overview of working life in a school library. She discussed the varying roles of a school librarian, which can involve advising on policy, teaching information [...]
CILIP New Professionals Conference: Part Two
After lunch were three presentations on the theme of “marketing ourselves”, starting with Emma Illingworth and Sarah Ison on “Unleashing the Potential: New Professionals in the Workplace”. Sarah appeared virtually, in a series of increasingly exotic locations: nice use of technology! The presentation began with an outline of the characteristics of 21st century library users, [...]
CILIP New Professionals Conference: Part One
I spent Monday at the New Professionals Conference, organised by the Career Development Group and Diversity Group of CILIP. It was a fantastic day – all the speakers had some really interesting things to say about the profession, and it was great to hear perspectives of others who are at the beginning of their careers. [...]
