cpd25 are currently looking for new people to become members of their task groups. cpd25 is the Staff Development and Training programme of the M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries. This is an excellent development opportunity for anyone looking to increase their experience, build their skill set, and network with librarians from other institutions. Members of…Continue Reading An exciting development opportunity, CPD25 task groups.
The Road Less Travelled – Looking Beyond Traditional Library Qualification
Last month (December 12th) I attended an interesting afternoon of talks organised by cpd25 called The Road Less Travelled – Looking Beyond Traditional Library Qualification at which five speakers talked about different ways to gain further qualifications and experience following postgraduate study. Elizabeth Charles, Assistant Director of Library Service at Birkbeck, talked about becoming…Continue Reading The Road Less Travelled – Looking Beyond Traditional Library Qualification
Visit to the Wiener Library, 9th August
On Thursday 9th August, Jonathan, Claire and Catie visited the Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide in Russell Square. The library provides an incredibly important and invaluable source of primary historical documents as well as an actively functioning library for research. Catie Head of Collections, Greg Toth, estimated that the Wiener Library has: …Continue Reading Visit to the Wiener Library, 9th August
Visit to the Stuart Hall Library, 31st July 2018
A visit organised by Cpd25 gave me the opportunity to discover the Stuart Hall Library, currently located in the heart of the vibrant district of Shoreditch. This is a seemingly appropriate location for the Library of the institute of International Visual Arts (Iniva), Shoreditch being a hub for creative street art. But it is due…Continue Reading Visit to the Stuart Hall Library, 31st July 2018
Visit to the Garden Museum, 19th July 2018
Following on from the invitation circulated by ALISS, we joined a small group of fellow professionals in an area currently buzzing with projects in the Library and Archive world. The visit was to introduce us to the archive and exhibitions of the Garden Museum, recently renovated during an £8,000,000 development project (2015-2017), and holding a…Continue Reading Visit to the Garden Museum, 19th July 2018
cpd25: Digital Librarianship @ the British Library
On Friday, I attended an interesting talk about the digital side of librarianship. Part of the cpd25 Aspects training programme, it was situated in the British Library’s Knowledge Centre. From this session, I hoped to gain a little more insight into what digital librarianship involved as I felt this was something missing when undertaking my…Continue Reading cpd25: Digital Librarianship @ the British Library
Whose library is it anyway? Thoughts from the CPD25 conference: Managing the Learning Environment (25th November 2014)
In 2014 I attended two CPD25 events on managing student behaviour. The first, held in March, was called ‘Managing Student Behaviour’, and was split between Customer Service skills-building in the morning and talks from representatives from different academic libraries in the afternoon. Because such a large part of managing student behaviour involves managing the environment,…Continue Reading Whose library is it anyway? Thoughts from the CPD25 conference: Managing the Learning Environment (25th November 2014)
Space Planning with CPD25
As we grapple with the refurbishment plans for Level 6 and the decant from West Smithfield library in the coming weeks, this CPD 25 event at the London Mathematical Society in early May was a timely and interesting afternoon spend hearing from colleagues from Brunel, University of East London and the London School of Hygiene…Continue Reading Space Planning with CPD25
Career Development Day for Library & Information Assistants
In February, Amy, James, Sue and I attended this event run by CPD25, which was aimed specifically at Library & Information Assistants. The event was held in the Hardy Room of the London Mathematical Society on Russell Square. The day was divided into two: in the morning Jeremy Clark from Sue Hill Recruitment held a…Continue Reading Career Development Day for Library & Information Assistants