BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:879@m25lib.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220111T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220111T160000 DTSTAMP:20220111T134043Z URL:https://www.m25lib.org.uk/events/applying-to-study-library-and-informa tion-science-tg1-2/ SUMMARY:So you want to be a librarian? [TG1/LIS] DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in becoming an information professional or l ibrarian? We will look at the advantage of getting qualified but also expl ore whether it’s “worth it”. During this two hour online workshop\, you will get a chance to ask questions of recently qualified professionals and current LIS students. This event is aimed predominantly at those work ing in libraries who are interested in gaining formal qualifications.\n\nP rogramme  - Tuesday 11 January\, 2-4pm:\n\nWelcome from the Chair\, Ros F rancis\, Anglia Ruskin\n\nPresentations:\n\nSue David\, Associate Director \, Information Services (Library)\, St George's University London.\n\nClar e Williams\, Information Assistant\, University of Wolverhampton\n\nRachel Brett\, Science Reference Team Leader\, British Library\n\nPanel and pres enter Q&\;A\n\n \;\n\nSpeaker biographies:\n\nSue David: Having com pleted my Masters in Librarianship at Sheffield University in 1992 I had m y first professional role at King’s College London before moving on to a subject librarian role at St George’s University of London in 1996 and I am still there!  St George’s has been a fantastically flexible employ er and after some great development opportunities I am now the Associate D irector of Information Services (Library) and have a team of 20 FTE in our highly specialised library.  Over the years I have taken on a variety of roles in our sector – member of chartership board\, chair of the Health &\; Social Care Strategy Group\, member of M25 steering group\, member and chair of University of London Federal Libraries group – to name a f ew.  Within my institution my role has taken me outside the library and I have had the opportunity to work with colleagues on our Athena Swan steer ing group and heading up the professional services stream\, managing our A symptomatic Test Centre during Covid\, training as a mentor and coach to s upport colleagues involved in the Aurora leadership programme and more wid ely across the institution.\n\nClare Williams is an Information Assistant at the University of Wolverhampton. She holds a BA (Hons) in English and s tarted working in Derby’s public library service as a student\, before m oving in to academic libraries where she has worked since 2016. She has re cently started the MA Library and Information Services Management at the U niversity of Sheffield\, with the aim of career progression.\n\nRachel Bre tt is Science Reference Team Leader at the British Library. She holds a BA (Hons) in Art History and started working as a Library Assistant at the B ritish Library when she was studying for her MA in Philosophy. Rachel has worked with the Manuscripts and Archives and the Humanities Collections. I n 2018 she completed Chartership and took a temporary role in a Public Lib rary to expand her knowledge of the library sector.\n\nPanel\n\nAlice Sieg wart is a Library Support Adviser at Anglia Ruskin University. She holds a BA (Hons) in Educations Studies and started a career in libraries in 2018 . Alice had previously applied to a Library and Information Services Postg raduate course but decided not to pursue it. Instead\, she has done severa l online courses\, such as Introductions to Metadata and Digital Preservat ion and Copyright for Librarians\, to increase her knowledge and skills.\n \nMadeleine Ahern:  I completed my MLIS degree at UCL this past summer an d am now a postgrad at the University of Toronto studying Medieval Art and manuscripts as well as the History of the Book. I hope to pursue a career in special collections and/or art librarianship.\n\nTom Mason is currentl y completing his MSc in Information Science at City University and is due to submit his dissertation on the 7 January.\n\n \;\n\nList of LIS pro grammes\n\nCost\n£10.00 members\n£20.00 for other institutions.\n\nInfor mation for joining:\n\n This session is virtual and will run via Zoom. On ce your booking has been confirmed\, joining instructions will be emailed the day before the event.\n Electronic CPD attendance certificates can be provided on request. Please request via cpd25@london.ac.uk\n\nCancellatio ns less than one week before the event will be charged a 50% cancellation fee. In the event of a ‘no-show’ on the day\, the full fee will be cha rged.\n\nTo book a place please use our online booking form. Please rememb er to include your PO number as bookings cannot be confirmed without this. CATEGORIES:cpd25 Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211031T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR