BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:301@m25lib.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20090421T000001 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20090421T000001 DTSTAMP:20170315T113034Z URL:https://www.m25lib.org.uk/events/senior-library-assistant-information- services-supervisor-conference/ SUMMARY:Senior Library Assistant / Information Services Supervisor conferen ce DESCRIPTION:Senior Library Assistant / Information Services Supervisor conf erence: Betwixt and Between 2 - responding to new challenges \n\nDate: Tue sday 21 April 2009\nVenue: Birkbeck College\nAudience: Senior library assi stants (or their equivalent)\n\nThis conference is aimed at HE Library/Inf ormation Services Supervisors in all their guises - a group that often see ms to be excluded from mainstream staff development provision. It is desig ned for delegates who may supervise staff\, services or both. \n\nFollowin g on from the success of last year’s event\, the main objectives of the conference are as follows:\n• To provide a rare opportunity for networki ng \n• To advise directly of current and anticipated developments/challe nges in the academic library world\n• To provide a forum for debate and the sharing of good practice. \n\nDelegates will be able to select one vis it and two workshops with time for valuable feedback.\n\nOutline programme \n09.30 – 10.00 coffee / tea / Registration\n10.00 – 10.20 1st speak er – Mary Nixon – Librarian of Goldsmiths\n10.20 – 11.15 Breakout s essions (2 visits and 3 workshops)\n11.15 – 11.30 Refreshments\n11.30 – 12.25 Breakout sessions (2 visits and 3 workshops)\n12.25 – 1.00 P lenary : feedback from visits and workshops\n1.00 – 2.00 Lunch (a good time to network)\n2.00 – 2.20 2nd speaker – Sheila Ritchie – Traine r and Consultant\n2.20 – 3.15 Breakout sessions (6 workshops) \n3.15 – 3.30 Refreshments\n3.30 – 4.15 Plenary and close\n\nWhen completin g the booking form please remember that owing to restricted numbers you ma y visit one library and participate in two workshops. Please state your pr eference for the visit and workshops which we will try to cater for.\n\n \nVisits\n\nThe Library\, Institute of Education. The Institute is on e of the world’s leading centres for education studies and related socia l sciences\, and is a graduate college of the University of London. Its L ibrary forms part of Information Services\, which also include media\, com puting\, archives and telephone services. It has the largest collection in Europe of learned books and periodicals on educational studies. \n\nSSEE S Library\, UCL. This is the Library of the School of Slavonic and East E uropean Studies\, UCL. It supports research\, teaching and study of Centr al Europe\, Eastern Europe and Russia. It has important collections of bo oks and audiovisual material\, housed in a new award-winning building in T aviton Street.\n\nBirkbeck Library\, University of London. This is the Li brary of Birkbeck College\, University of London. In recent years it has been extended and modernised. It provides library and information service s to the staff and students of the College. Users include many undergradu ates\, postgraduates\, researchers\, certificate students\, and distance l earners. The diversity of its student body makes Birkbeck a “leading pr ovider of evening higher education”.\n\nSOAS Library\, University of Lon don. SOAS is the School of Oriental and African Studies\, University of L ondon. Its Library is an international centre for the study of Africa\, A sia and the Middle East. It has over 1 million books\, many special colle ctions and archives\, and a growing number of electronic resources.\n\n\n Workshops\n\nThe workshops will offer the opportunity to discuss a variety of topics \n* Reflective practice - what does this entail? Can it i mprove the services we offer? Can anyone do it? What training is required? \n\n* Information Literacy - why is this important to the library profess ion? What skills are needed? What new developments and approaches are avai lable\n \n* New ways of learning - a chance to discuss the many and var ied ways our new generation of students are learning. What technologies ar e available and how they can be used.\n\n* Widening participation / divers ity - increasing numbers of students are attending HE for the first time. How should staff be prepared to meet their specific needs? What barriers o r obstacles may be in their way?\n\n* Team leadership – the difference b etween leadership and management. What makes a good or bad team leader. Ar e teams a good thing?\n\n* International – so many different cultures wi th so many unique outlooks. How can staff be best prepared to meet so many differing needs? \n\nTo book a place please use our online booking form h ttp://www.cpd25.ac.uk/component/option\,com_philaform/Itemid\,98/form_id\, 2/\nOr email us directly at cpd25@lse.ac.uk\n\nPlease note that our standa rd online booking form does not have space for you to add your choices for workshops and visits. We have drawn up a separate form which will be issu ed to you to fill in once you have booked your place via email or webform. Alternatively if you prefer you can email us to request the workshop/visi t form\, and then submit your booking\, along with the filled out form\, a ll together by email. \n\nThe cost for the day\, including lunch and refre shments\, is £90 for cpd25 members and £125 for external delegates. 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