SLA Conference 2024 – Turning Pages, Turning Tides: The Role of Senior Library Assistants in Today’s Academic Libraries [TG4/SLA24]

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Annual SLA Conference 2024 – Turning Pages, Turning Tides: The Role of Senior Library Assistants in Today’s Academic Libraries

CPD25 is pleased to bring you our annual SLA (Senior Library Assistant) Conference, designed for those who supervise staff, services or both. This is a popular and well-loved event, giving our members the invaluable opportunity to meet and network in-person. This year will focus on the changing role of SLAs.

If you would like to contribute to the day by sharing a 5 minute presentation of how your role has changed or is changing, please contact us at cpd25@london.ac.uk with details by Monday 24th June.

The event will be held at Toynbee Hall. With centuries of history and an impressive portfolio of guests, Toynbee Hall has seen it all, from ‘Smoking Room Debates’ and wars, to world leaders and famous historians.

There will also be an opportunity to visit the Whitechapel Gallery, a few minutes’ walk from Toynbee Hall. This will include a tour, as well as a brief talk on the foundation of the gallery and overview of the exhibitions and Reading Room. You will also have time to look around the Gallery itself independently.

The conference will be in-person and will be a highly participative day with plenty of opportunities for networking – enabling attendees to share their experience and best practice. This event is open to all, but would benefit in particular Senior Library Assistants, Information Services Supervisors, Library Assistants, Information Assistants or their equivalent.

Programme (tbc):

9.30am – Registration and refreshments

10.00am – Welcome and introduction

10.10am – Keynote speaker – TBC

10.40am – Tea, coffee & biscuits

11.00am – Visit to the Whitechapel Gallery

• Group 1 Tour 1110-1140, then look around gallery independently 1140-1240.
• Group 2 Look around gallery independently 1110-1210, tour 1210-1240.

12.45pm – Lunch

1.45pm – Delegate presentations

2.30pm – Tea, coffee & biscuits

2.50pm – Facilitated session on managing change in the workplace

3.50pm – Close and feedback

4.00pm – Finish

Cost:

£200 members
£400 non member institutions

Cost includes lunch and refreshments

Information for joining:

• Electronic CPD attendance certificates can be provided on request. Please request via cpd25@london.ac.uk

Cancellations 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 charged.

To book a place please use our online booking forms. Please remember to include your PO number as bookings cannot be confirmed without this.