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:971@m25lib.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240704T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240704T160000 DTSTAMP:20240702T142508Z URL:https://www.m25lib.org.uk/events/sla-conference-2024-tg4-sla24/ SUMMARY:SLA Conference 2024 - Turning Pages\, Turning Tides: The Role of Se nior Library Assistants in Today's Academic Libraries [TG4/SLA24] DESCRIPTION:Twitter: @cpd25_M25 #cpd25\n\n \;\n\nAnnual SLA Conference 2024 - Turning Pages\, Turning Tides: The Role of Senior Library Assistant s in Today's Academic Libraries\n\nCPD25 is pleased to bring you our annua l SLA (Senior Library Assistant) Conference\, designed for those who super vise staff\, services or both. This is a popular and well-loved event\, gi ving our members the invaluable opportunity to meet and network in-person. This year will focus on the changing role of SLAs.\n\nIf you would like t o contribute to the day by sharing a 5 minute presentation of how your rol e has changed or is changing\, please contact us at cpd25@london.ac.uk wit h details by Monday 24th June.\n\nThe 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.\n\nThere will also be an opportunity to vi sit the Whitechapel Gallery\, a few minutes’ walk from Toynbee Hall. Thi s will include a tour\, as well as a brief talk on the foundation of the g allery and overview of the exhibitions and Reading Room. You will also hav e time to look around the Gallery itself independently.\n\nThe conference will be in-person and will be a highly participative day with plenty of op portunities for networking – enabling attendees to share their experienc e and best practice. This event is open to all\, but would benefit in part icular Senior Library Assistants\, Information Services Supervisors\, Libr ary Assistants\, Information Assistants or their equivalent.\nProgramme:\n 9.30am - Registration and refreshments\n\n10.00am - Welcome and introduc tion\n\n10.10am - Keynote session – how are HE libraries and SLAs roles changing?\n\nIncludes case studies from City University by Martin Edwards\ , Anglian Ruskin University by Natalie Brown &\; King’s College Londo n by Sally Brock\n\n10.40am – Tea\, coffee &\; biscuits\n\n11.00am  – Visit to the Whitechapel Gallery\n\n Group 1 Tour 1110-1140\, then lo ok around gallery independently 1140-1240.\n Group 2 Look around gallery independently 1110-1210\, tour 1210-1240.\n\n12.45pm - Lunch\n\n1.50pm – Delegate presentations:\n\nErin Johanson\, University of Sussex\n\nArved Kirschbaum\, King's College London\n\n2.10pm  – Exchange of experience discussion\n\n2.30pm – Tea\, coffee &\; biscuits\n\n2.50pm – Facil itated session on managing change in the workplace\n\n3.50pm - Close and f eedback\n\n4.00pm - Finish\n\nSpeaker biographies:\n\nMartin Edwards has been working in libraries across the UK (from Wales to the South-East and then on to London) for over twenty years. He has covered many varied roles \, including SCONUL Graduate trainee\, Desk Supervisor\, Systems Manager\, Law Librarian and is now the User Services Manager at City\, University o f London. His main duties are to manage the day-to-day running of the main university library and its on-site and online enquiry points. Martin also heads up the User Experience team: highlighting engaging options for opti mising learning spaces across the sites\, as well improving web content a nd online support. He has been supporting cpd25 task group 4 since 2017.\ n\nNatalie Brown has been working in customer service for over 17 years an d been working in libraries for the last 11 years. She has covered a varie ty of roles within public libraries\, law libraries and most recently High er Education libraries. She currently works for Anglia Ruskin University a s Library Customer Services Team Leader making sure the library service ru ns smoothly whilst also supporting student services. Natalie is also the t reasurer for the LGBTQ+ Committee for CILIP and is an EDI trainer for ARU supporting colleagues through their EDI learning journey. Natalie has been a cpd25 task group 4 member since 2022.\n\nSally Brock chartered in 1994 and since then has worked at the London College of Communication and Londo n South Bank University. She is currently the Head of Operations within Li braries &\; Collections at King’s College London\, with responsibilit y for HR-related matters\, finance\, business intelligence\, library admin istration\, staff rotas\, health &\; safety\, business continuity and m arketing &\; communications. Since 2021\, she has been chair of cpd25 t ask group 4.\n\nErin Johanson is a Student Experience Library Supervisor at the University of Sussex\, a PhD Researcher in History and the Universi ty's Pagan Chaplain. Her background is in customer service in the computer game and music industries. She is Australian\, but don't hold that agains t her.\nArved Kirschbaum (he/him) is currently working towards CILIP Char tership\, having recently completed an LIS degree from the University of S heffield with Distinction. He currently holds the position of Senior Libra ry Assistant (Marketing &\; Communications) at King's College London. A n enthusiastic volunteer and keen networker\, he also fulfils the role of Treasurer for the CILIP London Members Network.\nArved has diverse experie nce in both academic and special libraries collection management\, library teaching\, and community work having previously built a library for homel ess people\, reclassified the Durham Classics Library\, and worked in libr ary reading list support for the University of Durham. Before joining King ’s\, he completed his Library Graduate Traineeship in the library catalo guing department of the Royal Botanic Gardens\, Kew.\nHis professional int erests centre on the future of libraries and information in complex 21st  century societies\, celebrating their victories today\, and improving thei r processes and capabilities to set them up for future success. All one st ep at a time.\nWhen he’s not running around to meet people somewhere - h e runs around on a football pitch\, climbs up walls in the closest boulder ing gym\, and racks up Parkruns. He also reads voraciously\, loves to trai pse through one of London’s many museums\, and does his best to get his hands on any and all biscuits he can find. On Twitter you can find him as the very on-brand @0ptimistBiscuit.\nCost:\n\n£200 members\n£400 non me mber institutions\n\nCost includes lunch and refreshments\n\nInformation f or joining:\n\n Electronic CPD attendance certificates can be provided on request. Please request via cpd25@london.ac.uk\n\nCancellations 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.\n\nTo book a place please use our online booking forms. Please remember to inclu de your PO number as bookings cannot be confirmed without this.\n\nPlease email cpd25@london.ac.uk if you would like to contribute to the day by sha ring a 5 minute presentation of how your role has changed or is changing CATEGORIES:cpd25 Events LOCATION:Toynbee Hall\, 28 Commercial Street\, London\, E1 6LS\, United Kin gdom GEO:51.516758;-0.072218 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=28 Commercial Street\, Lond on\, E1 6LS\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Toynbee Hall:geo:5 1.516758,-0.072218 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR