Wednesday 29 June, 2.30pm
COFHE South West AGM & Excellence Gateway Seminar
University of Plymouth, Roland Levinsky Building, Room 303
FREE
This event follows the UPC Annual Seminar at University of Plymouth, so we hope those of you in UPC will be able to stay on for the afternoon. It is also open to everyone else – COFHE member or not.
Chris Kelland will be demonstrating the LSIS Excellence Gateway http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk, how Learning Resources services can use the gateway and contribute to its development. We will also be seeking your ideas for future COFHE events.
Please email laural@truro-penwith.ac.uk if you would like to attend
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20th and 21st June 2011
Increasing usage of your online resources & library technology
clinic: free workshops, arranged jointly by SWRLS and COFHE SW Circle in
conjunction with Credo Reference
Exeter Central Library, Monday 20th June 2011
and
Truro College, Tuesday 21st June 2011
Are your usage stats as high as they could or should be? Get tips & tricks from over 100 librarians on how to increase usage of your
online resources. Share your experiences - good and bad. This workshop will be a good opportunity to network with librarians in your region, it is open to all libraries – you do not need to be a Credo Reference subscriber.
Feedback from previous workshops ...
‘Excellent and informative session. Well balanced between Credo and other resources.’
‘Good networking opportunity - which I had not envisioned when signing up -
thank you!’
‘Glad I decided to commit valuable time to this session.’
Programme:
10.00 – 10.30 Registration, coffee and networking
10.30 – 11.30 Promoting Online Resources – group discussion
11.30 – 12.15 Promoting Online Resources – break out workshops
12.15 – 13.00 Technical Q&A session on loading MARC records, running a proxy,
etc
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch – and further technical questions on an informal one-to-one
basis if required
14.00 – 15.30 Hands-on Credo training for those who would like to stay for that.
Cost: FREE with lunch provided courtesy of Credo Reference
Flyer: Click here to download
For further details please contact Laura Lay, laural@truro-penwith.ac.uk
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13th May 2011
Made You Look and Made You Stare: Marketing and Promotion Strategies for Learning Resources Teams
Friday 13th May 2011
i-City Learning Centre, Filton, Bristol
Download the flyer here.
Download the day programme here.
As it becomes ever more important for us to demonstrate our impact within our organisations, so effective marketing and promotion of our services and resources is vital to make the most of what we have!
Our exciting programme for the day includes a hands-on practical workshop led by Janet Billings from the company Made You Look!, who has extensive experience in visual display and design techniques.
In addition we have Kay Grieves from the University of Sunderland who has been partly responsible for developing a strategic marketing toolkit that puts your customers at the centre of service planning, delivery and promotion. Its 7 easy steps will help you to create marketing plans that clarify distinct service offers, target key customer groups and communicate the benefits of your services effectively.
Delegates will be split into two groups for the day and will swop over at lunchtime to get full benefit of both workshops. All delegates will receive a copy of the marketing toolkit to take away at the end of the day.
In order to make the day effective for delegates, numbers are limited to 30 so please book early to avoid disappointment and to take advantage of an early bird offer!
Early Bird price!
Book by 8th April 2011: £65.00 (including VAT)
Bookings from 9th April 2011: £75.00 (including VAT)
To book a place download the booking form. or in .pdf format here.
For more information contact Laura Lay, laural@truro-penwith.ac.uk, 01872 267505.
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11th February
OFSTED and the limiting grades: Understanding the Implications for Learning Resources. Exeter College.
Delivering on Diversity: putting policy into practice in the learning resources context - Sarah Lower
This session will help you to identify practical ways in which Learning Resources services in colleges can get involved in actively promoting equality and diversity as part of their everyday activity - and so meet Ofsted requirements and our legal responsibilities as well as nurture a better learning environment.
* Equality and diversity concepts * Equality Act update * Ofsted inspection focus points and guidance * Develop and demonstrate inclusive practice.
Sarah Lower is a Learning Resources Manager at Truro and Penwith College.
Download Sarah's Delivering on Diversity presentation here.
Download Sarah's Ofsted & the Limiting Grades presentation here.
Download Sarah's Equality Act presentation here.
Safeguarding and e-safety: The Risks and Responsibilities for Learning Resources - Julia Taylor
The increasing use of the internet, personal devices and social media within Learning Resource Services in colleges and libraries brings many advantages and many new risks. This session will identify practical ways to manage those risks and promote responsible behaviour.
* e-Safety issues and risks * Safeguarding and Technology * e-Responsibility * * e-Safety policy and practice * Professional Identity and Digital Identity *
Julia Taylor is e-Learning Advisor – Accessibility & Inclusion for JISC RSC SW.
Download Julia's presentation here.
The results of the feedback we received from the event can be downloaded from here.
Photographs of the day
19th March 2010
Making Info Lit Interactive: More than a handout!
Friday 19th March 2009, Exeter College
Venue: Exeter College: Boardroom, Hele Road Campus, 1st floor Tower
· As we enter the second decade of the 21st Century, how are Information Professionals in the academic sector delivering information literacy?
· Is use being made of new technologies? Are sessions interactive or passive?
· How effective is the delivery of information literacy?
The day includes:
An opportunity to discuss information literacy delivery in your institution with colleagues from across the sector. Please bring materials for discussion.
A demonstration of University of West of England (UWE) Library Services iSkillZone (http://iskillzone.uwe.ac.uk ), a web based multimedia interactive resource to aid students and academics in their use of the library and its resources and to develop students’ information literacy (IL). This session will be hands on.
A demonstraton of how Exeter College Subject Librarians are using simple but effective active teaching methods to engage students in the learning process. Find out how to make your sessions active.
Programme
Lee Bryant – Information Literacy: What do we do and why do we do it!
Lee is currently eLearning Training Manager for City of Bristol College. He has 9 years experience as an LRC Manager. This session will give delegates the opportunity to share their approach to Information Literacy.
Jane Tomlinson and Adrian Macey - Exeter College - Play your cards right!
Making information skills workshops more interesting for the student.
Jane Tomlinson is the Deputy Head of the Information & Learning Services at Exeter College and until recently has been the FE representative on the CILIP CSG Information Literacy group. Adrian Macey is the Subject Librarian for the Faculty for Sport, Leisure and Tourism and the Faculty for Public Services. In their session Adrian and Jane will be demonstrating how Exeter College Subject Librarians are using simple but effective active teaching methods to engage students in the learning process.
Download the powerpoint presentation from 
here
James Bisset - Enter the iSkillZone
James is an Assistant Librarian for UWE Library Services. His role is split between supporting Bristol Law School and E-learning developments across UWE Library Services as a whole. UWE Library Services have developed the iSkillZone (http://iskillzone.uwe.ac.uk ), a web based multimedia interactive resource to aid students and academics in their use of the library and its resources and to develop students’ information literacy (IL) skills. The workshop would introduce and demonstrate the iSkillZone and then focus on its uptake by students and its use by academic staff and their students. There will be the opportunity for hands-on.
To download a flyer click here
To download a programme click here
Below are the events that have been held since 1998, to present:
City of Bristol College, College Green
Friday 5th June 2009
Am I there yet? Your Guide to Career Development
Whether you're qualified or not, graduate or not, this session will give you all the options to develop your beautiful career as an Information Professional.
Topics covered include:
- Library and Information Services NVQ
- Chartership
- Foundation Degree in Cultural Services
- Part-Time Masters Qualification in Librarianship
Come along to those CoFHE and CDG event to find out what your next step is?
10.00am – 10.30am: COFHE AGM and Elections (COFHE Members only)
10.30am-11.00am:
Welcome and coffee
11.00am-11:30am:
Information and Library Services NVQs - recognising your skills
Sue Caporn, LRC Manager City of Bristol College
Sue will talk about the Information and Library Services (ILS) NVQs, which have been delivered at the College for over 10 years. She'll cover the content of the NVQ standards, explain how candidates build up a portfolio of evidence, and will describe the assessment procedure
11.30am-11.40am Coffee
11.40am – 12.30am
Chartership and New Framework of Qualifications
Bridget Knutson, Chair of Career Development Group West Country
What is Chartership, how do you get it, and what can it do for you? An overview of CILIP's Framework of Qualifications, covering the ACLIP and Revalidation awards, as well as a personal experience of Chartering through the ACLIP route. This presentation will cover the Framework overall, details of the Certification and Revalidation processes and information about the support and options available to participants.
12:30pm - 1:15pm Lunch (provided)
1.15pm -2.00pm:
Foundation Degree Cultural Services
Claire Puckett, Curriculum Development & Progression, Cultural Services South West Lifelong Learning Network
Two new Foundation Degrees have been developed in the South West with the support of the SWLLN. Details of these courses will be outlined, including part-time and continuing professional development options, entry and progression routes, and an overview of course content. Information resources to support career development for the sector have been developed, and there will be an opportunity to comment on these before publication.
2.00pm – 2.45pm :
Masters in Information and Library Management
Jackie Chelin, Deputy Librarian, UWE, Library Services/ Module Leader on the MSc ILM
Jackie will provide an outline of the course, how it has developed and involvement with local employers. The time will be used to pose questions for discussion about how people think the course ought to be developing, how it might fit with Foundation degrees/NVQs and how all these types of qualification are viewed by employers in terms of essential and desirable requirements.
2.45pm – 3.00pm Tea and Coffee: Questions and answers: Evaluation of event
3.00pm Optional tour of College Green Learning Resource Centre or departure.
Brief Biographies of Speakers:
Jackie Chelin, Deputy Librarian, Library Services University of the West of England
I have worked at UWE for over 15 years, firstly as a Faculty Librarian for the Business School, then as IT Development Librarian and, latterly as Deputy Librarian with responsibility for academic development. I have taught on the MSc ILM since its inception at the University of Bristol, and collaborated with an academic colleague to transfer it to UWE in 2005.
Sue Caporn, LRC Manager City of Bristol College
I am a Learning Resource Centre Manager at City of Bristol College, and co-ordinate the NVQ in Library and Information Services programme at the College. I have worked in special libraries, HE libraries and in Further Education LRCs, and have a particular interest in staff development.
Lizz Jennings, Information Librarian (E-Resources), University of Bath
I am the ACLIP Support Officer for the West Country. I work at the University of Bath Library as an Information Librarian, dealing with enquiries about electronic resources and resolving access problems. I have also worked in public libraries for Wiltshire and Surrey, prison libraries in Wiltshire and two different workplace libraries in London. I achieved my ACLIP in June 2005 and my Chartership in March 2008.
Bridget Knutson, Kings of Wessex School
I am Chair for the West Country Career Development Group. Previous posts include Treasurer, Academic Rep, and North Somerset Rep. I work in the Learning Resource Centre with 2 assistants at The Kings of Wessex Upper School in Cheddar with 13-18 year olds. I have also worked in public libraries for many years in North Somerset, Bristol and East Sussex. In between East Sussex and Bristol I worked at The Staff College until the library moved to London. I took my degree as a mature student at University of Northumbria in Information and Library Management finishing in 1995.
Claire Puckett, Curriculum Development & Progression, Cultural Services South West Lifelong Learning Network
I joined the SWLLN in November 2007 to facilitate the development of new HE courses and progression routes in the cultural services sector (libraries, museums, archives and galleries). I have an MSc in Information and Library Management from the University of Bristol, and have worked as a professional librarian in a variety of roles in Higher and Further education institutions in the UK and Canada. I then moved into HE academic administration, focussing on Foundation degree development and validation, student support and quality assurance, before joining the SWLLN. I have a particular interest in career change and lifelong learning.
6th February 2009 / 20th April 2009
10.30am: Welcome and coffee
11.00am-12.15pm: Bobby Fortnam – COLRIC Peer Inspection
Former Learning Centres Manager at Exeter College, Bobby guided the service through a Grade 1 Outstanding CoLRiC inspection in January 2008 and is also a COLRIC assessor, so will be sharing her experiences of both sides of the process.
12.45-2.00pm: Lee Bryant – FE Toolkit
Lee is an LRC (Learning Resource Centre) Manager at the City of Bristol College, one of the largest colleges in the UK with over 10 years experience of the FE sector. He has had input into the FE Quality tool. The toolkit demonstrates how libraries and LRC services can address the five key questions of an OFSTED Inspection.
2.15-3.30pm: Virginia Havergal - Inspiring Learning for All
Virginia is the eLearning Advisor for Learning Resources with the JISC Regional Support Centre in the South West. Prior to this she worked for the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council and played a national role in supporting libraries in their use of Inspiring Learning for All – a quality framework to identify informal learning outcomes which are becoming as important as formal learning for our learners. Virginia will lead a lively session on the toolkit leaving you Glowing with enthusiasm
16 May 2008
AGM & Ain't Misbehaving presented by Chris Petheram and Nicola Nye.
7 March 2008
People, Places and Pedagogy
Speakers: Karen Foster (Yeovil College), Kate Gardner (Wocester College of Technology) and Virginia Havargal, JISC South West E-Learning Advisor.