Professional Development Day and CILIP-SW AGM

Wednesday 16 November 2022, from 10am – 4pm

This is a hybrid meeting - you can attend in person or online. If you have any concerns about attending in person, we have a detailed COVID risk assessment available to help you decide.

Programme

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10:00

Arrival: tea, coffee and pastries provided

10:30

CILIP South West Member Network AGM

Only CILIP-SW members will be able to vote at this event, but non-members are welcome to attend. Documents will be sent out in advance - we will not provide printed copies on the day, so please make sure you have access to them.

11:00

How the PKSB can be used for Career Development

PKSB 11.8Reflective practice

How to use CILIP's Professional Knowledge & Skills Base to assess your current level of practice against this sector skills standard. Did you know that it can be used to identify training needs and to prepare for appraisals, CILIP Professional Registration, career development and planning, job applications and progression? Explore the options in this session run by Donna Gundry & Nicola Forgham-Healy, CILIP-SW PRSOs.

11:30

"Social justice – isn’t that political?"

PKSB: Values and Ethics plus specific sub-sections including:

PKSB 10.5Service innovation, development and design

John Vincent's talk will look at what social justice is, and then consider whether libraries are/can be neutral (including the role of CILIP). We will look at some ideas of what works, and actions that we can all take – focusing particularly on Libraries of Sanctuary (and the growing movement in the SW).

John Vincent has worked in the public sector since the 1960s, primarily for Hertfordshire, Lambeth and Enfield public library services. In 1997, he was invited to become part of the team that produced the UK’s first review of public libraries and social exclusion (from which The Network, which he now coordinates, originated). John runs courses and lectures, writes, produces regular newsletters and ebulletins, and lobbies for greater awareness of the role that libraries, archives, museums, and the cultural and heritage sector play in contributing to social justice. He is particularly interested in supporting the work that libraries do with people seeking sanctuary and other ‘new arrivals’ to the UK, with young people in care, and with LGBTQ+ people.

12.30

Lunch

Bring your own or sample the on-site café: The Owl and the Pussycat coffee house.

13:15

Librarians' Question Time

PKSB: Wider library, data, information and knowledge sector context

Your chance to ask about library and information careers in different sectors. The panel includes:

• Sonia Llewellyn - Devon and Exeter Institute, an Independent Library
• Hannah Wood - NHS Library
• Callum Elliott-Archer - Public Library
• Helene Russell, Knowledge Manager
• James Anthony-Edwards - University Librarian at University of Exeter

14.00

Coffee Break

Tea, coffee & biscuits provided

14:15

Social Media with Gemma Wood (CILIP HQ)

PKSB 13.5Social media and collaborative tools

15.30

Round Up

15.40

Optional tour - Devon & Exeter Institution with Sonia Llewellyn

PKSB: Wider library, data, information and knowledge sector context

Accessibility

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If you have specific requirements, please contact chair.sw@cilip.org.uk before the event so we can make sure access is suitable.