Chartership Portfolio

I *think* I’ve finally finished it!

Over the last year I’ve been working on my Chartership, pulling together a portfolio of evidence to reflect on my personal and professional development. It’s a professional qualification awarded by CILIP to members who are able to demonstrate an active commitment to CPD (or continuing professional development), an ability to [...]

Library Day in the Life – The Professional Body

Continuing with my Library Day in the Life updates today I wanted to tell you a bit about my first trip to CILIP HQ (The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals).

I was up at 4:30am and on the train to London by 05:55am! Hitting London rush hour is a nightmare and if I’m honest [...]

New Professionals Conference – Part 2

Here’s part two of my New Professionals Conference report summing up my notes from session one. Part one is here.
Session one: Developing your skills on a shoestring
Bronagh McCrudden opened the morning session with her (award-winning) paper Would you work for free? Unpaid work in the information professional and how to make it count. Discussing the [...]