Posted on behalf of Anna Atkinson

Dear Colleagues,

The Career Development Group (North and South Thames Division) and Career
Development Group Student Committee would like to invite you to:

"The road ahead:
 your career as an information professional"

VENUE

10.30am - 4.00pm
15th  April
Ramsay Hall, University College London
?10.00 incl.VAT

So you've decided that you want a career as an information professional. 
 
 We are  important people these days, at the heart of the information
revolution and information society, possessing the skills to guide
individuals and organisations in their search for knowledge. 
 
 You are no longer limited to looking for jobs as a librarian. In this
information age you can become a webmanager or a knowledge manager.
 
 As more roads open up to you there are more decisions and choices to be
made. It is hoped that this event will provide you with an insight into
some of the job opportunities open to you and how best to sell yourself and
your skills to potential employers whilst continuing to keep ahead of the
game. 
 
 The majority of speakers are recent LIS graduates and they will focus not
only on the posts they hold but on their personal experiences and the
challenges they have faced so far, in their careers as information
professionals


PROGRAMME

10.30-11.00:
Registration, Coffee and Introduction

 11.00-11.30:
. Getting the job you want: selling yourself and selling your skills
(What LIS school can do for you)
o  Rosemary McGuinness (Senior Lecturer, UNL)

 11.30-12.00: 
. Working in museum libraries
 
 12.00-12.30:
. Providing library and information services in the academic sector
o Joanna Ball: Whipple Librarian, Cambridge University

 12.30.1.00: 
. Do you really want to work in the City?
 
 1.00-2.00: Sandwich Lunch
 
 2.00-2.30:
. Developing and researching national information strategy: not just for
men in grey suits
	o Helen Baigent: LIC

2.30-3.30:
. Managing yourself, your finances, your career and your studies
	Sally Chambers: 
	EARL: The Consortium for Public Library Networking
	/ part time student UNL

 3.30-4.00:
. Help is at hand: post qualification support services
 	Anna Atkinson, Construction Plus / National Learning Co-ordinator,
Career Development Group
 
For further information:
Anna Atkinson, 29 Rhodesia Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 4DF
Tel. 0181 539 0083 
Email [log in to unmask]

If you would like to attend but require financial assistance for
childcare, please contact Anna Atkinson for details. 

The Career Development Group - Debating issues - developing awareness 
A group of the Library Association. Registered Charity Number 313014. 



Sally Chambers
EARL Liaison Officer 
4th Floor, Gun Court 
70 Wapping Lane 
London E1W 2RS 
Tel: 020 7702 2020 
Fax: 020 7702 2019 
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http://www.earl.org.uk 


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