Hi folks,

Please find details of the latest CoFHE (Mid-West) Circle & UC&R (BBO
Section) event below.

There are still a few pleaces left on this course but the closing date
is almost here so if you
want to come along please get in touch with Lesley now.

Cheers,

Antony Brewerton
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“STRESSED OUT”
OR
“STRESS, OUT!!”

How to stop worrying
& love your job


CoFHE (Mid-West) Circle + UC & R (BBO Section)
Rewley House, Oxford * Tuesday 27 November 2001

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Headache?
Tense, nervous headache?

The popular image is that ours is a quiet profession.

In reality, stress levels are rising and rising.

If you are feeling stressed, this is the course for you!

“Stressed out” or “Stress, out!!” is aimed at library staff at
all levels.  It brings together the findings of recent research
into stress in the LIS sector with practical workshops on how to
combat and cope with stress and its causes.

So if you want to stop worrying and start loving your job book
today!

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Bookings

Places are limited so please book early.  Bookings should be
made sending the enclosed booking form to:

Lesley Kumiega
Oxford College of Further Education
Blackbird Leys Campus
Oxford
OX4 5HN

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Lunch and refreshments are included with this event.  Please
note dietary needs on the booking form.

The last date for bookings is 9 November 2001.  The last date
for cancellations is 16 November 2001: cancellations after this
date will be charged at 100%.

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Programme

09.30   Registration for course and coffee

10.00   Stress in academic library work: a study of librarian-
student interaction
- Olivia Pearson, Subject Librarian for Business & Management,
University of Westminster
-Olivia will report on her PhD research that focuses on
(potentially) one of the most stressful elements of academic
library work.

10.45   The pressure is on!
- Andrew Lees, Management Consultant & Management and
Organisational Development Officer, Bayer plc
-Andrew will lead an interactive workshop session exploring the
causes of stress, the impact stress has on you and your
colleagues, how stress can affect behaviour and how you could be
causing stress in others.  He will then look at strategies for
managing stress and ways of reducing stress whilst maintaining
performance.

[11.00  Coffee]

12.45   Lunch

14.00   Relaxation techniques
- Caroline Merry, Counsellor, University of Oxford Counselling
Service
-We don’t need to be taught how to get stressed …but relaxing
properly is another matter.  Caroline will lead a workshop
exploring practical techniques that might work for you.

15.30   Tea

15.45   Managing your time …and yourself
- Janet Pryse, Staff Training and Development Officer,
University of Reading
-Janet will lead a workshop looking at techniques for managing
time, email, paper, information overload …and yourself.

16.45   Closing remarks


PLEASE NOTE:  The workshop sessions will be highly interactive.
Delegates are advised to wear casual attire.

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How to get there...

Rewley House is near the centre of Oxford, a ten minute walk
from the railway station and a five minute walk from the bus
station at Gloucester Green.  The nearest car park is at
Gloucester Green.  Anyone not wishing to drive into the city
could alternatively use Oxford’s Park and Ride system.

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CoFHE (Colleges of Further and Higher Education) and UC & R
(University, College & Research Libraries) are Sub-Groups of the
Library Association.
Registered Charity No. 313014
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Booking form

I would like to book a place at the CoFHE Mid-West Circle/UC & R
(BBO Section) Event  “Stressed out” or “Stress, out!!” at Rewley
House, Oxford on Tuesday 27 November 2001:

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Organisation ....................................
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Address ...................................
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Please tick appropriate boxes:

Member of CoFHE  [ ]    Member of UC & R                [ ]

Non-member       [ ]

Costs:  Member of CoFHE or UC & R:      £55.00 (inc. VAT)

        Non-members:                    £65.00 (inc. VAT)

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Please state any special dietary needs: ……………………………..
……………………………………

Receipt required[ ]

[For details of financial assistance for the unwaged contact
Lesley at the address below]

Please send this form (with any cheques for the appropriate
amount made payable to Library Association CoFHE Mid-West
Circle) to:

Lesley Kumiega
Oxford College of Further Education
Blackbird Leys Campus
Oxford.  OX4 6HN

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Last booking date:              16 November 2001
Last date for cancellations:    16 November 2001
Cancellations after this date will be charged at 100%
Please book early to avoid disappointment.