Lesha and list,
When I submitted my PDR about 2 years ago I talked about librarianship
professional issues such as unification but also looked wider in my own
sector. At the time I was working in the NHS so talked a bit about new
legislation in the NHS and the impact on library services. So, for HE you
could talk about for example the growth in distance learning.
With regard to Ruth's question of where to put professional awareness, I
used the section headings in the proforma as my chapter headings so had
professional awareness as a separate chapter and talked about conferences I
attended, publications I read, email lists and discussed the wider issues.
If you do use these section headings you need to remember to include more
than the guidelines suggest on professional awareness as this is an area
they explore more at the interview so for the PDR you need to expand more.
Another tip for those thinking about writing their PDR soon. I found the
best way to approach it rather than have it hanging over me as I tried to
complete it in evenings and weekends was to do it all in one go. I took an
extra day off next to a bank holiday so had 4 days in which I just sat down
and wrote it. I then edited it over the next couple of weekends and
submitted it within a month of writing the first draft. This may not work
for everyone but it worked for me.
Good luck.
Amanda
At 11:01 12/04/2002, Lesha Fossey wrote:
>Thanks for the helpful summary of replies Andrew. However, one of them touched
>on my major fear (and the reason I started this list!)
>
> > *the only people I know of who've had their PDRs returned have been
> > rejected because they hadn't demonstrated sufficient awareness of wider
> > professional developments.
>
>I still have this fear that I might be missing something major and end up
>looking completely stupid by not mentioning it at all! So, for my reassurance
>(and perhaps that of others on the list), what "wider professional
>developments"
>are people who are currently writing their PDRs discussing?
>
>Lesha
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