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Dear All, Does anyone agree with me that a teaching qualification is becoming more and more necessary in the world of librarianship? In my sphere of health libraries, we find ourselves doing a wide variety of inductions, literature searching and even IT training. Certainly electronic information training too. It seems a reasonable assumption that the user of today, whether a health professional, student or member of the public would expect you not only to be a qualified, chartered librarian, but if you are doing any teaching, to hold a qualification in that too. How much "teaching" do public librarians do? (People's Network? LearnDirect?) How much "teaching" do academic sector librarians do? Is the ECDL sufficient as a qualification for teaching? (I understand it is about IT competence skills) What sort of teaching qualification is appropriate? A certificate? A Diploma? Adults only? From whom? Are there recognised high quality / accredited courses out there? Lastly, for school librarians: do they find having a PGCE or BeD a useful "plus" in applying for a job? I would be very interested to hear people's views. You could even allude to this point in your portfolios / PDRs, but don't waste too much on it, you have got a 4,000 word limit to keep to! Best Wishes, Phil Philip Hall Temporary Library Assistant, Library & Information Services Chartered Society of Physiotherapy 14 Bedford Row, London, WC1R 4ED Tel: 0207 306 6155 Fax: 0207 306 6629 Email: [log in to unmask] Website: http://www.csp.org.uk ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************