CILIP Career Development Group UK National Conference #cdgpp The Practical Professional This year’s CDG National Conference will be held at Future Inns, Bristol on Monday 21st November 2011 and features varied presentations from LIS professionals around the themes of ‘Becoming a career chameleon’ and ‘Making a splash – how you developed your service’. Presentations will include: * Librarians and social media – it’s not about ‘friends’ anymore (and never was) * Compromise versus integrity: practical tips on how to be a career chameleon * Think Big: investing in your professional and career development * Knowledge Management for Librarians: how to become one and why you probably already are * Being useful: services for university researchers * Every flavour career beans: sector changes and career development in libraries Come along and be inspired by an exciting range of speakers, all of whom were selected from a call for papers which resulted in a large number of inspiring applications. We will also be running a ‘Speed Networking’ session after lunch so please bring your business cards with you! Delegate fees (including lunch and refreshments): CDG members £90 + VAT (or £75 + VAT if booked by the 4th November) Non CDG members £105 + VAT (or £90 + VAT if booked by the 4th November) Students/Unwaged £40 + VAT All bookings (apart from students/unwaged) received by the 4th Nov will receive an ‘Early Bird’ discount. The full programme and booking details are available at http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/careerdevelopment/cdg-benefits/events/Pages/national-conference-2011programme.aspx For any enquiries please emai: [log in to unmask] Tweet it: Please use #cdgpp when tweeting about the conference. This conference is organised by the Career Development Group, a special interest group of CILIP: The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. There will be a prize for the best paper, as voted for by delegates on the day, and a selection of papers will be published in Impact, the group’s journal.