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Call for papers and workshops Career Development Group Conference 2012 Together we are stronger #cdg2012 Wednesday 18th July 2012 Austin Court, Birmingham Although the library and information sector continues to experience budget cuts, redundancies and de-professionalisation, we continue to recognise the wealth of innovative thinking and action, experience, knowledge and expertise within the profession. For 2012 the Career Development Group Conference - Together we are stronger - aims to bring together innovative information professionals, whether they are new to the profession or have been in the profession for a number of years. This conference is organised as a forum for all information professionals by the Career Development Group, a special interest group of CILIP: The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. This is a call for papers to new professionals (those in the profession for 5 years or less) and established, experienced professionals to participate. The main theme of the conference is 'learning from each other and working together to develop a stronger and more effective information profession' and we invite submissions for presentations of 20 minutes and workshops of 45 minutes covering aspects of this theme, such as: * Sharing knowledge and expertise - bridging the gap between new and established professionals * Collaborative CPD for new and experienced professionals * The library/information team in action - a point of view * Working together to make more of an impact * Together we stand, divided we fall - working together to develop the profession and to develop the library services of the future There will be various prizes awarded to speakers, as voted for by delegates on the day. A selection of papers will be published in Impact, the group's online journal. Deadlines: * Proposals (maximum 300 words) must be submitted by 5pm Tuesday 10th April 2012. Speakers should be aiming to fill approximately 20 minutes on the programme with their paper or 45 minutes if it is a workshop. * Proposals should be submitted via this form <http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/careerdevelopment/cdg-benefits/events/Documents/CDG%20Conference%202012%20proposal%20submission%20form.doc> and emailed to [log in to unmask] * Authors of accepted proposals will be contacted by Friday 20th April 2012. * Full papers must be submitted by Wednesday 4th July 2012. Travel and Accommodation The group will refund speaker travel fees up to a maximum of £150 for each presentation/workshop regardless of the number of speakers per session. Please note you will need to pay for travel yourself and will be reimbursed shortly after the conference. Please keep your travel receipts for this purpose. If you require overnight accommodation the group will book a room on your behalf. Please note that if you ask us to pay for a room and you later cancel and the group incurs a cost you will be asked to reimburse the group the cost of the room. Questions/Comments The organisers are happy to receive and respond to questions or comments. For further information please contact: [log in to unmask] This communication is intended solely for the person (s) or organisation to whom it is addressed. It may contain privileged and confidential information and if you are not the intended recipient (s), you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender and copy the message to [log in to unmask] Individuals are advised that by replying to, or sending an e-mail message to Somerset County Council, you accept that you have no explicit or implicit expectation of privacy. In line with the Surveillance and Monitoring Policy, any e-mail messages (and attachments) transmitted over the Council's network may be subject to scrutiny.