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Staff Development and Training programme of the M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries.

*Apologies for cross-posting*

Happy New Year!

It’s a perfect time to be thinking about personal development and career progression and cpd25 have some great events lined up to help you to do just that!

· Booking is now open for the first of our popular ASPECTS programme events which will start from February.

· Upcoming events include Diversity in Recruitment, Public Engagement in Collections, Moving into Management and Tips and Tools for Learning Transfer.

· Don’t forget to book your free place at our upcoming members networking drinks event on 17^th January!

You can get updates about all of our visits and events on the cpd25 Twitter feed and EVENTS CALENDAR.

Please do share this information with your colleagues!

Training and Development Events

Training events are open to members and non-members.

Learning Transfer: Tips and Tools [TG4/Transfer]
24 January 2019
What we do in the training room matters, but what our trainees do afterwards matters more. This event will discuss learning transfer and take a look at case studies, personal experience and how learning transfer can be applied in the workplace. Followed by a networking lunch.

Public Engagement in Libraries, Special Collections and Archives [TG3/Engagement]
30 January 2019
Libraries, Special Collections and Archives all work in a variety of ways to engage with their users and the wider public with their collections and archives. This event will look at how they have engaged with their users through special projects or helping to make the archives more accessible to a wider audience.

Perspectives on library recruitment: Supporting diversity [TG4/Recruitment]
31 January 2019
This event aims to provide perspectives and provoke discussion and ideas around the issue of diversity in the library profession.

Moving into Management [TG4/MiM]

21 & 22 February 2019

Progressing into management is both exciting and daunting. This interesting and engaging two-day course will provide an insight as to what it means to be a manager. Attendees range from those who want to know whether management is really for them to those who have just started out in a management role for the first time and are looking for an all-round basic introduction to the skills they will need.

cpd25 Aspects Programme
Aspects is a series of introductory career focussed workshops on topical areas of library information work.

So You Want To Be A Subject Librarian? [ASPECTS1_SubLib]
7^th February 2019 - 2:00pm -4:00pm
In this event, both recently appointed and more experienced Subject Librarians will discuss their routes into Subject Librarianship and what they have learned along the way. They will discuss the key aspects of the role and provide advice for those who want to take a similar path.

Gamification in Teaching [ASPECTS2_Gamification]
7^th February 2019 - 4:00pm -6:00pm
Games and other forms of playful learning have become increasingly popular in information literacy teaching. This introductory workshop will explore the value of using games to encourage engagement, interaction and reflection and share some practical examples of how digital and analogue games have been developed and used in academic libraries.

Supervising and Managing Staff [ASPECTS3_SuperMan]
26^th February 2019 - 2:00pm -4:00pm
Sooner or later in your career it is likely that you will have to supervise or manage other library staff. This workshop is aimed at people taking their first steps in staff management, or who are interested in doing so.

Managing ‘hard to reach’ Library Staff [ASPECTS4_HardtoReach]
26^th February 2019 - 4:00pm -6:00pm
This event will provide an insight into the challenges of managing out of hours teams from two experienced library managers and will include examples of best practice for use within the sector.

Director’s Cut: What’s the plan? [ASPECTS5_ DirectorsCut]
19^th March 2019 - 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Directors use a range of approaches for planning. Regina Everitt, Director of Library and Learning Services at University of East London, will share her experiences and considerations around planning and resourcing.

cpd25 Library and Archive Visits

cpd25 visits are free and open to M25 Consortium members only.

Barbican Library [TG2v/Barbican]

16 January 2019 – 9:30-12:00pm

*Waiting List places available*

Library at Zoological Society London [TG3v/ZSL]

06 February 2019 – 14:00-16:00pm

*Limited places available*

Visit to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Library [TG1v/LSHTM]

14 February 2019 – 14:00-16:00pm

Visit to the Grant Museum of Zoology [TG3v/GrantMuseum]

28 March 2019 – 14:00-16:00pm