Visit to The Record Office for Leicestershire, 17.11.2011 2.00- 4.15pm

Visit to The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Long Street, Wigston Magna LE18 2AH

Like other places visited in this programme, the Record Office has to undergo cuts to the budget, made more complex by the fact it is a joint service for 3 local authorities.  It is not only an archive, but also houses a major collection of Local Studies material for Leicestershire, Leicester city and Rutland within a converted Victorian school building.

http://www.leics.gov.uk/record_office.htm

Places left - book your place now emboc@bc-d.co.uk

East Midlands Branch wish to offer unemployed members some assistance with traveling costs to attend this event. Please contact the Branch Secretary on the email above for further details.

Visit to Nottingham Central Library, 21 September 2011

Nottingham City Libraries have embraced the concept of joint service centres in community libraries and at Nottingham Central Library.  How have they coped with the demands and tensions this can bring?

http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=171

Book your free place now emboc@bc-d.co.uk.

East Midlands Branch wish to offer some subsistence towards traveling costs to this event for unemployed members. Please contact the Branch Secretary on the email above for further details.

Visit to HMP Nottingham Prison Library, 12 October 2011

The visit to HMP Nottingham will take place 2.00-4.30pm on 12 October.

Just 2 places left for this visit - book your place now! emboc@bc-d.co.uk

Security checks and documents will be required.

Preparing for Chartership and Certification

EAST MIDLANDS BRANCH OF CILIP

Preparing for Chartership and Certification

Friday 9^th September 2011

10.00am – 3.00pm

Beeston Library, Foster Avenue, Nottingham,

NG9 1AE

The purpose of this workshop is to give Chartership candidates an understanding of the process and related CILIP regulations. ACLIP guidance will be included. This is a free event, tea/coffee will be provided. Lunch is not provided. This is an approved Chartership / Certification course which is mandatory for those applying for Chartership. All delegates will receive a certificate of attendance.

Learning outcomes:

• Improved understanding of how to progress towards your qualification
• Awareness of the Regulations and assessment criteria
• Ideas about how to construct a portfolio and the types of evidence you might include
• Awareness of the support networks and information available to help candidates
• Confidence to progress towards gaining a CILIP qualification

Facilitated by Kath Owen, Chair of CILIP Chartership Board

 For further details and booking form please contact kath.owen@nottscc.gov.uk

Forthcoming Events Summer and Autumn 2011

Forthcoming events

Visits programme Summer and Autumn 2011

The following visits have been organised by the Branch with the following aims in mind:

·      To support candidates for Chartership and Certification

·      To help those who for are looking for another post or are currently not working to keep up to date with developments across various sectors of libraries

·      To give an insight to those who have worked in one sector a broader knowledge

The visits are all a half day in duration and are at no cost to participants.  There will be opportunities for networking as well as looking at the institution.  There are limits on some of the visits.

The Branch would like to thank all those who have helped us to organise these visits at a particularly difficult time for all in the public sector.

Nottingham Trent University: Boots Library 30.6.11:  2.00 – 4.15

This is one of three libraries in the University on the City centre campus.   Like all publicly funded bodies, NTU have to reshape their service on a regular basis.  http://www.ntu.ac.uk/llr/

Nottingham Central Library 21.9.2011:  2.00.- 4.15

Nottingham City Libraries have embraced the concept of joint service centres in community libraries and at Nottingham Central Library.  How have they coped with the demands and tensions this can bring?

http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=171

Nottingham Prison 12.10.2011:  time to be advised

There will be a limit of 12 people for this visit and there will be some security checks made.  Further details will be made available to those who opt into this visit.

The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Long Street, Wigston Magna LE18 2AH 17.11.2011; 2.00.- 4.15

Like other places visited in this programme, the Record Office has to undergo cuts to the budget, made more complex by the fact it is a joint service for 3 local authorities.  It is not only an archive, but also houses a major collection of Local Studies material for Leicestershire, Leicester city and Rutland within a converted Victorian school building. http://www.leics.gov.uk/record_office.htm

To book your free place on any of these visits please contact the Branch Secretary, Linda Dawes: emboc@bc-d.co.uk.

Visit to Leicestershire Records Office, 17 November 2011

East Midlands Branch of CILIP is arranging a visit to Leicestershire Records Office on Thursday 17 November during the afternoon (times to be confirmed).

Book your free place now: emboc@bc-d.co.uk. (Priority given to CILIP members).

Visit to HMP Nottingham Prison Library, 12 October 2011

East Midlands Branch of CILIP is arranging a visit to a Prison Library: 

HMP Nottingham Wednesday 12th October (date to be confirmed)

Book your free place now: emboc@bc-d.co.uk. (Priority given to CILIP members).

Visit to Nottingham Central Library, 5 October 2011

East Midlands Branch is arranging a visit to a multi-functional Public Library: 

Nottingham Central Library Wednesday 5 October 2011 morning, times to be confirmed.

Book your free place now: emboc@bc-d.co.uk. (Priority given to CILIP members).

A visit to a University Library, 30 June 2011

East Midlands Branch is arranging a visit to a University Library: 

Nottingham Trent University Library Thursday 30 June 2.00 – 4.15pm

Book your free place now: emboc@bc-d.co.uk. (Priority given to CILIP members).

23 Things for Professional Development

Free CPD this summer!

23 Things for Professional Development is a free online programme open
to information professionals at all stages of their career, in all
types of role, and anywhere across the world.

Inspired by the 23 Things programmes for social media, this new
programme will consist of a mixture of social media "Things" and
"Things" to do with professional development. The programme starts on
20 June and will run until early October 2011.

Each week the CPD23 blog (http://cpd23.blogspot.com/) will be updated
with details of the next thing to be explored. Catch up weeks and
reflection weeks are built into the programme, so it's not a problem if
you're going to be away for a week or two!

A full list of the 23 Things is available here: http://cpd23.blogspot.com/2011/05/cpd23-things.html.

Please do spread the word to any friends, colleagues, or groups that
might be interested: please pass on this message and link to
http://cpd23.blogspot.com. If you're on Twitter follow @cpd23 and tweet
with the hashtag #cpd23.

Submitted by Katie Birkwood

Free places for Affiliate members at Umbrella 2011

The Affiliates National Committee is offering a number of group members the chance to attend the 2011 Umbrella Conference "New Structures, New Technologies, New Challenges - How Can We Adapt To an Age of Austerity?" at the University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield Campus, from 12 – 13 July 2011.
 

How to Apply For a Sponsored Place
If you would like to attend Umbrella 2011, write and let us know in approximately 200 words why you should be sponsored.
All winners are expected to write a follow up article for our newsletter on their experiences at the conference.
The prize will include full residential registration including one night’s accommodation and a chance to attend the Gala Dinner in Sopwell House.
Please e-mail a statement of your reasons wanting to attend the Umbrella Conference to Richard Talbot at rgtalbot@qinetiq.com by Tuesday 12th April 2011.

• No travel costs will be paid by the group.
• You must be an Affiliate member of CILIP.

Visit to a Hospital Library, Tuesday 10 May

East Midlands Branch of CILIP

Visit to a Hospital Library

Tuesday 10 May 2011

Education Centre Library, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Groby Road,
Leicester LE3 9QP

Tour of the Library

This event will include a tour of the library in the morning with a discussion on the services that the library provides, including:

·       NHS library funding and service level agreements

·       Training provided, including NHS Athens resources

·       Clinical Librarian service – a librarian joins clinical and corporate teams on ward rounds, responding to questions that arise and provide information at the point of clinical and corporate need.

Maximum number 15 people for the morning session.

The afternoon session will be:

Teaching Critical Appraisal for Librarians

The ability to read, understand and critically appraise research and literature is fast becoming a required core skill for librarians. With the amount of information available to us increasing, it is important to spend the limited amount of time we do have reading those documents that will be useful and most effective to us. This session introduces some of the key concepts for teaching critical appraisal, the key principles behind critical appraisal of research and methods for appraising research in practice.

This course is designed to give you the skills to critically evaluate research papers and interpret their findings.

By the end of the course participants will have:

·       Gained a clear understanding of what is meant by 'critical appraisal'

·       Reflected on the relevance of critical appraisal to LIS

·       Investigated the similarities and differences between critical appraisal and quality evaluation

·       Be able to distinguish between different types of study design and research methods

·       Discovered how to use toolkits for rapid appraisal of systematic reviews and randomised control trials

·       Learned from examples how to distinguish between good and poor quality papers.  

Maximum number 12 people for the afternoon session.

Cost: Free but lunch is not provided, however there is a Hospital canteen.

Please book your place by emailing the Honorary Secretary on
emboc@bc-d.co.uk.

Managing Change in Libraries and Information Services

LIEM is offering a one-day training event aimed at team leaders and operational managers working in library, information and archives services, facilitated by Diana Edmonds of Bridgford Consultancy on Friday 13th May at the Nottinghamshire Archives Office.
Twelve places are available. Cost per participant: £95 for LIEM members/£130 non-members.
Further details and a booking form from Lynn Hodgkins email: lynn.hodgkins@derbyshire.gov.uk

Member's Day, 22 March 2011

The East Midlands Branch of CILIP invite you to a Member’s Day 

(including the AGM at 1.30pm)

on Tuesday 22 March 2011 10:00-16:00 

at QUAD, Market Place, Cathedral Quarter, Derby DE1 3AS

Keynote speakers: 

Annie Mauger, Chief Executive CILIP on The future structure and role of CILIP

Biddy Fisher, Past President of CILIP on Information Literacy, the challenge for the future  

Cost: CILIP Members/Non-members £10 payable with booking form

Free for unemployed CILIP Members

Further details, programme and booking form: emboc@bc-d.co.uk

Booking deadline: 8 March 2011 

Teaching Skills for Library Staff

A one-day course on Teaching Skills for Library Staff, run by Chris Powis, will be held on Tuesday 5th April 2011 at the Leicester Creative Business Depot from 10 am to 4.30 pm.
The course which aims to build on participants’ current experiences of teaching information skills in libraries and learning centres, offers stimulating discussion and an excellent opportunity to share experiences.    If you are working with young people, students, small groups of library users or staff this course will help you develop your skills as a teacher and trainer.
Practical tips for teaching library users will be set within a theoretical framework of teaching and learning.
16 places are available and early booking is strongly recommended.
Further details from Lynn Hodgkins email: lynn.hodgkins@derbyshire.gov.uk.
Cost for participants from LIEM member organisations’ is £50.00 (£75.00 for non-members) and includes lunch and refreshments.