As I was leaving Newcastle in September 2006 the City Library closed its doors to begin a 3 year renovation. Since I’ve left I make an annual pilgimage to my adopted home and I was lucky enough that my latest visit coinsided with the Library’s grand re-opening on Sunday 7th June. Entering from New Bridge Street West into a hive of activity my first impression was of awe. There were staff everywhere on hand to register new users, help people navigate the new layout, operate the new systems or just to say hi and have a chat about what you [...]
June, 2009:
Who is responsible for my CPD?
Laura has just started a new job as Deputy Manager of Staff Development at OULS (Oxford University Library Services). Listening to her talk about her new role has started me wondering who is responsible for my continuing professional development (CPD)? It would be easy to say that the responsibility lies with staff development and leave it at that but I think it’s more complicated than this. For me there are at least two elements to continuing professional development. The first is firmly in my own hands: it’s about engaging with the wider community, sharing and learning from each other’s experience. [...]
