Many students believe that merely copying and pasting work is research. How important is it for students to understand how to use citations and to reference properly while at school? How can the school librarian prepare them for the academic rigour expected at university level?
This programme will highlight and offer debate about issues concerning plagiarism and use practical exercises to show how these can be addressed.
By the end of this prrogramme participants will have:
This programme will be of benefit to secondary school librarians who have responsibility for information literacy development.
Sarah Pavey
Sarah has worked as a school librarian for over 15 years both in the independent and maintained sectors. She is currently librarian at Box Hill School in Surrey. She is co-author of ‘The Innovative School Librarian’ and has spoken at numerous library conferences and training events.
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This programme will enable participants to unravel the mysteries of cataloguing and classification and learn how to adapt it to their school environment.
By the end of the programme participants will have:
This programme will be of benefit to school library staff with responsibility for cataloguing but who have received no formal training in this area. It will also be helpful for library staff with responsibility for cataloguing who are new to school librarianship.
Sarah Pavey
Sarah Pavey MSc FCLIP has worked as a school librarian for over 15 years both in the independent and maintained sectors. She is currently librarian at Box Hill School in Surrey. She is co-author of “the Innovative School Librarian” and has spoken at numerous library conferences and training events.
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Designed for those who are new to supervising others, this programme will develop participants’ ability to undertake responsibility for supervising colleagues within the organisation.
By the end of the programme participants will be able to:
This programme will be of benefit to those who supervise staff as part of their role in the organisation, or new senior library assistants who would like to clarify their role and build on their supervision skills.
Liz Burgess
Liz Burgess of LEVELheaded specialises in communication skills. Her workshops allow people to develop skills and practice these in a safe environment where they receive feedback.
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This thought-provoking programme introduces techniques for managing the process of a conversation. Paying attention to process increases the ability to spot opportunities for making a difference, gain authority and ‘sell’ our ideas inside and outside the organisation.
When so much in the Library sector is changing, knowing how to assess others, see things from their perspective and take different approaches significantly enhances the credibility of library and information staff as talented professionals.
By the end of the programme participants will be able to:
This course is for people who are already competent communicators, but have had little or no training in influencing
Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy, Consultant Facilitator Management and Leadership, LEVELheaded. Sean supports organisations with their leadership strategy and provides training to enhance managers’ skills such as team building, managing change, influencing, problem solving and management skills. He epitomises LEVELheaded’s ethos of a business mind with a non-profit heart.
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Changes in library and information services’ purchasing practices and methods of service delivery means the time has come for library and information staff to act in an even more commercial manner. Defining professional knowledge and opinions in business terms is a new experience for many in the LIS field.
This programme will enable library and information staff to discover that it’s OK to talk money in their organisation and that money talks.
By the end of this course participants will have:
This programme will be of benefit to library and information staff working in academic, school, public, government, health and not for profit sectors who are responsible for management of their service and for promoting its value to stakeholders and service users.
Please note that this programme will be designed to accommodate participants with minimal prior knowledge of finance.
Julie Hogbin
Julie supports organisations with their business strategy and provides training to enhance managers’ business planning skills such as project management, implementing change, problem solving, risk assessment, leadership and quality management. She epitomises LEVELheaded’s ethos of a business mind with a non-profit heart.
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Qualifications Board meeting dates in 2012:
Wednesday January 18th
Wednesday March 14th
Wednesday May 16th
Wednesday July 11th
Thursday September 13th
Wednesday November 14th
The Board may also approve decisions electronically between published meetings (Bye laws 67 and 76f)
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Strategic thinking and acting are vital to the effectiveness of the school library. Many school librarians work mainly at an operational level, thereby limiting what the school library and librarian can achieve. These libraries are often understaffed and it is vital to keep the library running smoothly, to support students and staff. Becoming more strategic can make a significant difference.
This programme explores what school librarians need to know and do in order to become more strategic, and more effective, in their schools.
By the end of the course participants will have:
This programme will be valuable for school librarians who are interested in becoming more strategic inside their schools and who are able to work towards a more strategic role.
Sharon Markless
Sharon Markless is a senior lecturer in higher education in the King’s Learning Institute, and a consultant, and trainer with Information Management Associates. She has done research and development work in libraries for 24 years, and has just edited a book ‘The innovative school librarian’, working collaboratively with six school librarians.
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The internet is continuing to expand, not only in terms of size, but also with the provision of information in a wider variety of formats. YouTube for example is an important research tool, Flickr is widely used to store images, and podcasts are commonplace. These multimedia tools can however also be used to help promote the library and the information service you offer, as well as being a new way in which to provide information to your clients.
This one day programme will introduce information staff to a wide variety of different tools in the areas of video, sound and presentation. The format will be practical and delegates will have an opportunity to use and create multimedia resources.
By the end of the course participants will have:
-and will have created a resource to pull all of these items together.
This programme will be valuable for all information staff who want to explore the use of multimedia on the Internet, either as a way of query answering and/or of promoting the library service. It is not necessary for participants to have any technical knowledge prior to coming on the course, but a good understanding of the internet would be helpful.
Please note that all multimedia resources (photographs, video, audio) can already be made available for delegates, but it is also possible to incorporate an organisation's own promotional materials into the practical sessions.
Phil Bradley
Phil's background is in the information profession and he is a highly experienced trainer, web designer and Internet consultant. He is the author of a number of books published by Facet Publishing and is well known for his Internet Q & A column in CILIP Update magazine.
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In this multi-media age, what is the role of libraries in encouraging reading among children and young people, and how can they fulfil it successfully? How can they engage reluctant and less able readers? What about boys’ reading? Appropriate resources, printed and digital, are just one component of the reader developer’s toolkit. There are many others that libraries can exploit to build and maintain reading enjoyment.
This popular course explores the ways children and young people engage with reading and examines effective methods for fostering it.
Library provision will improve as a result of participants’:
This programme will be of benefit to children’s library staff and other public library workers. The programme can be tailored for school and college librarians and schools library service staff, and is also very effective as cross-sector training. Please note that the course content can be adapted to specific age groups.
Anne Harding
Anne is an independent trainer. She specialises in effective provision for children and young people in school and public libraries, and in reader development with children and young people. She provides courses for national, regional and local organisations throughout the UK and beyond.
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Family learning offers valuable opportunities for community engagement and has widespread benefits for families and providers. Good family learning transforms lives.
Children’s well-being, attitudes to learning and achievement levels improve, whereas parents and carers attain greater confidence, better family relationships and less social exclusion. For libraries and other cultural and heritage organisations, family learning programmes are an excellent way to gain new audiences and greater take-up of services and activities.
This course explores the value of family learning and identifies practical methods for supporting and delivering it. Provision will improve as a result of participants’:
This programme will be valuable for children's librarians and other public library workers, Bookstart and SureStart staff. The course can be adapted to include practitioners from other cultural and heritage organisations, to benefit local partnership working.
Anne Harding
Anne is an independent trainer. She specialises in effective provision for children and young people in libraries, and in reader development with children and young people. She provides courses for national, regional and local organisations throughout the UK and beyond. She is an experienced family literacy tutor.
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Homework help is a vital aspect of library provision for children.
This practical course examines all aspects of effective homework support, and its educational underpinning. It includes hands-on exploration of a wide variety of homework case-studies.
Homework support will improve as a result of participants’:
This programme will be of value to children’s library staff and others who help children and young people with homework on a day-to-day basis and in homework clubs. The programme is also appropriate for school librarians and as cross-sector training.
Anne Harding
Anne is an independent trainer. She specialises in effective provision for children and young people in school and public libraries, and in reader development with children and young people. She provides courses for national, regional and local organisations throughout the UK and beyond.
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Support for young children and their families is a crucial part of effective and inclusive public library provision. Staff need training to ensure that early years services are appropriate and successful.
This practical course will identify strategies for promoting the library to families with young children, engaging with them, and helping them towards a love of books and reading. It will include a hands-on activity exploring books and book use.
Early years provision will improve as a result of participants’:
This programme will be valuable for children’s librarians and other interested public library workers, SureStart and Bookstart staff.
Anne Harding
Anne is an independent trainer. She specialises in effective provision for children and young people in school and public libraries, and in reader development with children and young people. She provides courses for national, regional and local organisations throughout the UK and beyond.
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Library provision for teenagers is often regarded as problematic. Yet many libraries have excellent relationships with teenagers and are delivering services that are relevant, innovative and highly valued. Many involve young people directly in decision -making. Digital engagement is changing the ways teenagers connect with libraries. This course explores practical, cost-effective strategies for reaching this challenging and exciting audience.
The popular course examines the interface between teenagers and libraries, shares good practice, and identifies methods to enhance provision.
Services will improve as a result of participants’:
This programme will be of benefit to children’s and young people’s library staff and other public library workers. The programme can be adapted to include school and FE college librarians.
Anne Harding
Anne is an independent trainer. She specialises in effective provision for children and young people in school and public libraries, and in reader development with children and young people. She provides courses for national, regional and local organisations throughout the UK and beyond.
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Children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) face numerous problems. Many experience social exclusion, are denied equal opportunities and their right to suitable library provision is insufficiently met. These are challenges for libraries. Not all library staff know that the Equality Act covers learning difficulties and other special educational needs, and many lack the confidence and understanding to support such children and young people appropriately.
This course explores special educational needs and identifies effective methods for supporting children and young people with learning and reading difficulties in libraries.
Library provision will improve as a result of participants’:
This programme will be of benefit to children’s library staff and other public library workers. The course can be tailored to include school library service staff, school librarians, college librarians and special educational needs coordinators.
Anne Harding
Anne is an independent trainer. She specialises in effective provision for children and young people in school and public libraries, and in reader development with children and young people. She provides courses for national, regional and local organisations throughout the UK and beyond.
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CILIP Onsite training courses focus on learning through interaction, discussion and participation. Our highly skilled trainers are chosen not just for their sector experience but also for their facilitative skills.
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Everywhere we look we see brands, logos and the vestiges of corporate identity. Our customers live in a branded world. But how much consideration do we give the library brand?
This programme will help labrary and information staff to rethink what the orgniasation's library means in this context and how to revitalise the service’s brand.
By the end of the programme participants will have:
The programme will be of benefit to senior managers who devise or influence library policy, including the development of the library brand at a strategic level. It will also be valuable for staff responsible for co-ordinating library marketing, including the implementation of branding strategies at an operational level.
Antony Brewerton
Antony is a Chartered Librarian and Fellow of CILIP as well as being a qualified marketer and Associate of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He is an award-winning library marketer who has lectured and published widely on this theme.
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Healthcare librarians are increasingly expected to include critical appraisal in their portfolio of expertise. If staff already have a basic understanding of what critical appraisal involves and would like to build on what they know, or are simply curious to know what else they should learn to increase their competency, then this workshop will be very valuable.
By the end of the course participants will have:
The course will benefit information and healthcare professionals working in medical schools, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and other healthcare organisations. It is suitable for staff who have attended or facilitated a critical appraisal session, or already have a basic understanding of what is involved in critical appraisal and are hungry for more. It is also seful as a refresher programme for those who need to consolidate what they know. Please note that this is not a course on evidence based medicine, research methodology or medical statistics.
Alain Besson
Dr Alain Besson, Academic Services Manager, Queen Mary, University of London, has extensive experience of teaching critical appraisal at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, and is accredited by CASP, the leading teaching and learning organisation for critical appraisal in evidence-based practice.
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Critical appraisal skills are sometimes perceived to be beyond the boundaries of library and information practice. This course challenges that view and provides a solid introduction to the process and techniques used when critically appraising research papers in the healthcare field.
This programme is designed to give particpants the skills to critically evaluate research papers and interpret their findings.
By the end of the course participants will have:
This introductory programme is suitable for all LIS professionals working in the healthcare field. This is not a course on evidence based medicine or medical statistics, and no prior knowledge or experience of critical appraisal is required. It will benefit information and healthcare professionals working in medical schools, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and other healthcare organisations.
Alain Besson
Dr Alain Besson, Academic Services Manager, Queen Mary, University of London, has extensive experience of teaching critical appraisal at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, and is accredited by CASP, the leading teaching and learning organisation for critical appraisal in evidence-based practice.
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With the right techniques you can tackle any enquiry, even if you know nothing about the subject or the information sources available to answer it. With practical group exercises based on real enquiries throughout, the course will guide you through the entire enquiry handling process, from taking the initial enquiry through searching efficiently to finding an answer - and deciding what to do if you can’t find one!
This programme enables participants to go one step beyond what enquirers can do for themselves by applying strategic questioning, analytical skills and smarter searching.
By the end of the programme participants will have:
The programme will be of benefit to any staff new to enquiry work in an organisation or needing a refresher on the basic techniques. It will also be valuable for those looking for a systematic way of tackling enquiries, whatever the subject and for anyone who wants to boost their confidence in dealing with enquirers and finding information.
Please note that this course requires participants to have access to the Web.
Tim Buckley Owen
Tim is the author of the classic textbook Answering Enquiries Successfully (Facet Publishing, 6th ed due 2012). He’s had nearly 40 years’ experience of handling enquiries – in public, business and research libraries, as well as in his journalism and consultancy work.
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Responding to enquiries by phone or email, we are deprived of nearly all the clues we take for granted face-to-face. With no eye contact, facial expression or body language – and frequently no tone of voice – it’s vital to manage communications with the enquirer effectively. The risk of misunderstanding or offence is high; customers tend to be more impatient, and it’s very easy for them to take their query elsewhere.
Designed for experienced enquiry handlers within the organisation, this programme draws on good contact centre practice to demonstrate the special techniques needed in managing and operating a remote enquiry service. It includes extensive use of group practical work and an emphasis on branding, presentation and customer care.
By the end of the programme will have:
This programme will be of benefit to information staff in the organisation who deal with enquiries by phone, email, text or instant messaging. Managers who operate or are developing a remote enquiry service wil also benefit. Anyone who needs to discover the challenges of dealing with enquiries when the enquirer is not present will also find this programme valuable.
Please note that this course requires participants to have access to the Web.
Tim Buckley Owen
Tim is the author of the classic textbook Answering Enquiries Successfully (Facet Publishing, 6th ed due 2012). He’s had nearly 40 years’ experience of handling enquiries – in quick reference, special enquiry work and extended desk research.
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Biddy Fisher has been awarded the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours List
A career-long librarian, Biddy is an outstanding champion of library and information services, the profession and CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals.
“I was humbled to receive the notification that I was to receive an O.B.E,” said Biddy Fisher, “Although this award will have my name on it, I would like to dedicate it to all those who continue to work tirelessly in libraries and information centres and in the interests of all communities. I believe wholeheartedly in the life enhancing potential of libraries and I like to think that this wonderful honour recognises the role that the profession plays in our society.”
Annie Mauger, CILIP Chief Executive, said:
“Biddy was an outstanding President for CILIP in 2010 and dedicated her year to meeting as many members as possible and promoting what they do. She has been a wonderful supporter of new professionals and has become greatly admired by many.
However far beyond that she has been a fantastic leader and advocate for the profession for many years and can be particularly proud of her work in promoting mentoring and professional development. We are so delighted for her and she truly deserves this recognition.”
Biddy has worked in public, academic and health libraries. Her career started at the University of East Anglia and she retired as Head of Information Services at Sheffield Hallam University in 2008. Biddy chaired the CILIP Library and Information Research Group, was an external examiner for the CILIP Chartership Board and a committee member of the Yorkshire and Humberside Branch. In 2010 Biddy was President of CILIP and is currently Chair of the CILIP Audit Panel.
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This programme provaides an opportunity for information staff to update their knowledge of current copyright issues in relation to digital information. The course looks at the ways in which digital content is treated differently within copyright law; how copyright law protects digital content types such as websites, broadcasts, databases, GUI’s, API’s and software, and the scanning of hard copy material.
Other issues covered in this programme include copyright versus contract law, copyright clearance of digital content and digital rights management.
By the end of the course participants will have:
The programme is valuable for all staff whos work involves addressing electronic copyright issues. It is appropriate for staff who already have a good basic understanding of current copyright law.
Note: The “Copyright in the Web 2.0 environment” Onsite course is a useful follow-up. It examines the application of copyright in a collaborative working and information sharing environment.
Paul Pedley
Paul has been a member of the Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance since 1998. He has written a number of books published by Facet Publishing: Copyright Compliance, Digital copyright, Essential law for information professionals (3rd ed); and Managing digital rights (editor).
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