The Proactive Practitioner:

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The Proactive Practitioner

• Developing your information career in your region

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Programme

• CILIPs New framework for qualifications,
  Margaret Watson, CILIP
• Workforce development in the East of England, Sue
  Hughes, EEMLAC
• Developing your career at a time of change. The
  New Chapters initiative and other examples,
  Vincent McDonald, Suffolk County Council
• How it works in Scotland, Alan Poulter,
  Strathclyde University in Glasgow
• Self development through committee work - Fay
  Owston, Kate Byford and Janet Hughes Mini
  workshop.
• What CPD means to CIPD, assessing members, tools,
  etc., Cheryl King, Chartered Institute of
  Personnel Development

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Self development through committee work

• Fay Owston
• Kate Byford
• Janet Hughes

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Fay Owston

• Intellectual Property Exploitation, BT Exact,
  Ipswich
• Chair of ISG East Anglia

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Career History

• Worked in small information units
• Isolated from LIS world
• Requirement to demonstrate professional
  competence in a changing world
• Encouragement to become chartered

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Involvement with Groups

• ISG East Anglia National Committee
• Industrial Commercial Libraries Group
• Special Libraries Committee

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Benefits

• Networking
• Keeping abreast of developments
• Ensuring local meetings happen and are relevant
  to work issues
• Ensuring local training courses for
  para-professionals
• Presentation skills
• Chairing skills
• Organisational skills
• Catering skills

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Kate Byford

• Information Learning Librarian with Suffolk
  Libraries Heritage
• Treasurer ISG East Anglia

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Kate Byford

• Involved in information work in public libraries
  since 1979
• Committee member since 1989
• Treasurer since May 1990

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Kate Byford

• Involved in
• meetings
• seminars
• training courses

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Kate Byford

• As treasurer
• In charge of the cheque book!
• Sending invoices
• Paying bills
• Quarterly VAT returns
• Annual returns for CILIP

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How committee work can benefit the individual

• Janet Hughes
• Secretary ISG East Anglia

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Corporate Volunteering

• Commercial companies are beginning to see the
  benefits
• We are ahead of the game
• More people should be aware of this

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Impressing your employer

• In a competitive world you need Brownie Points
• There are opportunities to gain experience not
  possible within your job/out of work

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Reaping the rewards

• Getting involved with training
• Lots of effort but it
• Consolidates your knowledge
• Boosts your confidence
• Is highly beneficial

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Career breaks

• Committee work helps with
• Communications skills
• Organisational skills
• Doing something that is not just domestic
• Being visible when opportunities arise

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Be proactive, get involved!