Staff Development Programme 2009

TCD Staff Office will be running the following courses over the summer/autumn:

• Writing effective reports
• Assertiveness Skills
• Effective Time Management
• Inside Out (Stress Management, Personal Effectiveness, Work/Life Balance)
• Conflict Handling
• Introduction to the supervisor's role
• Facilitation skills
• Managing meetings and minute taking
• SMART reading
• Presentation skills
• Managing a project
• Office management skills
• Supervisory management
• Career development

Further information and dates, etc available here

Academic Writing Blog

Hellon Fallon, of NUI Maynooth, has set up a blog for library staff involved in writing for publication. It aims to stimulate discussion about writing and publishing and provide a forum for notification of calls for papers, book chapters and other publishing opportunities.

Anyone can participate in the discussion and post to the blog, all that is needed is a gmail account. The blog is at anltcwriters.blogspot.com

Introduction to writing for academic publication

26/2/09

ANLTC

Introduction to writing for academic publication


Maynooth

Mass Digitisation Projects: Current Experience and Future Prospects

AMARC Winter Meeting

The British Library Conference Centre

Monday 15 December 2008

Mass Digitisation Projects: Current Experience and Future Prospects***


Contact : claire.breay@bl.uk

SMART Reading Training

6/11/08 & 20/11/08

Staff Office

SMART Reading Training


TCD

Conference Reports for An Leabharlann

The LAI are looking for volunteers from attendees of the the Internet Librarian Conference in London in October or the Information Online Conference in London in December to write a conference report for inclusion in the Spring 2009 issue of An Leabharlann.

Please contact:
Marjory Sliney, Editor, An Leabharlann: the Irish Library LAI Executive Board and Secretary of the Education Committee
Email

Society of Archivists CPD Information

The Society of Archivists website has comprehensive Continuing Professional Development pages. These pages contain information on:

• SoA CPD Scheme


• Principles and benefits


• Preparing for CPD


• Learning opportunities


• Learning styles


• Situation analysis


• Creating a professional development plan


• Reflective practice


• Learning and development record


• Mentoring

There is a booklet on the topic produced by the Continuing Development Sub-Committee:

MS Word

PDF

A&SL Section Informal Networking Evening

The committee of the Academic & Special Libraries Section delighted to announce that the next event in the series of informal networking evenings is a visit to the refurbished Library & Business Information Centre in the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School. Followed by refreshments in Jack O’Rourke’s, Main St. Blackrock. Co. Dublin.

The aim of the Informal Networking Evenings is to provide you with an opportunity to meet other librarians and information professionals, to share news, views and experiences.

Thursday, 28 August 2008 at 6pm.
UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co.Dublin.
RSVP Eva Hornung by Tuesday, 26 August 2008.

Latest issue of 'HINT' now available

The latest issue of "Health Information News and Thinking", the newsletter of the health science librarian group of the LAI is now available.


Contents
HSLG Conference
A Day in the Life of...
HSLG/EBSCO MLA Bursary
Beatrice Doran (RCSI) retires
International Horizons
All-Ireland electronic Health Library
Contribution made by Librarians to the Cochrane Collaboration in Ireland
Resources

UCD Library Blogs

UCD Library are now operating five different blogs, primarily aimed at their readers, there is also a general introduction and help page, all here.

• Reader Services
• Research at UCD Library
• Open Access at UCD (scholarly publication)
• UCD Library 2 Go (Web 2.0 study aids)
• Science

There is also one aimed at library staff, The UCD Website Diary.

Beginners guide to RSS blog feeds

LAI Code of Ethics

The Library Association of Ireland held it's AGM on the 8th of March, where a code of ethics for the Association and it's members was adopted. The Code may be downloaded here (Pdf).