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Career Development Group North Eastern Division / Affiliated Member’s Group

Title: Certification Day

Certification is the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) new award which provides recognition of the contribution made in library and information work by para-rofessionals, and will be recognised by the award of new postnominal letters, ACLIP.

This day offers the opportunity for you to find out more about the Certification process, support on offer, and the chance to meet other people who are interested in the process. A successful candidate will also describe her approach to competing Certification. For the CV workshop please bring a draft copy of your CV for this session.

Date: Thursday 19th June 2008

Time: 9:30am – 4:00pm

Venue: Sunderland City Library, Fawcett Street, Sunderland
Cost: £11.75 (including VAT) – make cheques payable to Career Development Group Northern

Booking Procedure:
Tom Relph
Reference Library
Prince Georg Square
South Shields
NE33 2PE
Email: reference.library@southtyneside.gov.uk

Booking Form

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Programme

9:30 Registration and Introduction

10:00 Margaret Watson – Introduction to Certification

10:45 Coffee

11:00 Portfolio workshop

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Karen Newton – Experiences of Certification

1:45 CV workshop – Margaret Watson

3:00 The role of the Assessment Panel

3:15 Coffee

3:30 Questions

4:00 Close