The University Equality & Diversity Team have scheduled another year of Diversity related half-day workshops for managers and staff to implement the Diversity Learning and Development Strategy.

For managers (people with responsibility for other staff:

– Equality and Diversity for Managers 3 Dec, 21 Apr & 3 Jul
– Managing Dignity at Work 21 Oct, 6 Feb & 18Jun
– Managing Disability Awareness into Action

For staff:
– Equality and Diversity for Induction (new staff are
automatically invited every 2 months from 16 September)
– Equality and Diversity for staff (a mix of general E&D and Dignity at Work 12 Nov, 18 Mar & 17 Jun
– Disability Awareness into Action for staff

The Equality and Diversity Web site contains more details of the dates and booking arrangements. There is also a training planner to help people work out which workshop would be suitable for them

If you are interested in attending any of the above courses and your line manager agrees please contact Joan Hulme in the first instance.

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/diversity/training/index.html

Career Development Group North Eastern Division / Community Services Group Northern

Title: Effective Relationships: The way forward for Library and Information Professionals

Venue: City Library and Arts Centre, Fawcett Street, Sunderland

Map: http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/Pages/PDF/city_centre_map.pdf

Date: Wednesday 1st October 2008

Time: 1:00pm – 4:30pm (Lunch is provided)

Your ability to establish and build effective relationships is the key skill needed in order to become (almost) brilliant! This is more important than any other single factor.

This session will begin to introduce you to some techniques which will help you to enhance these abilities and handle a range of interpersonal situations with skill and confidence.

Techniques will include some basic assertiveness and the impact of positive behaviour, along with learning a little about the communication aspects of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP).

The session will be interactive, and will briefly look at:

How people behave
What makes you tick
How to avoid being manipulated by others Some techniques for influencing others

Cost: 20 Pounds (plus VAT) members of Career Development Group / Community Services Group; 25 Pounds (plus VAT) non-members or 3 places for 50 Pounds (plus VAT) members; 3 places 65 Pounds (plus VAT) non-members Limited free places are available for students or unwaged members, please contact the organiser

Booking Procedure:
Contact: Michelle Walker
Return the form below to: Michelle Walker, 27 Cherrytree Gardens, Low Fell, Gateshead, NE9 6TY.
E-mail: michelle.walker@unn.ac.uk

Friday 5th of September 1-5pm
Information Skills Room,
Murray Library, University of Sunderland.
Access Code: W

Just about everyone who uses the Internet starts (and ends) with Google.
But what’s not so well known is the ‘Deep Web’: the parts of the Web that even Google cannot reach.

The majority of the course is hands-on, with time to play and discover the very tip of the ‘Deep Web’/Web 2.0 iceberg.

The course will briefly investigate just what is meant by:
Web 2.0
Wikis, Blogs and RSS: interactive information management
From Friends Reunited to Facebook: social networking sites
Your virtual desktop: social bookmarks and file sharing; online calendars (delicious esnips)
Time to play: links to blogging software, RSS feeds, Wikis
The Deep Web – What is it? When did it start?
Deep web sites: interacting with the information
Timetables, entertainment listings and dynamic information
Bibliographic databases and library catalogues
Shopping sites – ebay, amazon and froogle
Multimedia (and the importance of metadata)

Paula Younger is a chartered librarian and qualified foreign languages teacher (though she managed to escape from schools) and now works for the NHS in Exeter. She has also worked for the Ministry of Defence and a small private publishing company.

Booking: To reserve a place, please contact Louise Gordon
(St Peters Library, Prospect Building, St Peters Campus, Sunderland
SR6 0DD)
Telephone (0191) 515 3391
Email: Louise.Gordon@sunderland.ac.uk.
Cheques made payable to ‘Career Development Group’.

£58.75 (inc VAT) for CDG members
£64.63 (inc VAT) for Non members
Career Development Group North Eastern are happy to be able to offer one free place for students and/or the unwaged.

Teaching Skills for Librarians
Monday 7th July, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield.Organized by the Education Librarians Group (CILIP)

I had the pleasure of attending the above course which was held at the University of Sheffield. Despite a very early train at 6.45am the course was very worthwhile and covered the following points:

The Nature of Teaching and Learning
Planning your Teaching
Delivering your Teaching
Assessing your Teaching
Getting Feedback from your Teaching.

The course was extremely useful because it dealt with teaching and learning in the Higher Education sector, it also gave valuable tips on what to do if/when the teaching goes wrong and gave real examples – some quite frightening!

The facilitators Jo Webb (De Montfort University) and Chris Powis (University of Northampton) delivered the session well, it was clear to me that they had run this session many times and were almost acting on ‘auto pilot’ by the end of the day.

I came away feeling very enthusiastic about teaching information skills sessions, although slightly worried about the level of planning involved. This, according
to Jo Webb and Chris Powis, must be done to ensure the session meets the needs of the learners and demonstrates the professionalism of those delivering the teaching itself.

I for one will certainly make use of the information and tips gained from this course.

Useful Websites you may wish to view:

CILIP: http://www.cilip.org.uk/default.cilip
Education Librarians Group: http://www.cilip.org.uk/specialinterestgroups/bysubject/education/default.htm

Jackie Dunn

ALISS One Day Summer Conference
SOAS Room G50 Philips Building
(Russell Square campus)
13th August 9.30-4.30

On 13th August ALISS (Association of Librarians and Information Professionals in the Social Sciences) will be holding a one day conference on the topical issue of Web 2.0 and libraries. It will include presentations from ongoing projects and practical tips from practitioners. The speakers will include:

* Web 2.0 at the British Library – Adrian Arthur Head of Web Services
and Sally Halper Lead Content Specialist – Business & Management.
* Libraries and social software: lessons from the LASSIE project. Jane Secker LSE Centre for Learning Technology. http://clt.lse.ac.uk/Projects/LASSIE.php
* Croydon College & FE 2.0
Thomas Butler
Library Operations Manager
* Feeds & Start Pages: Keeping Yourself & Your Users Up-To-Date. Matt Lingard, Learning Technologist in the LSE Centre for Learning Technology
* A del.icio.us taster: case studies from the Institute of Education. Gwyneth Price, Collection Development Services Librarian at the Institute of Education and a Fellow of the Centre for Distance Education.
* Enhancing social tagging with a knowledge organization system Brian Matthews Leader, Scientific Applications Group STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/programme_rep_pres/etfd.aspx

Cost: £75 ALISS Members, Non-Members £95. This will include a buffet lunch plus mid morning and afternoon tea/coffee.

Registration: Places are limited. To register contact: Heather Dawson, ALISS Secretary, LSE Library, 10 Portugal Street, London, WC2A 2HD. h.dawson@lse.ac.uk Completed forms can be e-mailed to h.dawson@lse.ac.uk

Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm

University of Huddersfield. 9:15-16:30

CILIP Yorkshire & Humberside Branch and Career Development Group Yorkshire & Humberside invite you to attend this one day workshop, aimed at those involved in teaching within a library setting in all sectors. An excellent opportunity to learn new skills and share ideas and experiences.

Programme Overview
9:15-9:30 Registration/Tea,Coffee.
9:30-9:40 Welcome and Introduction
9:40-10:40 Crosswords, library bingo and quizzes: getting more active learning into our teaching.
10:40-11:00 Refreshments
11:00-12:00 Creativity in Teaching
12:00-13:00 Enquiry Based Learning
13:00-13:45 Lunch
13:45-14:15 Lesson Planning
14:15-15:30 Group Activity (includes refreshments)
15:30-16:15 Poster Promenade
16:15-16:30 Question & Answer session/close

£50 +VAT (£58.75) per delegate for CILIP Members £70 +VAT (£82.25) per delegate for Non-CILIP Members Places are limited to 25, advanced booking is essential. A booking form must be completed to ensure a place.

For a booking form contact Andrew Walsh. Email: a.p.walsh@hud.ac.uk University of Huddersfield, Computing & Library Services, CSB, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH. Tel. 01484 472052

Career Development Group North Eastern Division

Title: Fellowship Evening

Fellowship is the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) highest award which provides recognition for the contribution you have made in library and information profession, many people have already Chartered but have always assumed that Fellowship is something you do at the end of your career.

This evening event will be run by Margaret Watson, a recent Fellow herself, and offers the opportunity for you to find out more about Fellowship and Revalidation, gives you the chance to meet other people who are interested in the process and hopefully encourage you to undertake it yourself.

Date: Wednesday 19th June 2008
Time: 5:00pm
Venue: Sunderland City Library, Fawcett Street, Sunderland
Cost: Free

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

The Library visit this summer will be to Dove Cottage in Grasmere – home to the Romantic poet William Wordsworth (1170-1850) – and will take place on Wednesday 11 July.

The visit will include:

A talk from Jeff Cowton, Curator, in the Jerwood Centre rotunda – here the lifetime editions are housed – and a chance to look behind the scenes at their conservation work.

A tour around Dove Cottage and a visit to the award winning Wordsworth Museum where they are currently hosting a number of exhibitions. We will also have access to 3 Degres West – the contemporary art gallery.

There is a gift shop, tea shop and restaurant and several other eating places and watering holes in the village itself.

The entrance fee will be paid by the Library Learning and Development fund but lunch arrangements will be left up to individuals.

The coach will leave the Robinson Library at 8.30am and return to the Library between at 6.30pm.

Further information is available at www.wordsworth.org.uk

If you would like to go on this visit, please consult with your Section Head/Line Manager regarding operational requirements and then email Joan Hulme by 20 June latest to confirm your interest.