Establishing dialogues between new and experienced professionals final
1. Establishing dialogues
between new and experienced
LIS professionals
(or, “the new profs should just get involved with
the old profs”)
Rachel Bickley
CILIP CDG New Professionals Conference, Manchester, June 20th 2011
5. Knowledge and ability: the positives
Good
Excellent
Digital information/social media
Knowledgeable
Skills
6. Perceived weaknesses
Library school
curriculum
Time management
Subject knowledge
Practical skills
Cataloguing and
classification
7. Outside the work place
Perceptions
from
Twitter Blogs
Insightful Interesting Introspective Cliquey
8. Non-
professional
library
experience
Willingness to
Commitment
learn
Selecting
Customer
new Enthusiasm/
service skills
professionals positive attitude
for
professional
Supportive of new
IT skills
roles technologies
Leadership Problem-
potential solving
9. Why have you not selected new professionals
for professional roles?
None applied
Needed “significant experience”
We can “afford to be picky”
Too self-focused
Photo: Incase
10. What would you be looking for?
IT skills Understanding of and
interest in the wider
Communication skills profession
Willingness
Customer service skills to learn Ability to think in an
original way
Presentation skills
Ability to reflect
Self-motivation
Enthusiasm Adaptability
Ability to work in a team
Flexibility
Subject knowledge
Experience
“Librarianship basics” (not
necessarily
professional)
Transferable
skills
11. Other comments?
Difficult economic climate
What does “new professional” mean?
“The new profs should just get involved with the old profs”
12. “The new profs should
just get involved with
the old profs”
