This candidate is interested in a position at a new college library as they would enjoy the challenges of contributing to its growth as part of a new team. They have extensive experience working in various academic libraries and have developed skills in areas such as circulation, cataloguing, document delivery, training, staff management, and working with new technologies. They believe they are ready to take on this role and help build the new college library.

1. What attracts me to the position and what I believe I can bring to it

2. New college Being there at the start Contributing to its growth Being part of a new team The challenges involved in starting up a new service

3. The Library Variety of work Direct contact with students Small team but support of bigger library service Managing a library

4. Students Enjoy academic libraries International dimension Training students and staff Enquiries Building relations

5. Career Provide me with new skills Try new ideas Experiment with new media Build new networks

6. Wealth of experience University of the Arts London BPP Academic Law Library Gray’s Inn Law Library King’s College Library Greenwich University/Queen Mary

7. Skills Circulation, Periodicals, Cataloguing, ILL, Document delivery Training/Inductions Advocacy/Promotion Budget management Reports/Guides

8. More Skills! Staff management Web 2.0 People skills – interact at all levels Working under pressure Dealing with the unexpected Professionalism

9. Few Examples Setting up repository Change management – Wimbledon Research training Event organisation Digitisation project

10. Summary Exciting opportunity Professional Ready to go! I want the job!