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Establishing dialogues between new and experienced professionals final
- 1. Establishing dialogues between newand 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
- 2. Misperceptions Expectations Difficult economic climate Knowledge of perceptions can help
- 3. New professional support Twitter CDGNew Professional Support Officers LIS New Professionals Network (LISNPN) http://www.lisnpn.spruz.com
- 4. Experienced professionals’ perceptionsof new professionals: the positives Word cloud created at Wordle
- 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 workplace 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 younot 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 yoube 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 economicclimate What does “new professional” mean? “The new profs should just get involved with the old profs”
- 12. “The new profsshould just get involved with the old profs”
- 13. How can weestablish dialogues? Online
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- 15. Committee work Photo: porteableantiquities
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- 17. Email: rachel_bickley@yahoo.co.uk Twitter: @rachel_s_b LISNPN:Rachel Bickley Blog: http://rachel-s-b.blogspot.com/