This document summarizes a presentation given by Jane Burns on continuing professional development (CPD) for students and new professionals. The presentation covered various types of CPD including formal education, professional development, on-the-job learning, and serendipitous experiences. Burns emphasized investing in yourself through CPD, getting involved in professional organizations, using social media to build connections, and being open to new opportunities and emergent roles in the field.

1. CILIP Ireland
Students & New Professionals Event
Jane Burns, MBA, MLIS, MPhil, FLAI
@JMBurns99
November 22 , 2017

2. CPD is for Life – Loving to Learn is the secret
Disclaimers
I am not an expert – the ideal of a constructed path evaded me
My perspectives on how to look for inside & outside of LIS
environments
I like quotes!!
Biased that libraries and librarians are amazing….

3. Invest in yourself.
It's the best
Investment you'll
ever make

4. CPD is for Life…. Different types!
 Formal- Education/Accredited
 Professional
 Non- Professional but related
 Other Professions
 On the Job…. But unexpected
 Serendipity of interests & experiences

5. BACKGROUND

7. Visualisation of Data
VISUALISATION OF DATA

9. DEATH & TAXES
 BORING!...But relevant
 Taxonomical Structure of Legislation
 Application to Everyday life
 Professional Education Body
 Membership – key to networks

10. The Best Minute
you spend is the
one you invest in
people

11. The Turning Point… A&SL
 Really Connecting
 Getting Involved
 Range of Skills/Variety of People
 Public Speaking
 Engagement w Groups/ LAI Exec
 Contact with Students
 Professional Identity formed
 Finding your tribe!

12. Digital World Gone Mad
Getty Images
 What is Good Search?
 Metadata!!
Digital Humanities & Culture
 Narration with a Twist
 Defining the Role of Librarians in Digital Humanities
 Undertaking Research in a changed world of access

13. Children’s University Hospital –
Temple Street

14. Lecturing at UCD

15. Twitter &
Connections

19. Social Media – Followers & Leadership
It starts with one person
 https://youtu.be/fW8amMCVAJQ

20. Social Media
The Internet connects us to Information – Social Media
connect us to people BUT nothing beats face to face
contact
Social media helps get things rolling in a low risk way
Provides the bridge between events and meetings
Your online identify should mirror your professional identity
Professional Profile can be enhanced by effective
implementation of these tools and techniques

21. Serendipity & Opportunities
http://dh.tcd.ie/martindiary/
The Role of the
Librarian in the Field
of Digital Humanities –
Jane Burns

22. Serendipity & Opportunities
Pablo from Portsmouth!

23. Book Launch and Altmetrics

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26. Student involvement – Conferences & Events
Conferences – range of topics & great way to network
Submit Work – Posters good first step
Apply for Student Rates (often free)
Volunteer
 Helping in preparation (conference packs/ social media)
 Help at the conference – range of roles
 Tweet during the conference
 Write a blog report after the conference/ of conference report of Organising
committee
Committees AGM’s/ Conferences/Seminars
Join Mailing lists

27. Transferable skills
Look to the market- read job descriptions- what are you
missing/what do you have?
Look other related sectors or sectors that are heavily
dependent on good quality information
LIS Skilled roles are not always advertised as
Library/Librarian
Be open to aligned fields
Own fields of interest where LIS skills can be applied.

28. Some job titles/areas
 Researcher
 Project Manager
 Developing Databases
 Publishing
 Information Officer
 Websites/Blogs
 Desk Top Publishing
 Writer
 Digital Imagery
 Digitisation
 Taxonomy
 Meta Data Dev.
 Training
 Social Media
 Seminars
 Archival
 Information Literacy
 Content Development
 The list goes on!!

29. Emergent Roles
 Metadata analyst
 Quantitative data analyst
 informatics scientist
 bioinformatics scientist
 Biostatistician
 Computational Biologist
 Medical Imaging Specialist
 Geographic Information Services Librarian
 Digital Repository Developer/Manager
 Digital Projects Librarian
 Web applications Developer
 Maker Librarian
 Visualisation Librarian
 Scholarly Communications Librarian
 Data Curator
 Digital Preservation Librarian
 Data Scientist
 Web Integration Specialist
 Subject Librarian
 Embedded Librarian
Source LAI CDG Group :Information Skills for the
Future April 2015
Dr. John B. Howard, University Librarian, UCD

30. Making Transition from Student to Professional
Career
Embrace the opportunity you have now – never have time like this
again to explore, engage and to enhance yourself
Developing your Professional Profile starts now – look around the
room
Draw on and stay connected with your past path and link to new
trajectory
Some ideas on how to get involved and stay involved
Personal branding
CPD Planning

31. Take Away Points
In order to have the experience you need to be in the
experience
Be involved in the community of practice – your voice counts
Create environments to have transformational experiences
Get involved now- a little or a lot
There is a bright future for our profession (and your career) in
the heart of an information society
The future won't just happen for us- we have to get out and
make it happen

32. Take Away Points
Be open to possibilities open to new ideas and realise you
have skills and unique perspectives to bring to the dynamic
changing world.
Network, network, network
Use Social Media for developing online community
The best way to raise your profile is to raise the profile of
others.

34. janeaburns@gmail.com
@JMBurns99
0000-0001-8708-5083
http://ie.linkedin.com/in/janeaburns/
Thank You!