Professional Development Cycle: Expanding competencies and

skills for the role of the librarian in digital access

Jo Alcock Evidence Base

About meEvidence Based Researcher, Evidence Base at Birmingham City University

Internal research (e.g. surveys, focus groups)

External research (e.g. project evaluation, user engagement)

Training workshops (e.g. research skills, project management, improving productivity)

CILIP Future Skills Project Worker (part time secondment in 2013)

Professional Registration (Chartership and Revalidation)

Learning outcomesBy the end of this session, participants will:

Have considered competencies and skills relevant for librarians in the digital age

Be aware of tools and techniques to support professional development planning and prioritisation

Be able to consider a wide range of different types of professional development opportunities

Know methods of recording and reflecting on professional development

Competencies and skillsLibrarian competencies and skills in the digital age

CILIP Professional Knowledge and Skills Base (PKSB)

Library, information and knowledge technologies (12.2)

Social media and collaborative tools (12.4)

Digitisation (6.5)

Data analytics (3.4)

Digital literacy (8.3)

Service innovation, development and design (11.4)

Communicating with stakeholders (11.2)

Strategic marketing (11.1)

Demonstrating value (9.4)

Networking skills (12.6)

CILIP PKSB

As our environment changes so frequently, continuing professional development helps

ensure our skills and knowledge remain relevant.

Professional Development Cycle

Self analysisUnderstanding your current skills and knowledge

and considering where to improve

SWOT analysisReflect on your own strengths, weaknesses,

opportunities and threats

Current CV and profilesAnalysing your current situation in terms of skills and experience

Job role analysisReflect on skills and knowledge required for current or future job

roles and identify areas for development

CILIP PKSBReflect on skills and knowledge required within profession and

identify areas for development

Development planningPlanning areas and activities to support

professional development

Regularly updated plan including areas for development, planned activities, intended outcome, and timescale

Development plan

Prioritising opportunitiesIdentifying the professional development opportunities with most potential benefit

Alignment with development priorities

Will it develop skills or knowledge that is a priority for you at the moment?

Could it enable you to develop skills or knowledge that could be of use to you in future?

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Benefits

Benefits for you

Developing skills

Improving knowledge

Broadening connections

Benefits for your employer

Enhance job performance

Improved job satisfactionhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/crystaljingsr/3915512588

Your learning style

Does the activity suit your learning preferences?

Activist

Pragmatist

Theorist

Reflector

Honey and Mumford’s Learning Styles http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/styles/honey_mumford.html

Practicalities

Is the time commitment appropriate?

Is location suitable?

Are there any personal circumstances that may prevent you from participating?

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Participating in activitiesMaking the most of your

professional development activities

Before

Plan what you hope to get out of each activity:

Increased understanding?

Skill development?

Broader network?

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DuringMake notes:

Handwritten

Typed

Visual notes

Recorded

Review after event to ensure complete and accurate

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After

Make sure you keep a record of your notes somewhere (you may want to digitise for easy location in future)

Share with colleagues

Share with peers (social media, blogs)

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Recording and reflectingKeeping information up-to-date about the activities

and what you have learnt

Recording activitiesDesktop document (can use Dropbox to ensure access from multiple locations/devices)

Online document (e.g. Google Drive)

Online services

iDoneThis

CILIP Portfolio

Reflecting on activitiesWhat have you learnt?

How can you apply this in future?

Any follow-up actions?

Models of reflection

What? So what? Now what?

More on CPD23 Reflective Practice blog post

Professional Development Cycle

Any questions?Jo Alcock

jo.alcock@bcu.ac.uk @joeyanne