Do you work in HE or FE in
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire or Oxfordshire? Would you like to get out of
the Library a bit more, keep up to date with current Library issues in FE
and HE, network with colleagues from across the sectors, and give your
professional development a boost?
Then read on...
The CoFHE (Colleges of Further
and Higher Education) and UC&R (University College and Research)
groups of CILIP are merging to form the Academic and Research Libraries
Group, ARLG. In the Berks/Bucks/Oxon area, this means CoFHE
Mid-West and UC&R BBO are dissolving, and re-forming as ARLG BBO. And
we want you!
Even (especially) if you've
never been involved in a professional group before, this is a brilliant
opportunity to get started. In the past CoFHE and UC&R have organised
local training events on many themes, from diversity in libraries to
e-books, from managing difficult customers to libraries and Web 2.0. But
it doesn't all have to be conferences and events - would you benefit more
from a blog, a mailing list, Twitter feed, informal evening
get-togethers? We want your ideas - and your participation. Being part of
a local group is a great (and inexpensive!) way to broaden your perspectives,
boost your professional development, get involved in activities beyond the
scope of your day job (marketing, budgeting, chairing seminars...) and
enhance your CV - all while getting to socialise and network with other
local librarians.
We're holding an inaugural
meeting/round-table discussion, for all interested education/research based
librarians working in the region, on: Tuesday 29th May 2012, from 2 -
4.30 pm, in the Board Room at Oxford and Cherwell Valley College's Oxford
campus (Oxpens Road, OX1 1SA - see http://www.ocvc.ac.uk/info/Find_us/Oxford.aspx
). The College is a short walk from the station and from city centre bus stops;
there is a public car park at the Oxpens ice rink opposite the college.
There'll be refreshments, so please email Rob Collier from this list: http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/c-of-he/circles/mid-west/pages/committee.aspx.
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