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Establishing dialogues between new and 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
Knowledge of
perceptions can help
Expectations
Misperceptions
Difficult economic
climate
New professional support
CDG New Professional Support Officers
LIS New Professionals Network (LISNPN) http://www.lisnpn.spruz.com
Experienced professionals’ perceptions of new professionals: the positives
Word cloud created at Wordle
Knowledge and ability: the positives
Good
Excellent
Digital information/social media
Knowledgeable
Skills
Perceived weaknesses
Practical skills
Cataloguing and classification
Subject knowledge
Time management
Library school curriculum
Outside the work place
Perceptions from
Twitter Blogs
Insightful Interesting Introspective Cliquey
Non-professional
library experience
Willingness to learn
Enthusiasm/ positive attitude
Supportive of new technologies
Problem-solving
Leadership potential
IT skills
Customer service skills
Commitment
Selecting new professionals for professional roles
Why have you not selected new professionals for professional roles?
None applied
Needed “significant experience”
We can “afford to be picky”
Too self-focused
Photo: Incase
What would you be looking for?
Willingness to learn
Enthusiasm
Experience (not
necessarily professional)
IT skills Communication skills Customer service skills Presentation skills Self-motivation Ability to work in a team Subject knowledge “Librarianship basics”
Understanding of and interest in the wider profession Ability to think in an original way Ability to reflect Adaptability Flexibility
Transferable skills
Other comments?
Difficult economic climate
What does “new professional” mean?
“The new profs should just get involved with the old profs”
“The new profs should
just get involved with
the old profs”
How can we establish dialogues?
Online
Face to face
Whatever you can think of…
Email: rachel_bickley@yahoo.co.uk
Twitter: @rachel_s_b
LISNPN: Rachel Bickley
Blog: http://rachel-s-b.blogspot.com/