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A talk given to the Historic Libraries Forum conference 'Hard Times' on Tuesday 15 November 2011.
Transcript of 23 things for professional development, training and networking in hard times / Katie Birkwood
23 things for professional developmenttraining and networking in hard times
Katie BirkwoodUniversity Library Cambridge
‘23 Things’ is a type of training…
…which started at the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (North Carolina, USA) in August 2006.
the PLCMC course aimed…
“…to encourage staff to experiment and learn about the new and emerging technologies that are reshaping the context of information on the Internet today”
new and emerging technologies
new and emerging technologies
a 23 things course gives participants 23 tools to try out and asks them to write a blog post about each of them.
things are introduced according to a schedule, but participants choose when to do each thing.
blogging is intended to encourage support and communication amongst and between participants.
23 things has been hugely popular…
23 things has been hugely popular…
483 versions have been noted by the PLCMC organisers, including:
public libraries, university libraries, school libraries, health libraries, archivists, parents, museums, school administrators, teachers…
USA, UK, Ireland, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Norway, Australia…
23 things for prof dev (aka cpd23)
is the same… …but different
cpd23 in a nutshell
“doing for continuing professional development tools what other 23 Things programmes have done for social media and web 2.0”
the people
the peoplethis is Niamh Page
cpd23 was her brainchild
the people
these people all volunteered or were invited to help
organisation
organisation
like a patchwork quilt
different people contributed different skills:
organising the course
writing the blog posts
entering data
helping with publicity
engaging with & supporting the participants
who is cpd23 for?
who is cpd23 for?
everyone and anyone who’s interested
any age, any sector, any level of employment, any level of prior knowledge, anywhere in the world
from those just starting to consider a career in libraries & information to seasoned professionals
nearing (or beyond) retirement
the things
Start a blogMeet the other participantsOnline presence & personal brand
Current awareness: RSS, Twitter, PushnoteReflective practiceOnline networksOffline networks
Keeping organised: EvernoteKeeping organised: Google Calendar
Informal trainingFormal trainingCatch-up week
Collaboration: wikisFilesharing
References: Zotero, Mendeley, citeulikeEventsPublicationPresenting information: Prezi & Slideshare
Podcasts and screencaptureIntegrating 1-19 into daily life
Career pathsJob applications
Final reflection
the things
Start a blogMeet the other participantsOnline presence & personal brand
Current awareness: RSS, Twitter, PushnoteReflective practiceOnline networksOffline networks
Keeping organised: EvernoteKeeping organised: Google Calendar
Informal trainingFormal trainingCatch-up week
Collaboration: wikisFilesharing
References: Zotero, Mendeley, citeulikeEventsPublicationPresenting information: Prezi & Slideshare
Podcasts and screencaptureIntegrating 1-19 into daily life
Career pathsJob applications
Final reflection
the 23 things chosen for cpd23 were selected to help people with their career development and also to help them learn new technological skills.
these two goals aren’t mutually exclusive, and the use of the technological tools for professional life was always kept in view.
the things fell into a number of different categories…
traditional cpd
Start a blogMeet the other participantsOnline presence & personal brand
Current awareness: RSS, Twitter, PushnoteReflective practiceOnline networksOffline networks
Keeping organised: EvernoteKeeping organised: Google Calendar
Informal trainingFormal trainingCatch-up week
Collaboration: wikisFilesharing
References: Zotero, Mendeley, citeulikeEventsPublicationPresenting information: Prezi & Slideshare
Podcasts and screencaptureIntegrating 1-19 into daily life
Career pathsJob applications
Final reflection
Start a blogMeet the other participantsOnline presence & personal brand
Current awareness: RSS, Twitter, PushnoteReflective practiceOnline networksOffline networks
Keeping organised: EvernoteKeeping organised: Google Calendar
Informal trainingFormal trainingCatch-up week
Collaboration: wikisFilesharing
References: Zotero, Mendeley, citeulikeEventsPublicationPresenting information: Prezi & Slideshare
Podcasts and screencaptureIntegrating 1-19 into daily life
Career pathsJob applications
Final reflection
technology & web 2.0
social
Start a blogMeet the other participantsOnline presence & personal brand
Current awareness: RSS, Twitter, PushnoteReflective practiceOnline networksOffline networks
Keeping organised: EvernoteKeeping organised: Google Calendar
Informal trainingFormal trainingCatch-up week
Collaboration: wikisFilesharing
References: Zotero, Mendeley, citeulikeEventsPublicationPresenting information: Prezi & Slideshare
Podcasts and screencaptureIntegrating 1-19 into daily life
Career pathsJob applications
Final reflection
Final reflection
Start a blogMeet the other participantsOnline presence & personal brand
Current awareness: RSS, Twitter, PushnoteReflective practiceOnline networksOffline networks
Keeping organised: EvernoteKeeping organised: Google Calendar
Informal trainingFormal trainingCatch-up week
Collaboration: wikisFilesharing
References: Zotero, Mendeley, citeulikeEventsPublicationPresenting information: Prezi & Slideshare
Podcasts and screencaptureIntegrating 1-19 into daily life
Career pathsJob applications
personal
cpd23.blogspot.com
venuean introduction to each tool or idea was posted on the cpd23 blog.
the blog also has a list of participants, details of the organisers, extra-curricular information (e.g. meetups, conference papers…)
we set up places for participants to talk to each other:
Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook
timetable
1 December 2011-- cpd23 blog remains available for anyone who wants to work through the course or dip into individual Things
10 October 2011 Thing 23 was posted
20 June 2011 Thing 1 was posted
30 November 2011 certificate deadline
publicity
publicity
mailing lists
CILIP branches and groups
other library associations
conferences
blog posts
LIS new professionals
network
word of mouth (explicitly
encouraged)
mid-presentation interval
mid-presentation interval
remember to look away from the
screen now and again to prevent
eye strain!
participants
we had
participants
787we had
participants
787registered
participants
we had
787participants
there was no obligation to register to participate.
registration meant that other people would know you were participating, and could find your blog.
we created a feed of participating blogs, so that people could see who was writing what.
we kept a structured list of those taking part, tagging them according to location and sector (information supplied voluntarily at registration).
where?
USA (182)
UK (511)
Australia (22)
Trinidad & Tobago (1)
Canada (9)
France (1)Germany (1)
Hungary (1)
India (1)
Ireland (24)Israel (1) Italy (8)
Latvia (4)
Netherlands (1)
New Zealand (15)
Phillipines (1)
Serbia (1)
Spain (1)Sweden (1)
Sudan (1)
Thailand (1)
Belgium (2)
types of work?
advocacy (4)
architecture (2)
archives (4)
arts (1)
automation network (1)
careers service (2)
charity (11)
church (1)communications (1)
consultant (2)
corporate (33)
digital repositories (4)
EU information (1)
FE (74)
freelance (2)
government (11)
graduate trainee (11)
health (57)
HE (316)
historical society (1)
information centre (1)
information management (1)
IT/systems (4)
law (15)
learned society/professional body (3)
library association (2)
media (1)
military (1)
museum library (6)
national library (4)
newspaper (1)
prison (1)
private library (3)
public (135)
rare books/special collections (5)
student/researcher (27)
retired (1)
research library (5)
school (61)
school library service (1)
social care (1)
special (13)state library agency (3)unemployed (12)
volunteer (6)
relevant to the Historic Libs Forum?
HE (316)advocacy (4)
architecture (2)
arts (1)
automation network (1)
careers service (2)
communications (1)
consultant (2)
corporate (33)
digital repositories (4)
EU information (1)
FE (74)
freelance (2)
government (11)
graduate trainee (11)
health (57)information centre (1)
information management (1)
IT/systems (4)
law (15)library association (2)
media (1)
military (1)
museum library (6)
national library (4)
newspaper (1)
prison (1)
public (135)student/researcher (27)
retired (1)
research library (5)
school (61)
school library service (1)
social care (1)
state library agency (3)unemployed (12)
volunteer (6)
charity (11)
church (1)historical society (1)
learned society/professional body (3)
private library (3)
rare books/special collections (5)
special (13)archives (4)
cpd23 in statistics*
participation:
780+ registered
78 completed evaluation survey
54 registered for completer’s certificate
most useful Things:
consider your personal brand, creating a blog, meeting the participants, reflective practice, job applications
*numbers as at 8.11.11
highlights
There were hundreds of brilliant blog posts written and dozens of consistently amusing, thought-provoking or just plain helpful posts.
Here’s an exceedingly edited selection taken from comments on the evaluation form…
highlights Helen Murphy’s posts are always funny, liberally sprinkled with attractive photos, and have plenty to say about the Things in question.
highlightsNikki was described as “a very interesting and generous blogger”
highlights A lot of personalities shone through…
highlights
highlightsSeveral posts discussed issues that are central in current debates about the profession and stirred up plenty of discussion themselves.
This one considered the value of professional organisations such as CILIP…
highlights…this one sprang out of disagreements about just what ‘advocacy’ means, and how central it is (or isn’t) to professionalism.
so, did people enjoy cpd23?
we asked participants to sum up their cpd23-experience in a six-word story.
here are a few of them…
I registered, I blogged, I grew
useful, informative, flexible, enjoyable, quality resource
always challenged. sometimes overwhelmed. never bored.
jumped in, learnt loads, shared loads
“
”
a positive, career-focused professional experience
made me do; made me think.
sharing begets sharing. everyone wins: result!
I feel part of a community
“
”
Complaints?
“I was slightly disappointed that there was less 'new to me' content. But the new stuff was interesting and I'm using some of it in my work routines.”
“Some things were a bit tricky to use because they were filtered at my place of work and I
wanted to see how I could use them in a work context, e.g. dropbox and Evernote”
“I struggled to keep up-to-date”
so what?
why is the ‘23 Things’ model of use or of interest in hard times?
it’s free
bite-sized
time it to suit you
time it to suit you
dip in and out
make use of small amounts of time
take time off when you’re busy and come back later
contacts and support
contacts and support
social media fosters communication, collaboration, learning, understanding, recommendations, current awareness, friendships...
tips & tricks: participants
it’s not a race
engage with other participants: ask for advice, comment on their posts, share your thoughts
or don’t: several people took part ‘silently’ by reading and thinking about the Things but not blogging
work with colleague or friend to help each other out and keep motivated
you don’t have to like every Thing: keep the good ones and bin the rest.
tips & tricks: organisers
use online tools to manage your workflows, organise your material, share ideas, hold meetings and to get help
ask for help when you need it
embrace the unexpected and the serendipitous
do plan, but don’t try to be perfect
all images adapted from Creative Commons photographs found on Flickr
Leo Reynolds (1-2, 4-5, 7-9, 12-14, 17-20), Simon Scott (3), CarbonNYC (6), greenchartreuse (11), always13 (10), opusinfinity (15), duncan (16, 21), Leigh Harris (22), & fraumrau (23)
See http://bit.ly/ttIvzu for details
‘wip’ by Christiane Struck
‘Free stuff’ by Lee Bennett
‘designer’ choloates by Alex Gaylon‘Highland Theatre’ by lesley middlemass
’57 reasons to rob’ by Niecieden
‘puppies’ by Muchał Grajkowski‘One Pound?’ by Tom Lynch
‘Mankind’ by Éole Wind ‘clock stencil’ by Dan Machold
find out more at
presentation by Katie Birkwood and shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
licence.
cpd23.blogspot.com
