Presentation on how to make the most of personal development opportunities gained from helping to develop others. Given at #cilips CILIP Scotland Conference, June 2013

2. Bethan Ruddock, Mimas @bethanar
CILIPS 2013 #cilips2103
Developing yourself to empower
others: professional development and
CPD23.
mimas.ac.uk

3. Helping others with their CPD can be CPD for you
mimas.ac.uk

4. The New Professional’s Toolkit
mimas.ac.uk
Aimed at new library & archive professionals, but
relevant to anyone who wants to think about
upskilling or professional development
Over 50 case studies from information
professionals around the world
Chapters on project management; teaching,
training & communicating; meeting users’ needs
& measuring success; marketing & engaging
stakeholders; using technology; funding & doing
more with less; budgets; ethics and copyright;
professional development; networking; and
professional involvement.
What is it?

5. The New Professional’s Toolkit
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Knowledge of library and information sector
What skills/knowledge are needed?
Who can write about them? Expanded network
Organisation and project management
Managing year-long project
Collaborating virtually, with contributors from all
over the world
While having a full-time job
Writing, editorial, and indexing skills
Largest single piece of work
Editing contributions – finding right balance
Indexing
Benefits?

6. CILIP Future Skills Project
mimas.ac.uk
What is it?
CILIP Future Skills
project:
Review knowledge and
skills base
Revise accreditation
model
Review qualifications
structure
Engage with employers
Project board to
oversee the
delivery of the
project, ensuring
it meets key aims
and that activities
are achieved
within time,
budget, & risk
parameters

7. CILIP Future Skills Project
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Chance to have input
into future of
profession
Better knowledge of
CILIP’s offerings and
attitudes
Experience of working
on a well-run PRINCE II
project
Benefits?
Working with board
Experience of
working with mixture
of high-level people
Talented, inspiring
Expanding
personal/professional
network

8. 23 things for professional development: CPD23
mimas.ac.uk
23 things programmes
First ‘23 things’ program ran at Public Library of
Charlotte & Mecklenburg County in 2006, titled
‘learning 2.0’.
About learning through play and exploration
Small chunks of learning to fit into busy
schedules
Why 23 things? Fitted the needs/constraints of
the original programme
About online tools, using online tools – blogs,
podcasts, images etc
People have been adapting it ever since –
including for professional development
What is it?

9. 23 things for professional development: CPD23
mimas.ac.uk
What is it?
How does it work?
Self-paced, online format meant accessible to
anyone with an internet connection
Enabled worldwide participation
Officially ‘ran’ twice
But all of the information is still up on the
blog, and anyone can pick it up at any time
Cohort & networking
Encouraged to tweet and comment on other’s
blog posts
Plus face-to-face meetups
Know can be hard to find time for CPD – help
people to plan and structure

10. 23 things for professional development: CPD23
mimas.ac.uk
What is it?
Which things?
Blogging, commenting, personal brand, current
awareness, reflective practice, online networks,
face-to-face networks, organising yourself, CPD at
different career stages, librarianship training
options, mentoring, social media, filesharing and
collaboration, organising references,
conferences and presenting, advocacy,
podcasts and vodcasts, career paths, promoting
yourself, volunteering, career planning

11. 23 things for professional development: CPD23
mimas.ac.uk
Benefits?
Working with such a proactive, enthusiastic group of
professionals. The project involved a lot of work, but
the way everyone pulled together and worked on
the tasks which utilised their strengths was fantastic
and made it a really enjoyable experience.
Skills developed:
Collaborative working
Virtual communication (e.g. joining in meetings via
Google Docs chat)
Time management of self and others (e.g. ensuring
guest blog posts are ready well in advance)
Using Blogger
Jo Alcock

12. 23 things for professional development: CPD23
mimas.ac.uk
Benefits?
Delegation: when to do it, and how to give
instructions to other people so that the delegation
goes smoothly for both.
Teaching/training skills: never assume anything
about the starting levels of people who might get
involved as participants in something like this, other
than to assume there'll be a huge range!
Katie Birkwood

13. 23 things for professional development: CPD23
mimas.ac.uk
Benefits?
Broadening my professional circle, boosting confidence,
pure enjoyment of working with a great team!
Niamh Tumelty

14. Getting the most out of developing others
mimas.ac.uk
Anything you do that involves
teaching, training, instructing,
coaching, mentoring will have
benefits for everyone involved.
Maximise your benefits by
choosing activities that give you
new/relevant skills and
experience; reflecting on your
experiences; taking note of
feedback (including the good!);
taking on challenges; being open
to learning
Image used under CC licence from http://www.flickr.com/photos/followthethings/8707065938/

15. mimas.ac.uk
Image used under a CC licence from http://www.flickr.com/photos/yisongyue/3390038593
Reflection doesn’t always show you what you expected to see

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New Professional’s Toolkit: http://lisnewprofs.com
CILIP Future Skills Project: http://www.cilip.org.uk/about-
us/future-skills-project/pages/default.aspx
CPD 23: http://cpd23.blogspot.co.uk
Article in SCONUL focus:
http://www.sconul.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/
17_9.pdf
bethan.ruddock@manchester.ac.uk
@bethanar