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Join Johanna Anderson to learn more about her research working in a school library in Malawi in 2008. Johanna works as a Subject Librarian at the University of Gloucestershire. She is also co-founder of Voices for the Library and her dissertation entitled 'Library Aid to Developing Countries: A case study investigating how a Western literary library model is integrated into a Sub-Saharan African oral culture within the Malawian primary education system' received the Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) Student Award in 2010. See article in LIR (Library and Information Research)
Really interesting and original piece of research.
Johanna will speak at the next International Library and Information Group (ILIG) Informal event.
Title: Are we having the impact we intend? A case study of book aid to a Malawian primary school library.
Date: Wednesday, 11th April 2012
Time: 18.00 - 19.45
Place: CILIP HQ, 7 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE
Cost: FREE (but please confirm attendance by emailing Alice Tyler: a.m.tyler@btinternet.com)
Can a Western literary library model work in a sub-saharan African context? Does the book donation model widely supported by international donors and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) achieve its aims of improving literacy.
Directions to CILIP: http://www.cilip.org.uk/contact-us/pages/map.aspx
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Catching up on my reading and came across an article in the 2012 January's CILIP Update about learning facilitators Claie Harrop and Laura Sneddon getting students to expand their research horizons. I was interested in this article as it covered my interest in research and information literacy.
Research - a frustrating experience
Students on courses with a practical base were often finding the research process for assignments a frustrating experience. They wanted to gather information as quickly as possible and did not invest their time in the process or consider the extra benefits of research skills to their chosen professions and their academic success. For many of our students, spending time on extensive research seems to be a luxury they feel they cannot afford. So we decided to start use our information literacy sessions to explore how research skills would enable them to engage with developments in their industries, boost their employability (and grades) and allow them to communicate with others working in the field. We hoped that this would start a shift towards students and staff valuing, enjoying and claiming ownership of their research.
It also linked to an earlier activity I had just engaged with, that of responding to CILIP's Future Skills consultation on CILIP's Body of Professional Knowledge (PBK). The current PBK's only reference to research is "familiar with research methods". I feel as information professionals we should be engaged with research in a number of ways including those referred to above and carry out or being involved in research projects where possible.
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I'm going to be delivering a Reflective Writing Workshop at The University of Abertay in Dundee next month Wednesday 21st March 2012: 13:30 - 16.30
The workshop consists of presentations and exercises. It is suitable for Chartership, Re-validation and Certification candidates, and indeed anyone who wishes to reflect more effectively on their personal and professional development.
Learning outcomes:
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To understand and recognise:
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Why we reflect
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What reflective practice is
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What reflective writing is
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How to write effectively
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To practice reflective writing
The Career Development Group has been awarded the CILIP Seal of Recognition (http://www.cilip.org.uk/jobs-careers/qualifications/seal/Pages/default.aspx). Delegates will receive a certificate of attendance if requested.
Previous attendees found this workshop and its practical exercises very useful.
Cost: ?35 + VAT (includes refreshments)
Places are limited. For more information and to book contact Celia Jenkins c.jenkins@ed.ac.uk.
Closing date for booking is Wednesday 14th March 2012.
For many Reflective Practice / Writing does not come easy and indeed for my Chartership I had no experience of what reflective writing was all about. A couple of years later I was enlightened by a Reflective Practice Module I took at Glasgow Caledonian University as part of an MSC in Lifelong Learning and Development. There I was introduced to the writing and teaching of Dr Jenny Moon and saw for myself how a piece of writing can become less descriptive and more reflective. I now share that with other people and last year was approached by Celia Jenkins to produce and deliver a Reflective Practice / Writing Workshop for CILIP CDG (Career Development Group) Scotland. The first workshop was ran last year and proved successful so another is being run.
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