I joined CILIP briefly when I was doing my library master’s degree and am rather indebted to CILIP Update, the CILIP journal, for providing inspiration before job interviews and course presentations.
CILIP chartership is a long-term goal for me, and hopefully when I’ve improved my self-reflective writing (thank-you CPD23!) I’ll be more ready to embark on this journey.
I feel it’s important to have a balance between online networking and the face-to-face kind. Both these kinds of networking will develop slightly different skills. Online networking can appear artificial and impersonal because we can heavily edit our responses and profiles, whereas with face-to-face communication you will have to think ‘on the spot’. I definitely want to develop both skill sets.
I’m keeping an eye on the LISNPN events page (http://www.lisnpn.spruz.com/events.htm) in anticipation of the next LISNPN meet-up. Another possibility is joining the LIKE network (http://www.likenews.org.uk/). This has a very diverse membership and might provide a good opportunity for broadening my mind. After seven years working in local government I need to break out the beaurocratic mode!
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