Rose’s notebook

For: LIANZA Catsig Seminar, December 8th, 2003, Auckland

Chocolate Fish… The Rewards of

Professional Development?

Rose Holley

Digital Projects Librarian

The University of Auckland Library

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What’s in it for me?

•Keeps me up to date•Keeps me in touch•Helps me with my career•I know where to get advice•Helps me do my job better

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I must …•Take responsibility for my own professional development.

•Keep a personal record of pd•Decide what I need to learn–When?–How?

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How can I help others?

•Pass on my knowledge about maintaining and developing pd

By:-•Running a workshop at the Uni•Writing a handout and put it

on my webpages •Keeping the Resource Page

up-to-date

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Aims of the Workshop…

• Identify sources and strategies for maintaining and developing current awareness skills

•Locate and use info resources How: - Group discussion Hands On at Pc

Time: - 3 hrs

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Results:•40 staff attended•Session repeated•Enjoyed group discussion and brushing up their skills

•Most people want to learn more

•“Too busy”- no time for prof dev

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Feedback….The tutor highlighted a number of things that I didn’t know

were available. I hope the course will be repeated so all lib staff can attend. Useful to gain knowledge and share it with fellow staff. There is a need for sharing prof dev strategies. Learned good new things. Found it very helpful.

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ContentQuestions for groups: I am skilled in… I want to improve on… What sources are there for pd? What strategies and methods

can we use to incorporate pd into our work routines effeciently?

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Answers:Sources for pd…(22 identified) Staffroom talk (and gossip) Journals Databases Conferences Training Courses LIANZA Professional Memberships

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And more…. Listserv’s Groups (internal and external) Networking Dept meetings Internet Auto Alerts (SDI) Newspapers Don’t forget - reading books!!!!

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8 Strategies and Methods

1. Managing E-mails/listserv’s Setting up folders to filter Getting digest instead of

daily Read archives instead of

subscribing Sharing scanning/fwd

emails

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2. After Training Circulate/copy handouts

to others Report back at meetings Report for staff

newsletter Cascade training

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3. Set up auto-alert in dbases4. Fwd relevant articles to

other staff5. Talk in staffroom 6. Pro-actively order libship

bks7. Fwd jnls on circ list

promptly8. Office Layout – open plan

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USEFUL RESOURCES

PORTALS: 1. University of Auckland

Library, Resources by Subject Page- ‘Library and Info Science’.

2. VUW Library, Resources by Subject Page –’Library and Info Studies’

3. IFLANET

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www.auckland.ac.nz/lbr

Subject: Library and Information Science

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Also a list of relevant databases

(requires authentication to access)

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www.vuw.ac.nz/library/liaison/librarianship/index.shtml

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www.ifla.org/II/libdoc.htm

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www.tlcdelivers.com/tlc/crs/crs0000.htm

http://staff.library.mun.ca/staff/toolbox/

http://stauffer.queensu.ca/techserv/cat/Sect02a/c02a2.html

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/

http://www.loc.gov/marc/specifications/

http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html/index.html

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Finding Journals• If you have big circ lists use

e-jnls•The 3 portals all have links

to e-journals•Many libship jnls freely

available on-line•My personal top picks:

LIBRARY HI TECH ARIADNE RLG DIGINEWS + DLIB

FORUM

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Using Databases

•Each one different•Use On-line help and helpsheets

•Details in handout

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Top Databases for Libship

•Current Contents•Emerald• Ingenta•Science Direct•Proquest Education Complete•LibLit•LISA

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What is an “auto-alert”?

•Email delivered TOC pages from Jnls and Books

•Some auto-alert providers allow search updates as well

•Use VUW Lib Portal to find which publishers and databases do it and instructions.

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Ingenta•Freely accessible•Set up a TOC alert for 5 journals

•Find Jnls by LC Class or keyword in title eg libr

•Use other sources you subscribe to get articles

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www.ingenta.com (Carl Uncover)

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Listservs

www.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/libsci/libscimail.htm

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Usenet Archives

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Summary

•Use some of the strategies and sources discussed

•You are responsible for your own prof dev and learning…

So give yourself a chocolate fish for a job well done ….

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Contacts:

PowerPoint and Handout at:- www.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/genlib/digital_projects.htm

Rose Holleyr.holley@auckland.ac.nzTel 09 373 7599 x83984

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That’s all folks!