tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855793968985908562.post5786082447258060286..comments2013-12-11T19:24:52.699+00:00Comments on 23 Things for Professional Development: CPD in your later career23 Things for Professional Developmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087252605554163283noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855793968985908562.post-29275440666031989402012-07-17T15:14:09.515+01:002012-07-17T15:14:09.515+01:00Thanks Sheila for this useful reflection and a sta...Thanks Sheila for this useful reflection and a starting off point for me to write down a few things myself. It is odd to think I trained before web browsers, and when searching was expensive and via a modem to DIALOG paying both for time and results(therefore mediation was essential) and before e-journals or e-books - yet at the same time so much remains the same. So halfway through my career it is interesting to try to (unsuccessfully) speculate what changes will come in the next twenty years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855793968985908562.post-70249840923936520512012-07-12T15:47:37.464+01:002012-07-12T15:47:37.464+01:00Am another CPDer at the older end of the spectrum,...Am another CPDer at the older end of the spectrum, no longer working full time but using this course to keep me up to date so that I may provide effective supply cover when called upon. Was a OPL and found it hard to keep up to date with training.<br />Calon LanSuzanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03066625704609426804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855793968985908562.post-56635580364018152462012-06-28T22:49:52.190+01:002012-06-28T22:49:52.190+01:00I was glad to read this post and everyone's co...I was glad to read this post and everyone's comments. <br /><br />My foremost reason for undertaking CPD/reflective practice is predominantly the lifelong learning side, as I believe it's a an intellectually sound and healthy habit to develop. <br /><br />Being at the earlier end of my career, it's also reassuring to read that none of you knew 20 years ago where you would be now, as I discover the the up-skilling and 'developing as a professional' side of CPD too. <br /><br />My Tai Chi instructor always says you should practice everyday. If you don't practice for a day, only you know. If you don't practice for a week, your teacher knows. If you don't practice for a month, everybody knows. And on any given day, you only have the level of competence that regular practice has enabled you to develop. I guess that could apply to anything we do too. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855793968985908562.post-42868283633143531382012-06-27T18:40:46.688+01:002012-06-27T18:40:46.688+01:00Thanks Sheila and CPD23 for this thought-provoking...Thanks Sheila and CPD23 for this thought-provoking post. <br /><br />I have come across the conscious competence model before and had even worked it into some information skills training that I wrote whilst at The OU (http://www.open.ac.uk/infoskills-researchers/development-plan.htm). What I had not come across was the idea that I could slide around back into unconscious incompetence! I guess we don't know what we don't know - neatly summing up one of the major drivers for my participation in CPD23.<br /><br />Seems that you can very much teach this old library dog some new tricks :-)Pennyhttp://pennylibrarian.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855793968985908562.post-81772204464704415522012-06-27T09:50:20.163+01:002012-06-27T09:50:20.163+01:00Nice to know I'm not alone! @cataloguingCPD I ...Nice to know I'm not alone! @cataloguingCPD I wondered if you found it challenging to work out what the best way was of doing CPD in your new career, after a career change? When I moved from being a practitioner to being an academic I hadn't thought of it enough AS a career change, and I think it took a while to work out the CPD for my teaching/research needs. @magpie yes I like learning new things too; I'm lucky that academia is a lot less ageist than some sectors, but I do object to the assumptions you often see that older people will be resistant to change and younger people welcome it - it seems more a question of the person than the age group.Sheila Webberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929764583069948543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855793968985908562.post-627425244227204202012-06-26T17:31:27.203+01:002012-06-26T17:31:27.203+01:00Thank you, Sheila, for an interesting post.
I to...Thank you, Sheila, for an interesting post. <br /><br />I too am an "Old Thing" and am doing 23 Things for exactly that reason. I believe CPD is important for all no matter the age /stage of career or length of time as an LIS professional. I felt that some of the newer technology was leaving me behind. I am somewhat encouraged however to realise that lots of "Young Things" must think that too to get involved in such numbers! <br /><br />I whole-heartedly agree with your comment that we often find ourselves needing CPD in areas we did not expect. I know that more than 20 years ago when I started out, I did not expect to be where I am today - but then surely few of us in our first job set out to follow a rigid path we could clearly see before us? <br /><br />I am continually saying (no doubt to the annoyance of those around me) that I love it when I learn something new, and I too was very taken with the notion of (un)conscious /(in)competence which I have been mulling over (something I think us "Old Things" like to do) all day!<br /><br />Thanks for a thought provoking post!magpie23https://www.blogger.com/profile/07495165352880921994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855793968985908562.post-53070681077023257952012-06-26T13:03:43.255+01:002012-06-26T13:03:43.255+01:00I'm also one of the more "experienced&quo...I'm also one of the more "experienced" cpd23ers - about to turn 55 and take early retirement because the library I run is closing. That really provides my motivation for doing the course: a skills audit/revision and a new network to keep me in the library world. Sheila's post has definitely given me food for thought - I don't want to find my skills slipping out of date. I've called my blog A new library world? with a question mark (http://anabellibraryworld.wordpress.com/) because I'm not quite sure where I'm going now, but I'm looking forward to the journey. And I'm glad of the catch up week too - things 8 and 9 have passed me by so far!Anabel Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15643196773717977697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855793968985908562.post-11680538916110135772012-06-25T21:50:28.473+01:002012-06-25T21:50:28.473+01:00No, my apologies, that was my mistake! Very intere...No, my apologies, that was my mistake! Very interesting post, and the section on un/conscious in/competence is particularly useful. Thanks again for the guest post!Niamhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17860783347121152391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855793968985908562.post-47079752672087111572012-06-25T20:12:17.704+01:002012-06-25T20:12:17.704+01:00Firstly, thank goodness for a week's grace, so...Firstly, thank goodness for a week's grace, so I can catch up a little bit! <br /><br />At 50, I am definitely not new to the world of work, but I am a recently qualified librarian and relatively new to the world of libraries so CPD is still very important to me. I work as a cataloguer, and as my degree gave very little instruction in this area, I really couldn't do my job effectively if I didn't undertake development activities. On a personal note, I also want to keep learning about all kinds of stuff, and your point about sliding into unconscious incompetence caught my eye. I used to consider myself an early adopter of technology but in recent years this has definitely slipped. Taking part in CPD23 is one way of getting myself up to date with some of the social technologies that have left me behind a bit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855793968985908562.post-5479370528390350992012-06-25T15:40:05.118+01:002012-06-25T15:40:05.118+01:00At over 40 (just!) and nearly 20 years in the libr...At over 40 (just!) and nearly 20 years in the library profession I suppose I am also a more experienced CPD23er!<br /><br />I am interested in the four stages of competence you talk about, not something I've seen before. It's appraisal time here and I think I could probably use this in both my own appraisal and my assistant's. Thankslmrlibhttp://lornaslibrarythoughts.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855793968985908562.post-50571744798157922892012-06-25T12:54:56.908+01:002012-06-25T12:54:56.908+01:00BTW apologies to people who saw a shorter version ...BTW apologies to people who saw a shorter version that I published by mistake in the early hours of the morning when I was multitasking ... I think that comes under the category of "unconcious incompetence" or just "need to get to bed earlier".Sheila Webberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929764583069948543noreply@blogger.com