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Career Development Group of the Library Association of Ireland 🌐 https://laicdg.wordpress.com

NLISN is a peer support network for neurodivergent individuals working in the library and information science sector in the UK and Ireland. NLISN welcomes individuals who are both diagnosed, waiting for diagnosis, or are suspected or self-diagnosed neurodivergent.
Language - person or identity first? Whatever people prefer but default should be identity first. For example: Autistic not person with Autism.
Title slide for a PowerPoint presentation. Text on slide reads: an introduction to neurodiversity in libraries and the work of NLISN.
Call to join the CDG committee with the following benefits: network with colleagues, co-organise events & workshops, gain experience in committee work in a supportive, low-pressure environment, contribute your voice and ideas to our ongoing projects and planning. Accompanying the text are images of the committee at various events.
Neurodiversity in libraries, a free event from the Library Association of Ireland Career Development Group. The event will take place online via Zoom on Tuesday, December 9th at 6:30pm with the group's annual general meeting (AGM) following at 8pm.
Congratulations to Mohammad and Sarah for winning free tickets from Libraryjobs.ie for our E-portfolio Power workshop! Thanks a million to Libraryjobs.ie for raffling two tickets. Don't forget to subscribe to the Libraryjobs.ie mailing list and follow them on social media!
Isabelle Courtney is a librarian & information professional, she specialises in Continuing Professional Development, workplace learning, and accreditation. She previously lectured on the Library Masters Programme at Dublin Business School and is now a training advisor and accreditation assessor with The Menopause Hub, where she leads initiatives to embed CPD accredited courses into workplace learning. Her work bridges the worlds of librarianship, education, and workplace learning, offering a unique perspective on how ePortfolios can support and evidence professional development. Participants at this event will benefit from her knowledge of CPD frameworks and her passion for empowering professionals to take ownership of their learning journeys. Robert Alfis is the Library Development Officer at Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI), which provides library access to the Irish Further Education and Training (FET). His role involves creating and developing subject guides and content for the ETBI FET Digital Library website as well as supporting the development of the scholarly open access FET journal and EOLAS, the FET sectoral repository. Robert previously worked in the libraries of DBS, Dundalk Institute of Technology, and the National College of Ireland (NCI). While in DBS he worked as research librarian, supporting faculty with their research, managing the DBS institutional repository, eSource, and was managing editor of DBS Business Review. He also lectured on the DBS MSc in Information and Library Management, where he taught on the Information Organisation module and provided guest lectures on the topic of ePortfolios.
3 current vacancies in Trinity College Dublin Library: open access librarian, project archivist (Arabic & Islamic manuscripts) and a subject librarian for faculty of health sciences and faculty of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Writing skills for LIS Professionals: blogs, bursaries, journals and more is an online event between the Career Development Group and the Academic and Special Libraries Section of the Library Association of Ireland. The event will take place on May 20th at 6:30pm, online via Zoom.
Writing skills for LIS Professionals: blogs, bursaries, journals and more is an online event between the Career Development Group and the Academic and Special Libraries Section of the Library Association of Ireland. The event will take place on May 20th at 6:30pm, online via Zoom.
Presentation slide on if a role is a good fit or not by comparing two different libraries.
Presentation slide with interview tips
Presentation slide giving an example of how you can research a library by looking at their website.
Presentation slide on the application. Content covers doing your homework on the organisation and modifying your CV to the role.
Presentation slide on the search process in applying for jobs. Text on the slide covers casting a wide net, let them tell you no, and where to look.
Presentation slide with Gwen's bio
Advert for Get that job, got that job event from the LAI Career Development Group. The free event will cover CV and interview tips for LIS professionals. Online via Zoom on March 26th at 7pm.