Today the ANTLC
(Academic & National Library Training Cooperative) hosted a seminar for information
professional’s interest in developing their professional portfolios.
There were a range of
speakers and attendees from many different libraries and different type
of LIS positions. Many of the speakers were previous attendees at the annual
ANTLC writing seminars and gave insights into how the experience of attending
the seminars gave them the confidence and knowledge required to start writing
for publication. Cathal McCauley, University Librarian, NUI Maynooth remarked
in his presentation “The Importance of
Disseminating Your Research & Practice for Continuing Professional
Development” that this was a very good example of effective CPD. Participants had used the information they
had gained in previous seminars to publish and were now giving presentations on
the experience.
Siobhán McCrystal from
Stewart’s Care Ltd. discussed her recent article that appeared in the March
issue entitled An Leabharlann (Value
Added: Case study of a joint use Library) in which she used the skills and
tools she learned from attending a previous ANTLC writing course and participating
in the writing workshop organised by Helen Fallon.
Mark Tynan from UCD
shared his writing experiences with the attendees. He encouraged all to
consider thinking about writing about what they are involved in everyday as a
starting point for articles. Getting into the habit of writing, not just
articles, but starting with tweets, blogs, book reviews etc. is a great way of
keeping the momentum going. He also gave tips on developing poster sessions.
Myself and Marjory
Sliney, (Fingal Public Libraries) presented on the Associate and Fellowship
levels of Membership of the Library Association of Ireland and how these can be
achieved in part by writing for the profession.
Other topics covered
by speakers were how to identify which journals and seminars to pitch your
writing and research to, how to develop and abstract for submission, the pros
and cons of writing with a collaborative partner and how to develop productive
writing practices.
As a past participant of
this course I can say that I found the information invaluable to get started
writing for publication. This course has been organised every year by Helen
Fallon, Deputy Librarian, and NUI Maynooth. for the past six years and if you are interested in writing for
publication to develop your professional portfolio I would highly recommend
that you attend. For more information about ANLTC click here
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