1. Lifelong Learning and Skills Development
Diverse routes and opportunities
Lisa Gardner, NHS Support Librarian Charing Cross
@HistoryMistress

2. Lisa Gardner

3. This session will:
Highlight skills development through different roles, utilising different opportunities.
Consider the obstacles and benefits of undertaking a PGDip in Library and Information Management later in one’s career.

4. Skills Development Professional conversations Shadowing Observation
Volunteering
Interviewing
Visits
Workshops
Group work
Peer learning
Problem solving
Formal training
Collaboration/ partnership working
Active listening
Networking
Mentorship
Researching

5. Ready to learn
Proactive
Agile
Agile

6. Lisa Gardner - my career journey
Cinema Usherette
Saturday job in a public library
Principal Librarian for Community Services
Project Executive, Public Relations
Terrence Higgins Trust
Learning Networker for Social Work
Workforce Development Consultant
Manager Housing Adaptations
Placement Officer – Social Work
Social Care Assessment Worker
Historical Research Officer
Saturday job in an academic library
Further and Higher Education Teacher
RCN Library and Archive Service
NHS Support Charing Cross Campus Library, Imperial College London

7. Formal Learning and Qualifications
CertHE
BA (Hons) MA
PGCE – LLS
PGDip Library and Information Management

8. Ulster University
Distance Learning
Self funding
Weekly seminars via Blackboard

9. What obstacles?
Time
Prior experience
Perfectionist

10. What benefits? Different perspectives from my cohort
Theory and context
Range of roles
Reflective practice
Understanding and satisfaction in my work
Connection to the profession

11. Thank you
Lisa Gardner
@HistoryMistress