1. Taking Charge of your Continuing Professional Development Laura Woods Information Assistant Davies Arnold Cooper

2. “...the conscious updating of professional knowledge and the improvement of professional competence...a commitment to being professional, keeping up-to-date and constantly seeking to improve” (Wikipedia, May 2010)

4. CPD is vital for new professionals Moving from academia to the “real world” Finding your first professional level post

6. Tips for negotiating funding What’s in it for them? Share and share alike

8. Professional journals http://www.cilip.org.uk/membership/ benefits/informed/online- databases/Pages/default.aspx Library and librarian blogs http://uklibraryblogs.pbworks.com/

10. Job shadowing and visits to other libraries Build links within your department Learn how other libraries in your sector deal with the same issues Learn what issues affect libraries in other sectors

12. Awards and bursaries Apply for everything! https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi- bin/webadmin?A0=LIS-AWARDS

14. Image sources http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ladder_to_sky_Escalera_al_cielo_Stairway_t o_heaven.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/gingerblokey/2004212238/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/yubacollege/3722717308/ http://flickr.com/photos/beckzaidan/1165934870/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracy_olson/61056391/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonivc/2283676770/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/aidan_jones/3575000735/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/swimparallel/3174754333/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/diylibrarian/1403798100/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/60588258@N00/3293465641/ http://www.jocelynmathewes.com/blog/2010/01/me_and_my_shadow.html http://si.smugmug.com/gallery/1674201/1/82075104_EFjHo#82075104_EFjHo http://www.flickr.com/photos/lumaxart/2293239853/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dip108/388012741/