1. #infolitpro
Developing profiles for the
information literacy professional
Sheila Webber
Sheffield University iSchool
s.webber@sheffield.ac.uk
COLRIC, June 2013

2. Outline
1. Introduction to the project
2. Group activities, followed by feedback from groups
3. Follow up: Individual consideration of implications for CPD
Activities
What are your ideas for the profile of the ILP in the FE sector?
1. Use the following headings to gather ideas (or, if you don’t like the headings, suggest and use some different ones)
Skills for an ILP
Knowledge for an ILP
Attitudes for an ILP
How an employer can support the development of an ILP
How national/sectoral professional associations can support the development of an ILP
How the ILP can support her/his own development
Resources (books, reports, blog entries, articles etc. etc.) you think might be relevant (e.g. to give someone new to FE what the job was
like)
Good channels, networks etc. for developing the skills/ knowledge / attitudes (internal or external)
2. Decide whether you want some individual time to jot down ideas first, or whether you want to go straight into group discussion
3. Put your key ideas onto the form; pool them on flip chart paper, or if one of you has a computer and you want to do it that way - put it on a
PowerPoint
Follow up
Has this prompted any ideas about your own CPD? If so, jot things down on the CPD handout. This handout also includes a description of four
different ways that librarians (in a research study) thought about CPD. They might be helpful in thinking about why you want to do CPD, what kinds of
CPD work for you, and who you turn to when you want to learn.

3. Anything special/different e.g. compared with academic
librarians or school librarians?
Skills for an ILP
Knowledge for an ILP
Attitudes for an ILP
Examples of things
that an ILP in FE does
Continuing Professional Development
How can
employers/managers
support the
development of an
ILP?
How can national/sectoral
professional associations support
the development of an ILP? (e.g.
ARLG, COLRIC)
How can the ILP can
support her/his own
development?
Suggestions of good articles,
blogs etc. about the work of an
ILP in FE.
Suggestions of networks, events,
training initiatives, discussions
etc. (online or f2f) that you found
useful or would like to see start up