Library Association courses
Library Association courses
The Library Association, in addition, has a full programme of courses for those looking to develop their professional skills and confidence. The programme includes:
Leading successful teams 7 October 1999
Moving into management 19 October 1999
Supervisory skills 26 October 1999
Teaching skills 3 November 1999
Managing the virtual team 10 November 1999
Intrapreneurial information professional in the voluntary sector17 November 1999
In addition, the LA is offering a series of "executive briefings" on key topics for service managers, as follows:
Disability Discrimination Act Part III 4 October 1999
Funding from Europe 11 October 1999
Details on all of these available from the LA's Professional Development department, tel: 020 7637 7543 ext 288/9 or e-mail: phillippa.mcgurk@la-hq.org.uk
The London and Home Counties Branch(Essex Group) are running their own workshop on managing your career, entitled Direction or drift? on 4 November 1999. The leaders will be Susan Bailey of Infomatch and Grace Kempster of Essex Libraries, and the location is Shenfield Public Library in Essex. For details, tel: 0171 928 9292 ext 2367,e-mail: robert.watt@kcl.qc.uk or joanne.cornwall@lineone.net
Heather Watkins
