I decided to take part in this course primarily because I graduated from university last July with a shiny new degree and high hopes that my role as an academic librarian would provide plenty of opportunities for continuing professional development. Unfortunately nearly a year later I don’t feel that those hopes have been realized (and the degree isn't quite so shiny).
Therefore rather than waiting for someone else to come up with opportunities for skills development I decided that it was high time that I put my librarian skills to good use and so started looking for myself. This was when I came across the cpd23.course.
Despite feeling a bit nervous about some of the "things" (and a complete newbie to blogging) I am always up for a challenge and hopeful that this course will provide me with opportunities to develop existing skills as well as acquire some new ones.
Welcome to cpd23! It's interesting what you say about hunting down areas for cpd yourself, I think this does seem like it's going to be a trend for everyone - especially with employers cutting costs and maybe not able to fund courses/conferences anymore, it's up to us to seek out ways of continuing our development wherever they can be found.
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