'Design your own 23 things programme' workshop delivered by Niamh Tumelty of University of Cambridge at #ASL2014 conference Feb 27 2014

1. Design your own
23 things
programme
Niamh Tumelty (@niamhpage)
University of Cambridge

2. „23 Things‟ is a type of training…
…which started at the Public Library of Charlotte &
Mecklenburg County (North Carolina, USA) in August
2006.

3. the PLCMC course aimed…
“…to encourage staff to experiment and learn about the
new and emerging technologies that are reshaping
the context of information on the Internet today”

4. new and emerging technologies

5. 23 things has been hugely popular…
483 versions had been noted by the PLCMC organisers by
November 2011, including:
public libraries, university libraries, school libraries, health
libraries, archivists, parents, museums, school administrators,
teachers…
USA, UK, Ireland, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Poland, Italy,
Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Norway, Australia…

6. 23 things for prof dev (aka cpd23)
is the same…
…but different

7. cpd23 in a nutshell
“doing for continuing professional development tools
what other 23 Things programmes have done for social
media and web 2.0”

8. who was cpd23 for?

9. 23 things in Cambridge
• 23 Things@CamMedLib + Follow that… (2010)
• 23 Things Cambridge (2010, 2011)
+
New Professionals Conference
• CILIP Career Development Group
• University of Sheffield, 2010

10. the people
these people
all
volunteered
or were
invited to
help

11. the things
Start a blog Meet the other participants
Online presence & personal brand
Current awareness: RSS, Twitter, Pushnote
Reflective practice
Online networks
Offline networks
Google Calendar
Evernote
Formal training
Informal training Catch-up week
Filesharing Collaboration: wikis
References: Zotero, Mendeley, citeulike
Events
Publication
Presenting information: Prezi & Slideshare
Podcasts and screencapture
Integrating 1-19 into daily life
Career paths
Job applications
Final reflection

12. venue
cpd23.blogspot.com

13. cpd23 in statistics

14. most useful things
Start a blog
Meet the other participants
Online presence & personal brand
Current awareness: RSS, Twitter, Pushnote
Reflective practice
Online networks
Offline networks
Google Calendar
Evernote
Formal training
Informal training Catch-up week
Filesharing Collaboration: wikis
References: Zotero, Mendeley, citeulike
Events
Publication
Presenting information: Prezi & Slideshare
Podcasts and screencapture
Integrating 1-19 into daily life
Career paths
Job applications
Final reflection

15. highlights
Helen Murphy‟s posts are
always funny, liberally
sprinkled with attractive
photos, and have plenty to say
about the Things in question.

16. highlights
Nikki was described as “a very
interesting and generous
blogger”

17. highlights
A lot of personalities shone
through…

18. highlights
Several posts discussed issues
that are central in current
debates about the profession
and stirred up plenty of
discussion themselves.
This one considered the value
of professional organisations
such as CILIP…

19. highlights
…this one sprang out of
disagreements about just what
„advocacy‟ means, and how
central it is (or isn‟t) to
professionalism.

20. so, did people enjoy cpd23?
we asked participants to sum up their cpd23-experience
in a six-word story.
here are a few of them…

21. “
I registered, I blogged, I grew
always challenged. sometimes overwhelmed.
never bored.
useful, informative, flexible, enjoyable, quality
resource
jumped in, learnt loads, shared loads

22. “
made me do; made me think.
a positive, career-focused professional
experience
sharing begets sharing. everyone wins: result!
I feel part of a community

23. Complaints?
“I was slightly disappointed that there was less 'new to
me' content. But the new stuff was interesting and I'm
using some of it in my work routines.”
“Some things were a bit tricky to use because they were
filtered at my place of work and I wanted to see how I
could use them in a work context, e.g. dropbox and
Evernote”
“I struggled to keep up-to-date”

24. so what?
why „23 Things‟ for
Academic and Special
Libraries?

25. it‟s free

26. bite-sized

27. time it to suit you
dip in and out
make use of small amounts of time
take time off when you‟re busy and
come back later

28. contacts and support
social media fosters communication, collaboration,
learning, understanding, recommendations, current
awareness, friendships...

29. Over to you…..

30. tips & tricks: participants
it‟s not a race
engage with other participants: ask for advice, comment
on their posts, share your thoughts
or don‟t: several people took part „silently‟ by reading and
thinking about the Things but not blogging
work with colleague or friend to help each other out and
keep motivated
you don‟t have to like every Thing: keep the good ones
and bin the rest.

31. tips & tricks: organisers
use online tools to manage your workflows, organise your
material, share ideas, hold meetings and to get help
ask for help when you need it
embrace the unexpected and the serendipitous
do plan, but don‟t try to be perfect

32. publicity
mailing lists
CILIP branches and
groups
other library
associations
conferences
Twitter
blog posts
LIS new
professionals
network
word of mouth
(explicitly
encouraged)

33. all images adapted from Creative Commons photographs found on Flickr
Leo Reynolds (1-2, 4-5, 7-9, 12-14, 17-20), Simon Scott (3), CarbonNYC (6), greenchartreuse (11), always13 (10), opusinfinity
(15), duncan (16, 21), Leigh Harris (22), & fraumrau (23)
„wip‟ by Christiane Struck
„Mankind‟ by Éole Wind
„Free stuff‟ by Lee Bennett
„Highland Theatre‟ by lesley middlemass
‟57 reasons to rob‟ by Niecieden
„designer‟ choloates by Alex Gaylon
„clock stencil‟ by Dan Machold
„One Pound?‟ by Tom Lynch
See http://bit.ly/ttIvzu for details
„puppies‟ by Muchał Grajkowski

34. find out more at
cpd23.blogspot.com
Presentation based 0n one by Katie Birkwood and shared
under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence.

35. …and Good Luck!
Niamh Tumelty, Librarian
Department of Engineering, Cambridge
nt311@cam.ac.uk | @niamhpage