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Learning & Teaching Librarian @ University College Cork Library 😶‍🌫️
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We're putting the call out for new members! 👋

The CDG is a friendly and welcoming committee made up of professionals across the LIS sector who meet online once a month via Zoom.

Interested in joining? Fill out our form. No prior experience required, just enthusiasm!

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Call to join the CDG committee with the following benefits: network with colleagues, co-organise events & workshops, gain experience in committee work in a supportive, low-pressure environment, contribute your voice and ideas to our ongoing projects and planning. Accompanying the text are images of the committee at various events.
November 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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📢 Registration now open for our next event: Neurodiversity in Libraries featuring speakers Jo @jofitz.bsky.social & Andrew @playbrarian.uk, co-chairs of @nlisn.bsky.social and Elaine Chapman from TU Dublin

📅 Tuesday, December 9, 6:30pm (AGM 8pm)
📍 Online
🎟️ Free

🔗 www.eventbrite.ie/e/neurodiver...
Neurodiversity in libraries, a free event from the Library Association of Ireland Career Development Group. The event will take place online via Zoom on Tuesday, December 9th at 6:30pm with the group's annual general meeting (AGM) following at 8pm.
November 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Our Latest guest post by Siobhan Bowman, Paul Breen, Stephanie Chen, Breeda Herlihy, Ronan Madden & Ben Williamson of UCC Library is now available.

They write about learning together to strengthen evidence synthesis skills and support research across campus.

www.libfocus.com/2025/11/libr...
Librarians learning together to enhance their evidence synthesis expertise
Guest post by Siobhan Bowman, Paul Breen, Stephanie Chen, Breeda Herlihy, Ronan Madden, Ben Williamson of UCC Library.  Introduction  Eviden...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
stephaniechen.bsky.social
Some last bit of advice from Isabelle and Robert for ePortfolios: remember to keep it professional, especially if it's a public ePortfolio #CDGEportfolios @laicdgroup.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Really appreciate Isabelle and Robert giving us all time to put it into practice but also means I have no excuses now for not having an ePortfolio 😅 #CDGEportfolios @laicdgroup.bsky.social
Exercise for attendees: take the next 20 minutes to set up or edit your ePortfolio.
October 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Creating an ePortfolio is also a great way to develop your own digital literacy skills. Win/win! #CDGEportfolios @laicdgroup.bsky.social
Learning from the platform itself - if you use a platform for your ePortfolio, you're going to learn new skills from using it. These are great skills themselves. If you use a platform like Wordpress, you will learn web design skills you might not have otherwise had the opportunity to.
October 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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For those wondering if an ePortfolio should be public or private, some points to consider #CDGEportfolios @laicdgroup.bsky.social
Making your ePortfolio publicly available: web platforms can allow your ePortfolio to be publicly available. Many platforms can be set to hidden so they can't be found via Google. Public ePortfolios can help develop your own personal brand.
October 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
stephaniechen.bsky.social
Some good guiding questions from Robert to help you reflect on CPD and content to possibly include in your ePortfolio. Really helpful especially for those who struggle with reflecting! #CDGEportfolios @laicdgroup.bsky.social
Reflecting on CPD: guiding questions include did I know this already? Is this something I can take forward into my role? Is this something I want to learn more about? Does it relate to a paper or article I have read, a conference or seminar I have attended, something a colleague has told me, an experience I have had
October 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
stephaniechen.bsky.social
And of course, there's a (Lib)Guide for it - a brilliant resource from @etbireland.bsky.social Library on ePortfolios: library.etbi.ie/staff/eportf... #CDGEportfolios @laicdgroup.bsky.social
ETBI Digital Library: ePortfolios: Home
ETBI Digital Library: ePortfolios: Home
library.etbi.ie
October 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Robert Alfis showing off his ePortfolio in Wordpress and how he uses tags to categorize CPD. For example: if he needs to find info on digital capacity in teaching & learning activities, it's all easily available - really easy way to keep track of CPD! #CDGEportfolios @laicdgroup.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Disclaimer: my own personal view! If you are going to start an ePortfolio, please don't use Wix as it's on the Palestine BDS list #CDGEportfolios @laicdgroup.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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CPD is really important for library staff and an ePortfolio can help keep track of CPD you're doing or showcase any professional activities you're involved in #CDGEportfolios @laicdgroup.bsky.social
CPD is important for librarians because it ensures librarians remain current, skilled, and adaptable in a rapidly changing information environment, enhancing service quality and professional growth.
October 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Up first, Isabelle Courtney giving an introduction to ePortfolios. They can be really flexible tools for showcasing your learning, career development, or for reflecting in a way that's a lot more personal and bespoke than LinkedIn #CDGEportfolios
LinkedIn is a social media platform with a standardised template where you can connect with professionals or recruiters. Eportfolios are personal websites that can have a bespoke design and can be private or public or you can choose who and what you share. Eportfolios can cover learning, assessment, career development, showcase, and recording and reflect. Some advantages of ePortfolios include: develops active learning skills and tells a story of professional journey goal setting see self-growth over time collaborative learning interpersonal communication skills improves digital literacy skills self-management/self awareness
October 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
stephaniechen.bsky.social
Really looking forward to hearing Isabelle and Robert speak for tonight's #CDGEportfolios event!
laicdgroup.bsky.social LAI CDG @laicdgroup.bsky.social · Oct 13
Our E-Portfolio Power workshop is now sold out!

We're excited to hear from our expert speakers Isabelle Courtney and Robert Alfis tomorrow.

Isabelle specialises in CPD, workplace learning, and accreditation. Robert is the Library Development Officer at Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI)
Isabelle Courtney is a librarian & information professional, she specialises in Continuing Professional Development, workplace learning, and accreditation. She previously lectured on the Library Masters Programme at Dublin Business School and is now a training advisor and accreditation assessor with The Menopause Hub, where she leads initiatives to embed CPD accredited courses into workplace learning. Her work bridges the worlds of librarianship, education, and workplace learning, offering a unique perspective on how ePortfolios can support and evidence professional development. Participants at this event will benefit from her knowledge of CPD frameworks and her passion for empowering professionals to take ownership of their learning journeys. Robert Alfis is the Library Development Officer at Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI), which provides library access to the Irish Further Education and Training (FET). His role involves creating and developing subject guides and content for the ETBI FET Digital Library website as well as supporting the development of the scholarly open access FET journal and EOLAS, the FET sectoral repository. Robert previously worked in the libraries of DBS, Dundalk Institute of Technology, and the National College of Ireland (NCI). While in DBS he worked as research librarian, supporting faculty with their research, managing the DBS institutional repository, eSource, and was managing editor of DBS Business Review. He also lectured on the DBS MSc in Information and Library Management, where he taught on the Information Organisation module and provided guest lectures on the topic of ePortfolios.
October 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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⚠️ Low ticket warning! ⚠️

Our E-Portfolio Power workshop is almost sold out

Interested in attending? @libraryjobs.bsky.social is kindly raffling two tickets

To enter:
1. Email [email protected]
2. Subscribe to the libraryjobs.ie mailing list

Be sure to enter before this Friday (Oct 10)!
October 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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laicdgroup.bsky.social
📢 Registration is open for our next event!

E-Portfolio Power: An Online Workshop for LIS Professionals. Join Isabelle Courtney and Robert Alfis in this webinar to explore the power of ePortfolios

📅 Tuesday, October 14th 6:30 to 8 PM
🎟️ €15, students/unwaged €10

🔗 www.eventbrite.ie/e/e-portfoli...
September 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Job alert!!! Join a really super team working with @rmadden.bsky.social @stephaniechen.bsky.social Ben and Paul on delivering exceptional services to our students.
ucclibrary.bsky.social UCC Library @ucclibrary.bsky.social · Jul 4
📢 UCC Library is hiring a Learning Support Librarian

Lead on study skills, digital tools & academic support and supporting student success.

📍 Permanent, full-time
🗓️ Apply by 05 Aug 2025 12pm

👉 www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...

#LibraryJobs #UCC #AcademicLibrarian #Hiring
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July 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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👀 Watch government transparency in action—frame by frame.

We just launched a live feed from the microfiche digitization lab!

📽️ Real-time scanning of government documents & records for Democracy's Library. ⤵️
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May 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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This is happening right now.

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UN warns 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in next 48 hours without aid – Israel-Gaza war live UN’s humanitarian chief says aid lorries, which contain baby food and nutrition, are technically in Gaza but have not reached civilians
May 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Thank you to both Martin and Marta for speaking with us all today. You were both amazing and shared wonderful advice. Until next time! #CDGASLWriting2025
May 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Question from the audience on if there is funding for smaller scale projects. If you're in a university, SATLE funding from the National Forum could be a good option, here's a list of institutional leads: www.teachingandlearning.ie/funding/satl... #CDGASLWriting2025
SATLE Institutional Leads
C/o 3 Shelbourne Buildings, Crampton Avenue, Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Ireland D04 C2Y6
www.teachingandlearning.ie
May 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Titles Matter - is your title good for more than just the proposal? Does it fit websites, posters, and so on? Marta shares tips. #CDGASLWriting2025
May 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Useful slides from Marta on the project plan - good to have these down and they will also be helpful for when you're successful and now have to actually deliver the project! #CDGASLWriting2025
The project plan: an account of all the activities you intend to carry out as part of the project and the time it will take to complete them. Often funding calls will require you identify specific work packages for your project such as: creation and delivery of specific project outputs, project evaluation, dissemination, and project management and reporting
May 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
stephaniechen.bsky.social
Great advice from Marta: have a clear idea of a project in mind and then look for funding so that calls are in alignment with your project rather than trying to fit a project into a funder's theme #CDGASLWriting2025
Align projects with funder's themes. You can also contact the funders to find out if your project fits.
May 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
stephaniechen.bsky.social
Excellent slides from Marta on things to think about when pulling together a grant application and a reminder to read all the instructions! #CDGASLWriting2025
A few things to think about for grant applications: have an executive summary to describe the project in a short paragraph, who will be on your team, who is the funder, what documentation do you need to gather, what permissions or signatures for approval do you need, and what are the key deadlines Read all the instructions slide - be sure to read all of the instructions again and again for the grant application.
May 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM