Hi there folks, sorry it has been a while since my last post but I have been away on annual leave and things been getting quite busy on the work front too.
Since I last wrote I have done quite a lot towards my chartership, well, at least in terms of working out what i have done so far and what i have still got to do. It really helps to take a couple of moments to sit back and look at what i have achieved so far and what I still am working towards. I think i am on the right track, although, there is probably not enough material to make a full submission yet. At any rate, my full 12 months isn’t up for another month or so, so I won’t be able to submit anything before that point anyway.
I have a new mentor now (can’t remember whether i mentioned this before), as my previous mentor has retired. My new mentor seems keen to encourage the others within my work to complete their chartership too, and we have been having regular meetings about our progress. The others in the office are at a much further stage than I am with the chartership process, but are chartering under 2002 regulations, which is causing some confusion for me (due to all the differences between the two methods of chartering). I’m not sure which one seems more complicated. I think that they both have their strong points, for example, whereas the 2002 regulations are very structured, this is also good in a way because it helps to identify any gaps in learning. The 2005 regulations are less structured, but I sometimes struggle to know where I am lacking in coverage for my application. I have emailed my mentor the list of things that I could include so far so hopefully she will have some useful suggestions or comments at our next meeting.
I do feel as if I am getting along alright with the chartership, what would be ideal would be to have a set amount of time per week where I can sit and just concentrate on it and do a little work towards it, but it seems to be quite difficult at the moment in work to guarantee such time. I have also been trying rather unsuccessfully to arrange a visit (or visits) to other libraries so that I can see what happens in areas outwith my sector. So far though, nothing has really happened with regards to this, so perhaps this would be another thing worth discussing at my next chartership meeting.
One thing that I definitely can include in my chartership, however, is my recently published article: ‘A snapshot of information use patterns of academics in British universities’. How exciting!! I’m really pleased. My name in lights. I have also been informed that it is an ISI ranked journal, which means that it is a really good journal to be published in!! Yay! Here’s to many more…
