ABTAPL Activities

ABTAPL usually meets twice a year. A day conference including a visit to a library in the specialisation is held in the Autumn, and there is a residential weekend held in the Spring. In recent years visits have been made to Belfast, Durham, Edinburgh, Dublin, Salisbury, Birmingham, Winchester and Oxford. These occasions are valuable not only for seeing the wide variety of modern library practice in many different institutions, but also for the opportunities of meeting other librarians in the same specialisations. Such opportunities are highly regarded by our members, many of whom work in "one-person libraries" and are not otherwise able to widen their professional education. (Latest Notice of Meetings)

BETH Questionnaire

ABTAPL has received a request from BETH to assist with the obtaining of EU funding to enable collaborative European theological library projects to be undertaken. If you are able to help, please complete the following short questionnaire and return it to Penny Hall prjhall@aol.com

Questionnaire

Training Day - Teaching Skills for Librarians

This will be led by Chris Powis (University of Northampton) and Jo Webb (De Montfort University).

Date: Thursday 10th June
Location: Birmingham Central Library
Time: 10.30 for 11am start. Finish by 4pm

The aim of the workshop is to build on participants current experiences of teaching information literacy and to develop new skills.

Objectives:
1.To be able to relate theories of teaching and learning to personal experiences of teaching.
2. Be able to plan a teaching and learning session.
3. Be able to match appropriate teaching methods to learning needs.
4. Be able to assess & evaluate your teaching.

Please note that tea & coffee will be provided but not lunch. If you would like to attend, please let me know by the 28th May.
Carol Reekie, Hon. Secretary  cr248@cam.ac.uk

Images from ABTAPL Spring Conference 2010 in Bristol Please click on an image to enlarge