Andrew Preater

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Always-already librarianing. 🍞🌹🌹 Library director at Goldsmiths, University of London and SCONUL board member; FRSA, PFHEA. Audax cyclist. Personal account: my own views. 💁🏼 (he/him)
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Andrew PreaterSep 21, 2023

New training event on #mentoring now open for booking as part of the M25 Consortium #cpd25 program, supporting our mentoring scheme. 🚀 Free to staff at M25 member libraries, ideal for first-time mentors joining the scheme or as a refresher.

Details and to book: https://www.m25lib.ac.uk/events/mentoring/

Mentoring training [TG1/Mentoring] - M25

19/10/2023 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm -   Twitter: @cpd25_M25 #cpd25 Considering becoming a mentor but want to know more? Our new M25 Mentoring Event is for you. This half day session will provide an introduction to mentoring, including best practice and tips on undertaking effective mentoring conversations, an opportunity to hear from a seasoned mentor about their experience, and an overview of [...]

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Andrew PreaterJul 12, 2023
Something I love about #Goldsmiths is exhibitions like Unruly Bodies at Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art. Miriam Cahn’s confronting, instense painting a highlight for me.
https://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=14479
Unruly Bodies

Featuring thirteen women and non-binary artists, Unruly Bodies presents artworks that explore the experience of embodiment today.

Goldsmiths, University of London
Andrew PreaterJul 1, 2023
Sanjay SrivastavaJul 1, 2023

Seriously though, hear me out:

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Show threadAndrew PreaterJun 12, 2023

The recording of our #CALC23 conference session is up—a #Critlib expansion and additional reflection on our collaborative autoethnography on working-class lived experience of libraries, in @Infolitgroup's Journal of #InfoLit.

With
@DFlynnLib, Dr Teresa Crew, @rosiehare and Krishna Maroo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b4sXCwJ2Q0

 Boost welcome 🙏🏼

Stories at the intersection of social class, capital and critical information literacy

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Show threadAndrew PreaterJun 8, 2023

Following #CALC23, our article based on our collaborative autoethnography of working-class lived experiences of libraries is out now in @Infolitgroup’s Journal of Information Literacy special issue on #CritLib #CritInfoLit.

@DFlynnLib, Dr Teresa Crew, @rosiehare and Krishna Maroo were a fabulous team of researchers and coauthors. 🤩

https://doi.org/10.11645/17.1.3361 (OA🔓)

 Boost welcome 🙏🏼

Show threadAndrew PreaterMay 18, 2023

Working-class experience of library work and LIS is rarely explored in the literature, so our work was meant in part as a contribution to improve this situation.

We wrote something that we wanted to read, and we would love to contributions and reflections from the audience at #CALC23.

There are a few tickets left, to book: https://sites.google.com/view/calcconference/calc2023

CALC - CALC2023

Book your place at #CALC23 CALC23 will be held online on Wednesday 24th - Thursday 25th May 2023. Ticket prices are £15.00 and can be booked via our OpenCollective Page Conference sessions are recorded at the discretion of the session presenter(s). Whilst we aim to record and make available as many

Show threadAndrew PreaterMay 18, 2023

Getting the #CALC23 planning done with @rosiehare, @DFlynnLib and Dr Teresa Crew for our conference session on working-class experiences of libraries and connections to our work and #infolit.

Social class in LIS tends to be popular when actually explored, and we hope this session will prove so. 🧡

Show threadAndrew PreaterMay 17, 2023

I feel it's highly challenging to demonstrate all of that in a written application, though hiring managers need to know it. One thing we can do when writing JDs is ensure the language we use reflects the knowledge, qualities and skills that are "equivalent" to this advanced degree.

Also, in developing the new Level 7 Library apprenticeship our Trailblazer group used the FHEQ and the librarianship Subject Benchmark Statement (link ⤵️), and reflected these in our language.

https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/subject-benchmark-statements/subject-benchmark-statement-librarianship-information-knowledge-records-and-archives-management-(undergraduate-and-postgraduate).pdf

Show threadAndrew PreaterMay 17, 2023

What knowledge and skills are "equivalent" to a LIS vocational masters qualification? I lean on the QAA FHEQ for this, which sums it up in just eight bullet points (p.28 in link, image below). This is what to expect from those holding that degree.

https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/quality-code/qualifications-frameworks.pdf

Show threadAndrew PreaterMay 17, 2023
One thing I struggle with, and so want to be transparent about is degrees: either a first degree for graduate-level roles, or an advanced degree for 'professional' posts. I always say "or equivalent experience" which is a compromise and not ideal.