Professional Activities

• Librarian's Professional Development
  

  In addition to performing their primary job responsibilities, librarians will also grow professionally. There are many ways in which to do this, and each librarian meets regularly with her/his supervisor to determine activities and opportunities appropriate for the librarian’s rank/step, interests, etc.

  Many UCI librarians are members of and participate in library and other professional organizations, such as:

  • American Library Association
    • LITA (Library & Information Technology Association)
    • RUSA (Reference and User Services Association)
    • ACRL (Association of College & Research Libraries)
    • ALCTS (Association for Library Collections & Technical Services)
  • California Academic and Research Libraries (CARL, the California chapter of ACRL) and its subgroups
  • IFLA (The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
  • LOEX (Library Orientation Exchange)
  • Music Library Association
  • Medical Library Association
  • Modern Language Association
  • German Studies Association
  • American Historical Society
  • Special Libraries Association
    • Chemistry Division
    • Engineering Division
    • Government Information Division
    • Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics Division
  • American Chemical Society
  • Society of Archivists
  • Society for Scholarly Publishing

  In addition to the conferences of the above organizations, UCI librarians have attended such programs/meetings as:

  • Internet Librarian
  • Libraries and Computers
  • LOEX Immersion

  Explore the diversity of professional development activities of several UCI librarians by perusing our librarians’ profiles to get some idea of what the UCI librarians are doing.

  Funding for Professional Development:

  • The amount of money can vary from year to year
  • LAUC funding for research proposals
  • LAUC statewide assembly travel grants are available for recent hires to defray the costs of attending a Fall or Spring meeting
  
  
• Campus Lectures and Symposium
  

  LAUC-I (Librarians Association of the University of California, Irvine chapter) and LAUC (statewide for the librarians of the 10 UC campuses):

  • Lunch with LAUC-I – Organized by the LAUC-I Program Committee (elected), the one-hour lunch topics reflect the current interests of the UCI librarians. LAUC-I provides light refreshments, and librarians and staff are welcome to bring their own lunch.
  • Timely Topics - Each year, unused Prof Dev funding is applied to bringing in an outside speaker to address a topic of interest to UCI librarians.
  • LAUC statewide assemblies (Spring and Fall)

  Programs and Symposia on campus—some co-sponsored by the UCI Libraries--have included:

  • Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellows Series
  • HumaniTech workshops and colloquia have included such topics as:
    • Open Access in the Humanities
    • Electronic Publishing: New Players, Partners, Projects, & Perceptions
    • Fine Print: Publishing in the Shadow of New Media
• Mentoring and Orientation
  

  The UCI Libraries and LAUC-I (Librarians Association of the University of California, Irvine) have been working hard to foster and "environment of mentoring" here. Mentoring is available to all newly hired librarians.

  The New Employee Orientation Program (NEOP) introduces each newly hired librarian to the Libraries and prepares him/her for success here.

  

Last Updated May 3, 2009