Hello all, I have a question concerning my CV, and since I am still very new to academia (and my CV is barren) I was hoping to get some advice. I don’t know what the professional etiquette for these situations calls for.
I work at a humanities library in an entry level role. Part of my job is to set up and take down collection presentations to student and scholar groups – these presentations are typically given by curators or advanced researchers who work at the library. In the most recent one I helped with, one of the items concerned my area of focus and so the researcher said I could present that part of the collection to the student group. I think it went fairly well and I even got to talk to the class professor about it afterwards because she found it very interesting. Is this something I can put on my CV, that I gave a small part of a much larger presentation? If so, what would it look like/how would I word it? Should I ask the researcher for permission/her advice about this as well?
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The general areas to start with on a CV is Academic Experience (job, employment), Education, Published Work, and Conference Presentations. As I started, I barely had half a page with these sections.
With what you’re suggesting, you certainly can! You can make a Public Lectures and Presentations section and list your speaking opportunities under that. Of course, these won’t be seen as high as conference presentations, but they are professional and can help you as you build.