CPDWL Podcast Project Season 4, Episode 5: Essraa Nawar (in Arabic/عربي)

Colleagues, we are excited to announce the our newest episode (season 4) of the CPDWL Podcast Project where we feature library and information professionals who support and participate in professional development work. Our guest host for this episode is Dr. Heba Ismail, CPDWL Standing Committee Member.  Our guest is Essraa Nawar, Head of Library Development […]

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CPDWL Podcast Project Season 4, Episode 4: Peter Bae (in Korean/한국어)

Colleagues, we are excited to announce the our newest episode (season 4) of the CPDWL Podcast Project where we feature library and information professionals who support and participate in professional development work. Our guest host for this episode is Yujin Hong, Kyung Hee University, South Korea  Our guest is Peter Bae, Assistant University Librarian for Scholarly […]

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ChatGPT in Libraries? A Discussion

ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence tools have come up a lot in the news and libraries have been focusing on its impact. In this blog post, we feature 4 librarians to talk about their thoughts on ChatGPT, generative AI tools, and what they are seeing from a global perspective. Here are our responders from […]

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IFLA Elections 2023 Results – CPDWL Section

Source: https://cdn.ifla.org/wp-content/uploads/ifla-elections-2023-results-sections_2023-05-01.pdf#page5 Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning (fourteen places) To serve August 2023-August 2027 1. Heba Ismail (Egypt) 2. Carmen Lei (China) 3. Anne Reddacliff (Australia) 4. Simona Bursasiu (Romania) 5. Florian Forestier (France) 6. Jorun Systad (Norway) 7. Susan Cherono (Kenya) 8. Joan Weeks (United States of America) 9. Julia Gelfand (United States […]

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“Metadata curation is very important”: An Interview with Gabriela Mejias from DataCite

In this blog post, we interview Gabriela (Gabi) Mejias from DataCite! Gabi has been working in the field of research infrastructure for the past six years. She’s DataCite Community and Program Manager. In her role she leads DataCite participation in the FAIR-IMPACT project. She also leads the Global Access Program, DataCite’s new initiative to increase equitable access […]

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INELI-MENA Reunion:

The International Network of Emerging Library Innovators- Middle East and North Africa (INELI-MENA) was a unique e-training leadership program funded by Global Libraries Initiatives (GL) at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and conducted by the Arab Federation for Libraries and Information (AFLI); INELI-MENA targeted 31 librarians across the MENA region. Upon the success […]

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