Monthly Archive for October, 2014

MOOCs as access to information in developing countries: new ways to utilize ICTs to help meet challenges in the education sector

Dear colleagues: The presentation, “MOOCs as access to information in developing countries: new ways to utilize ICTs to help meet challenges in the education sector,” part of the CPDWL Programme “MOOCs: opportunities and challenges for libraries” at the WLIC 2014 in Lyon, is now on the IFLA Library.  You can […]

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CPDWL Action Plan 2015-16

The CPDWL Action Plan 2015-16 is now online. Read more here: http://www.ifla.org/publications/cpdwl-action-plan?og=82

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Call for proposals: CPDWL Satellite Conference 2015 in South Africa

The CPDWL satellite conference 2015 will be held at Milnerton Public Library north of The Cape Town City 12-14 August. The satellite theme is Taking charge of your LIS career: Personal strategies, institutional programs, strong libraries. We now invite proposals for papers, research reports, workshops, personal stories, and poster sessions. […]

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Next webinar of CPDWL and NPSIG on October 14,2014

We are proud to present the fourth session of the 2014 webinar series “New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations.” http://www.ifla.org/node/6141. The theme for this installment of our series is “Information as a Human Right”.  For the third consecutive year, IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and IFLA New Professionals Special Interest […]

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Knowledge Café 2014: New wrap-up

Learning together: when experts from developed libraries work with developing countries, everyone learns and everyone teaches MARY AUGUSTA THOMAS (Smithsonian Libraries, Washington, DC. United States) Right from the start, the topic was reworked to lessen the “developed/developing polarity. However it provided a great springboard for discussions in all three rotations. […]

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