Monthly Archive for October, 2019

An opportunity to learn about different areas of librarianship from different perspectives

Moon Kim, Acquisitions Librarian with Ohio State University, shares her experiences of the IFLA CPDWL Satellite Meeting 2019 Photo: Moon Kim speaking in the Academic Libraries track at the conference, with Ray Pun The 2019 IFLA Satellite Meeting for Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning (CPDWL) kicked off on August […]

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Upcoming Webinar: “Digital tools that can change your librarian life”

Welcome to another edition of the 2019 ALA/IFLA webinar series presented by ALA and IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section and IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group. The title of this webinar is: “Digital tools that can change your librarian life”, in which the speakers will present digital tools that help librarians improve their work […]

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The CPDWL Satellite Meeting is described as “in a country of movies, an event out of series”

Noé Nessel, Librarian, Buenos Aires, Argentina                 Noé Nessel being interviewed by Jasenka Pleško at the Satellite Meeting For me, participating in the Satellite Meeting was a miracle. From the end of the world to IFLA without stops. A privilege to have the possibility […]

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CPDWL Podcast Project: Episode 1

Colleagues, we are excited to announce the CPDWL Podcast Project where we feature library and information professionals who support and participate in professional development work. Our first guest is Loida Garcia-Febo, the Immediate Past President of the American Library Association (ALA) and consultant to CPDWL Section and information coordinator to […]

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The impact of attending the CPDWL Satellite Meeting in Zagreb

Roberta Montepeloso, PhD student, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy IFLA CPDWL Satellite Meeting 2019 was held in Zagreb, at the National and University Library (NSK). Gillian Hallam opened the works exhorting the participants to wonder what kind of impact could have the attendance at the conference. She invited the audience to […]

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My impressions of the IFLA CPDWL Satellite Meeting 2019, Zagreb, 20-21 August 2019

Nicoleta-Roxana Dinu, National Library of Romania, Bucharest I had the great opportunity to attend for the first time an IFLA event, namely the IFLA CPDWL Satellite Meeting 2019, which took place in Zagreb, on 20-21 August 2019. This happened thanks to the organisers who generously offered me funding to allow […]

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IFLA CPDWL Satellite Meeting: reports from our Bursary recipients

The CPDWL section was delighted to be able to offer a number of bursaries to LIS professionals wishing to attend our Satellite Meeting in Zagreb in August. A total of 13 bursaries were distributed to the recipients who were either presenting at the Satellite Meeting or who were attending the conference […]

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