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CPDWL Section Standing Committee Candidates (2023-2027)

19 candidates for 14 vacancies, presented in alphabetical order of their last name: Simona Bursasiu Kanu Chakraborty Man Yi Helen Chan Susan Cherono Florian Forestier Julia Gelfand Svetlana Gorokhova Heba Ismail (2nd Term) Carmen Lei (2nd Term) Mingyan Li Leo Ma Mitsuhiro Oda (2nd Term) Badiaa Rahmouni Anne Reddacliff Jorun […]

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CPDWL Standing Committee Member Highlight: Alan Brine

“This is How We Do It: One Professional Development Activity in the Lives of Librarians from Around the World” is a new series from the IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section to highlight our standing committee members, who they are and what they do! In this post, we […]

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International Library Dialogues as an Effective Tool of Professional Development and Exchange

On December 23, 2022, M. Rudomino All Russia State Library for Foreign Literature (LFL) and the Russian Library Association Section on International Cooperation (RLA SIC) held a round table devoted to the world libraries’ collaboration in the framework of the LFL project “International Library Dialogues”. More then 40 library specialists […]

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CPDWL Podcast Project Season 3, Episode 5: Spencer Acadia and Fran Holyoke

Colleagues, we are excited to announce the our next episode (for season 3) of the CPDWL Podcast Project where we feature library and information professionals who support and participate in professional development work. See here for the podcast: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/gJeRJVcz2xb Our guests are Spencer Acadia and Fran Holyoke. The topic is on […]

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A Start-Up Library for the Diaspora in Silicon Valley: An Emerging Story

by Mantra Roy As an academic librarian in a public Higher Education Institute in the most diverse metropolitan city in the United States, San José in California, a major city in Silicon Valley in the greater Bay Area, I am very familiar with conversations about developing programs and services for […]

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H22 City Expo in Helsingborg, Sweden

by Tina Haglund For 35 days there is a buzz in the city of Helsingborg, Sweden. Between the 30th of May and the 3rd of July, Helsingborg City invites inhabitants, employees, and visitors to explore H22 City Expo. The overall theme for H22 is innovation for a smarter and more […]

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Future Looks Good! Thoughts of collaboration with LIS educators in Finland

My work as a coordinator in the Tampere City Library’s regional development task includes duties like supporting the professional competence of library staff and promoting the cooperation between the libraries in our region in Pirkanmaa and Central Finland. Jarkko Rikkilä, coordinator, Tampere City Library – Regional Development Task I think […]

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