I know – the title may provoke, but by the end of this text, it will hopefully seem comprehensible and justified. As senior lecturer at a Swedish university offering educational programs in Library and information science (LIS), I sometimes get questions and comments about the training of future librarians. Often […]
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Photo: Jane Dysart I was lucky to speak with Jane Dysart, a member of IFLA’s Knowledge Management Standing Committee and Continuing Professional Development Committee and Workplace Learning Standing Committee! We talked about her work in supporting online professional development learning, LIS trends and what’s in store for her upcoming virtual […]
Read full post…Resources from Latin America & the Caribbean libraries in the face of COVID-19 / Bibliotecas de América Latina y el Caribe ante el COVID-19: Recursos
COVID-19 has forever changed our world including our libraries. Now more than ever we need to work united to continue providing access to information during and after the pandemic. We need to start working on our future, today. IFLA, librarians and library associations from all regions of the globe have […]
Read full post…The IFLA Coaching Initiative welcomes colleagues who want to take part in an online coaching session.
Read full post…(IPC camp organizers and participants March, 2020) The IPC Camp event was hosted by the KNLS Nakuru at the American Corner on 6th of March 2020. The event attracted new professionals from all over the country. It was themed “Invigorating New information Professionals” The New professionals comprised of students, new […]
Read full post…Missed the recent #CPDWLChat on Twitter? Catch it here to see what was discussed! Here were our questions: Q1 How do you maintain continuing professional development in LIS or in your workplace at the moment? Q2 Who has influenced you to become a librarian, and how did they influence you? […]
Read full post…Save the date! IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning, IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group, and the American Library Association invite of all you to take part in a free webinar “Mindfulness to Manage Workplace Stress and Microaggressions”. This meeting is a part of the webinar series “New Librarians […]
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