#newlibgc webinar 15 Jan 2013

Description

IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group in partnership with the American Library Association present you the first in a series of free quarterly webinars in 2013.

Speakers

Keynote by Gene Tan, Director of the National Library of Singapore. President of the Library Association of Singapore (LAS), Director of Singapore Memory Project. Gene is a renowned international speaker about librarian skills and innovative strategies for libraries and librarians. LAS conference this past September was titled “Librarians for Tomorrow.” 

Robin Kear, Liaison Librarian at the University of Pittsburgh. International instructor, speaker and writer.
Topic: Strategizing Your International Librarianship Career: Redux 2013

Heikki Marjooma, Event-coordinator, Department of Events and Marketing, Helsinki City Library. Member of Nordic Gamebrarians.
Topics: innovation, creativity, Library 10, new librarians and games in libraries

Keynote topics: Librarian skills, knowledge sharing, innovation, professional development, the new library, the unlibrary, library within a library

Save the date!

January 15, 2013

9:00 a.m. CST
10:00 a.m. EST
4:00 p.m. CET
11:00 p.m. Singapore
7:00 a.m. Sydney (next day)

see: World Clock

Registration link: http://ala.adobeconnect.com/r5jykrkmz66/

Recording link: http://ala.adobeconnect.com/p8vrs3hmzwk/

Webinar length is one hour.

For more information about the 2013 ‘New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations’ series, visit the npsig blog.

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Questions and requests for information

Loida Garcia-Febo
Series Coordinator
loidagarciafebo@gmail.com