Content tagged Professional development

The pandemic has underlined the importance of digital tools as a means of reaching and serving communities. However, for many in the library field, working with digital tools is clearly...

Publication - 27 May 2021

Tags: Digital libraries, Professional development, Infographics

IFLA Coachee Information and Preparation The IFLA Coaching Initiative project team has compiled an information sheet for LIS professionals who wish to participate in the coaching program....

Informational Page - 10 March 2021

Tags: coaching, Professional development, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

The IFLA Coaching Initiative is a collaboration between the sections for CPDWL and Management & Marketing. You can find information about the Coaching Initiative on the CPDWL Projects...

Informational Page - 2 August 2020

Tags: Professional development, webinar, Management and Marketing

Click here for the complete 2017-2018 IFLA LGBTQ+ SIG Annual Report.

Publication - 26 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Advocacy, Communications, Communities of practice, Cooperation, Democracy, Development, Disadvantaged persons, Education, Education and training, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Guidelines, Human rights, LGBTQ library services, Libraries for development, Library and information science education, Library as place, Library buildings and equipment, Library outreach, Library services, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Networking, New professionals, Performance indicators, Privacy in libraries, Professional development, Risk assessment, Social inclusion, Staffing, Annual reports, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

The Standing Committee on Libraries for Children and Young Adults has 5 places to fill in the term 2019-2023. You find all information about the procedure here https://www.ifla.org/node/81922...

News - 8 October 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Capacity building, Communications, Cooperation, Development, International cooperation, Management, Networking, Nominations, Professional development, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Can new librarians have a voice? Training and professional development vs workplace reality. Join presenters Christine Mackenzie, Catharina Isberg, Elham Sayyad-Abdi and Antoine Torrens as...

News - 16 September 2018

Tags: Professional development, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

At the 2018 World Library and Information Congress in Kuala Lumpur, SOCRS held an open program on scholarly communication. The program featured papers from across Asia and Africa.  The main...

News - 4 September 2018

Tags: Africa, Asia and Oceania, Bibliometrics, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Digital resources, eBooks, Electronic resources, Open access, Professional development, Scholarly communications, Serials and Other Continuing Resources

The first day was organised by the Polish Parliament, who had the opportunity to present their organisation, legislative process and research/information output.  SESSION I:...

Publication - 23 May 2018

Tags: Communications, Education and training, Meetings, Professional development, Conference proceedings, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

The IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments held its 32nd pre-conference in Washington, D.C, 10-12 August 2016, hosted by the U.S. Library of Congress. 143 participants...

Publication - 23 May 2018

Tags: Communications, Education and training, Meetings, Professional development, Conference proceedings, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

The IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments held its 31st pre-conference in Cape Town, 12-14 August, 2015, hosted by the Parliament of South Africa.  About 100...

Publication - 23 May 2018

Tags: Communications, Education and training, Meetings, Professional development, Conference proceedings, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

  Links to photos: By the National Library Board Singapore | By Karel Sosna, Parliamentary Library, Czech Republic The IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for...

Publication - 23 May 2018

Tags: Communications, Education and training, Meetings, Professional development, Conference proceedings, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

The IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments held its 28th annual pre-conference, 8-10 August 2012, in advance of the 2012 IFLA Congress in Finland. More...

Publication - 23 May 2018

Tags: Communications, Education and training, Meetings, Professional development, Conference proceedings, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

Links to photographs: By Karel Sosna, Parliamentary Library, Czech Republic By Ross Becker:  Pre-Conference | Management Workshop The IFLA Section on...

Publication - 23 May 2018

Tags: Communications, Education and training, Meetings, Professional development, Conference proceedings, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

After completion of the BSLA project we had some questions for the project team and this is what they told us!  Get inspired by the path taken by the Sri Lanka Library Association (SLLA...

News - 27 March 2018

Tags: Associations, BSLA, Building Strong Library Associations, Capacity building, ethics, Professional development, Sri Lanka, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The RBSC Committee is creating these guidelines to describe the education, experience, and skill sets needed or expected of those professionals involved with the acquisition, preservation,...

Informational Page - 8 February 2018

Tags: Professional development, Rare Books and Special Collections

On 16 February 2017, an IFLA/BSLA workshop took place at the Uva Provincial Library Services Board (UPLSB) in Badulla, Sri Lanka. It was organized by the Sri Lanka Library Association (SLLA)...

News - 7 September 2017

Tags: Code of Ethics, ethics, professional conduct, Professional development, Professional ethics, Sri Lanka

This presentation, a link at the end, was used at the workshop on Video production. Informing, communicating and disseminating knowledge using audio-visual content during WLIC2017 in Wroclaw,...

Publication - 7 September 2017

Tags: Access to information, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Communications, Communities of practice, Digital resources, Electronic resources, Freedom of information, Information technology, Open source, Professional development, Social inclusion, Resource Guides

The IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG) and the IFLA Education and Training Section (SET) invites you to participate in the Survey of Library and Information Science New...

News - 2 August 2016

Tags: Education and training, Library and information science education, LIS students, new librarians, New professionals, New Professionals, Professional development, survey, New Professionals

Nos es grato el compartir el enlace al archivo del evento en línea, “Servicios Bibliotecarios para Inmigrantes y Refugiados” el cual se presentó el 31 de marzo de 2016....

News - 19 May 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Professional development, Refugees, Social inclusion, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

​ يسرنا مشاركة الرابط للتسجيل الخاص بالندوة التعليمية الإلكترونية «الخدمات المكتبية المُوجّهة للمهاجرين واللاجئين» التي عُقدت في 31 مارس 2016م. وقد شارك قسم «الإفلا...

News - 19 May 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Professional development, Refugees, Social inclusion, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

We are pleased to share a link to an archive recording of our “Library Services to Immigrants and Refugees” webinar which took place on 31 March 2016. IFLA Continuing Professional...

News - 19 May 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Professional development, Refugees, Social inclusion, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

IFLA's highly successful Building Strong Library Associations (BSLA) programme has been expanded through a series of workshops and projects at the regional level in Africa, Asia and Oceania,...

Event - 28 April 2016

Tags: Cooperation, Development, Meeting, Meetings, Philippines, Professional development, LDP (Library Development Programme)

很高兴和大家分享下文链接中的在线文档 “图书馆与2030年议程的倡导和实施”，该文件为国际图联“图书馆2030议程”的工具箱提供支持。国际图联新职员专业在职培训特别兴趣小组，图际图联图书馆管理分部，与美国图书馆协会合作为大家提供了一小时的网络课程。 由于图书馆对可持续发展起重要作用，...

News - 24 March 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, Professional development, UN 2030 Agenda, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

​ Nos es grato compartir el enlace al archivo y a un fragmento de la presentación en línea “Las bibliotecas, las actividades de defensa y promoción y la...

News - 24 March 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, Professional development, UN 2030 Agenda, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

يسرنا مُشاركة هذا الرابط؛ لتوثيق واستخلاص فعالية "المكتبات، وحشد الدعم، وتنفيذ جدول أعمال 2030"  التي ستُعقد على الإنترنت لمدة ساعة؛ لدعم مجموعة أدوات الإفلا، وهو لحلقة...

News - 24 March 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, Professional development, UN 2030 Agenda, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

Nous sommes heureux de partager un lien vers l’enregistrement et un extrait de la session en ligne «Les bibliothèques, le plaidoyer et la mise en œuvre de l'Agenda...

News - 24 March 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, Professional development, UN 2030 Agenda, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

We are pleased to share a link to the archive and an excerpt of the online event “Libraries, Advocacy and the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda” which supports the new IFLA Toolkit,...

News - 24 March 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, Professional development, UN 2030 Agenda, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

Applications open until 2 March 2016 The International Leaders Programme is a two-year Programme designed to increase the cohort of leaders who can effectively represent the wider...

News - 5 February 2016

Tags: leadership, Professional development, Training, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Call for Papers: Open Session New Professionals Special Interest Group [version française] [versión en español] [versão em português] [...

News - 10 January 2016

Tags: Call for Papers, IFLA WLIC 2016, New professionals, Open Session, Professional development, WLIC 2016, New Professionals

At the World Library and Information Congress in Cape Town IFLA's Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and Public Libraries Sections joined together to deliver the...

News - 23 September 2015

Tags: Professional development, South Africa, Public Libraries

At the World Library and Information Congress in Cape Town IFLA's Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and Public Libraries Sections joined together to deliver the...

Publication - 22 September 2015

Tags: Professional development, South Africa, Conference proceedings, Public Libraries

Sister Libraries for Children’s and Young Adults’ reading: evaluation Carolynn Rankin (Leeds, UK) Sister Libraries...

Informational Page - 6 October 2014

Tags: Censorship, Communities of practice, Networking, Professional development, Reading, Young adults

CPDWL has a healthy membership.  On December 31st the section had 85 registered members.  There were 16 Standing Committee members and 4 Corresponding members. CPDWL has had a...

News - 14 September 2014

Tags: Professional development, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

For the third consecutive year, IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group are partnering with the American Library...

Event - 17 June 2014

Tags: Education and training, Event, New professionals, Professional development, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in collaboration with the Government Information and Official Publications section of the International Federation of  Library Associations...

News - 1 May 2014

Tags: Conferences, Cultural heritage, Digital resources, Government information, India, Library and information profession, Lifelong learning, Networking, Professional development, Government Information and Official Publications

registration (EN+RU) | program plus latest updates: EN / RU We are happy to invite you to IFLAcamp Library Creative Laboratory: “A Hero of Our...

Event - 14 March 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Associations, Collection development, Communications, Communities of practice, Conference, Conferences, Cooperation, Copyright, Cultural heritage, cycling, Development, Digital divide, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, Education and training, IFLAcampLab, Information professionals, Information technology, International cooperation, Knowledge society, Library as place, Library collections, Library history, Meetings, Members, Networking, New professionals, NPSIG, Policy, Professional development, Russian Federation, unconference, New Professionals

The goal of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) special interest group is to adress the information needs of LGBTQ+ community members related to library services,...

IFLA Group or Activity - 13 January 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Capacity building, Censorship, Classification and indexing, Collection development, Communities of practice, Data management, Digital inclusion, Education and training, Freedom of expression, Guidelines, Human rights, Indexing, LGBTQ library services, Library as place, Library collections, Library marketing, Library outreach, Library services, Library theory and research, Lifelong learning, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, New professionals, Privacy in libraries, Professional development, Reading, Social inclusion, Staffing, Subject analysis, Women’s issues, Young adults, Special Interest Groups, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

The IFLA Section for Library and Research Services for Parliaments wanted to understand more about the benefits that participants got from attending the annual preconference and/or the main IFLA (...

Publication - 6 December 2013

Tags: Communications, Education and training, Meetings, Professional development, Publications, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

The IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG) held another of its quarterly webinars on 3 October.  CPDWL is co-sponsoring these events. A recording is now available for...

News - 21 October 2013

Tags: Professional development, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

IFLA is pleased to announce the first Regional IFLA Conference in the Arab region in cooperation with AFLI (Arab Federation for Libraries and Information) and Qatar Ministry of Culture, Arts...

Event - 28 May 2013

Tags: BSLA, Conference, Copyright, Professional development, Qatar, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

L to R: David Ofili, Caroline Nyaga, Rozita Petrinska-Labudovikj, Chona San Pedro, Dwaymian Brissette On the 23rd of April, IFLA Headquarters welcomed the 2013 Jay Jordan ...

News - 23 April 2013

Tags: Cooperation, Jay Jordan, Netherlands, New professionals, OCLC, Professional development

NOTE: this is not an IFLA-sponsored programme The International Librarians Network (ILN) peer mentoring program is a facilitated program aimed at helping librarians develop international...

News - 15 February 2013

Tags: Academic and Research Libraries, Networking, peer mentoring, Professional development

The winter edition of the CPDWL newsletter is now available with information from the Helsinki conference, some news about the Singapore WLIC 2013 conference and of course a letter from our co-...

News - 5 February 2013

Tags: Professional development, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

During WLIC 2013 in Singapore, the CPDWL section is planning three different sessions. One workshop, one session together with NPSIG and one session together with SET. The workshop session...

News - 7 January 2013

Tags: Professional development, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

The CPDWL virtual officers meeting in december discussed among other things the Singapore program, the co-chair model, our use of social media and the standing committee membership list. Please...

News - 7 January 2013

Tags: Professional development, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

Facebook Page:  Created in 2009 by Former Chair, Tone Eli Moseid, our Facebook Page is an OPEN Group and provides an INTERNATIONAL FORUM for the discussion of ideas, sharing...

News - 23 October 2012

Tags: Current Events, Facebook Page, Information professionals, Library and information profession, Library services to people with disabilities, Lifelong learning, LSN, Multicultural populations, New professionals, Performance indicators, Professional development, Services to the visually impaired, Success stories, Women’s issues, Library Services to People with Special Needs

Registration Open! for New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations Register today! “New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models...

News - 28 September 2012

Tags: Professional development, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

A selection of the best conference papers from the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2012 in Helsinki will be published in the IFLA Journal and we are invited to send our recommendations...

News - 17 September 2012

Tags: Professional development, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

As usual, CPDWL had a full programme starting with the Satellite Conference in Tampere, followed by a session at the IFLA conference in Helsinki, as well as standing committee meetings....

News - 17 September 2012

Tags: Professional development, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

Read the summary of New Librarians Global Connection webinars presented by IFLA CPDWL and NPSIG in partnership with ALA. The summary is published in the last newsletter from the ALA International...

News - 27 August 2012

Tags: CPDWL, NPSIG, Professional development, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

The latest CPDWL Newsletter is now published. Take the opportunity to read letters from the co-Chairs, as well as some interesting articles on different initiatives ongoing in the field -...

News - 27 June 2012

Tags: Professional development, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

"New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations" is a series of free quarterly webinars on issues of interest to new librarians, models of library...

News - 25 June 2012

Tags: Professional development, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

IFLA Conference 2012 Wednesday August 15th, 9.30-11.30  Link to conference session page, with full text papers: http://conference.ifla.org/ifla78/session-162 Conference...

News - 7 June 2012

Tags: Finland, Professional development, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

On behalf of IFLA, the Public Libraries Section chair Suzanne Payette warmly congratulates Silvia Stasselova and colleagues from the Slovak Librarians Association for recently completing the Slovak...

News - 1 March 2012

Tags: Access to information, Best practices, Communications, Cooperation, Information professionals, Professional development, Success stories, Public Libraries

The paper “Bringing out the best of everyone: a systematic approach to the workplace coaching and learning at the Kuopio University Library, Finland”, by Jarmo Saarti and Arja Juntunen...

News - 1 November 2011

Tags: Professional development, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

IFLA Directory of E-Learning Programs The Section for Education and Training (SET) has been granted EUR 2000 to fund the first stage of the development of the IFLA Directory of E-Learning...

Informational Page - 20 July 2011

Tags: E-learning, Education, Education and training, Electronic document delivery, Library and information science education, Professional development, Education and Training

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) as a strategy to build strong libraries and library associations TUESDAY 16 August 2011 09:30 - 12:45 Session 125  Room: 209...

News - 14 July 2011

Tags: Professional development, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

Your School Librar y's conference on Advocacy, Evidence and Image will help teacher librarians develop strategies to explain the value of the library to administrators, colleagues and parents...

Event - 7 February 2011

Tags: Conference, Conference, Online, Professional development, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The latest issue reports on possible projects which are being explored, the new format for conference sessions going forwards, and the strategic actions which are to be the focus of the Section....

News - 18 January 2011

Tags: Conference, Professional development, projects, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

The June 2010 Newsletter for the Classification and Indexing Section is now available. This issue features a preview of Section events in Gothenburg, international developments in classification and...

News - 20 June 2010

Tags: Classification and indexing, Indexing, International cooperation, Professional development, Subject Analysis and Access

The Section has created a Facebook Group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=107477945962385) in order to grow an online community in the social networks. Everyone is welcome. You only need...

News - 10 May 2010

Tags: Communications, facebook, Library and information profession, Networking, Professional development, Government Libraries

Loida García-Febo, assistant coordinator of the New Americans Program & Special Services at the Queens Library (N.Y.), is the 2010 recipient of the American Library Association (ALA)...

News - 20 March 2010

Tags: New professionals, Professional development, New Professionals

In early February an exciting working meeting took place at IFLA Headquarters in The Hague. The intention of the meeting was to think about the future look and feel of IFLA’s online...

News - 6 March 2010

Tags: Access to information, brainstorming, Communications, Information Technology, Library outreach, Membership, Networking, online services, Professional development, New Professionals

 This volume comprises papers prepared for the 8th World Conference on Continuing Professional Development (Bologna, Italy, 18-20 August 2009). Within the broad theme of creating a positive...

News - 2 September 2009

Tags: Education and training, Information professionals, New professionals, Professional development

2020 NEWS UPDATE: The 36th Satellite Conference for Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section has been cancelled.  The World Library and Information Congress (WLIC...

Informational Page - 21 July 2009

Tags: Conferences, Professional development, Library and Research Services for Parliaments