Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning: The Fifth World Conference on Continuing Professional Education for the Library and Information Professions, Scotland, August 2002
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/01435120310454566 |
| Published date | 01 February 2003 |
| Date | 01 February 2003 |
| Pages | 88-90 |
| Author | Laurel Anne Clyde |
| Subject Matter | Library & information science |
Continuing Professional
Development and
Workplace Learning:
The Fifth World
Conference on
Continuing Professional
Education for the
Library and Information
Professions, Scotland,
August 2002
Laurel Anne Clyde
The First World Conference on Continuing
Education for the Library and Information
Professions was held in 1985 at Palos Hills
near Chicago; since then, there has been
evidence of increasing interest in continuing
professional education (as reflected in, among
other things, the establishment of this regular
column in Library Management). The
evolution of what has become known as ``the
information society'' has stimulated interest in
information literacy, lifelong learning,
workplace learning, and continuing
professional development as a career-long
process. The Fifth World Conference on
Continuing Professional Education for the
Library and Information Professions was held
in Aberdeen, Scotland, in August 2002.
Organised by the Continuing Professional
Education Round Table (CPERT) of the
International Federation of Library
Associations and Institutions (IFLA), this
conference immediately preceded the 2002
IFLA conference itself, held in Glasgow.
In accordance with the stated aims of
CPERT, the purposes of this conference
were to:
... improve the opportunities of librarians and
information professionals worldwide to
contribute to the lifelong learning of individuals
both within and outside the profession; facilitate
collaboration and development of networks for
the exchange of ideas; stimulate research in
continuing education for library and information
professions; and identify elements that can be
used in establishing quality measurements and
evaluation methods for continuing professional
education (From the conference brochure).
Papers included theoretical discussions,
reports of research studies, descriptions of
``good practice'', case studies, analyses of
problems, project evaluations, and state-of-
the-art reviews. This variety in the papers was
reflected in the composition of the group of
delegates, who included library managers and
librarians, as well as academics and
researchers. Delegates came from Australia,
Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland,
Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand,
South Africa, Sweden, Uganda, the USA, and
the host country, the UK.
The conference papers were grouped
according to five main themes. All of the
papers on the first full day of the conference
(Wednesday 14 August) were related in some
way to ``Continuing Professional Education
(CPE): Developing Tomorrow's Leaders''.
On the second day, the main themes were
The author
Laurel Anne Clyde is Professor, in the Faculty of Social
Science, the University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Keywords
Continuing professional development,
On-the-job training, Librarians
Abstract
Discusses the papers presented at the Fifth World
Conference on Continuing Professional Development for
the Library and Information Professions organised by the
Round Table on Continuing Professional Development of
IFLA held August 2002. They included theoretical
discussions, research reports, descriptions of best
practice, case studies, project evaluations and state-of-
the-art reviews presented by library and information
professionals.
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DOI 10.1108/01435120310454566
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