Delivering Lifelong Continuing Professional Education Across Space and Time : : The Fourth World Conference on Continuing Professional Education for the Library and Information Science Professions / / ed. by Blanche Woolls, Brooke E. Sheldon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: Aparac, Tatjana,; Arishee, Jebreel,; Badurina, Boris,; Benjelloun, Mohamed,; Bridgland, Angela,; Clyde, Laurel A.,; Csapo, Edit,; Dotan, Gabriella,; Dragjja, Martina,; Edwards, Catherine,; Genoni, Paul,; Haycock, Ken,; Immroth, Barbara,; Jegede, Oluremi,; Kanjilal, Urna,; Knowles, Malcolm S.,; Knox, Alan B.,; Kocójowa, Maria,; Moyo, Lesley,; Paci, Augusta Maria,; Palvolgyi, Mihaly,; Ritchie, Ann,; Ruksasuk, Narumol,; Rusch-Feja, Diann,; Shoham, Snunith,; Smith, Duncan,; Terblanche, Fransie,; Varlejs, Jana,; Virkus, Siije,; Vrana, Radovan,; Walker, Clare M.,; Walton, Graham,; Ward, Patricia Layzell,; Weingand, Darlene B.,; Woolls, Blanche,; Wormell, Irene,; Yanakieva, Tatyana,
• HerausgeberIn: Sheldon, Brooke E.,; Woolls, Blanche,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Saur, , [2013]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2013
• Language: English
• Series: IFLA Publications , 98
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (283 p.)

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- FOREWORD -- INAGURATION OF CONFERENCE -- CREATING THE DELIVERY MECHANISMS: EFFECTS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES FIRST PLENARY SESSION -- Continuing Professional Education: Towards Evidence-Based Practice -- North American Models of Internet-Delivered Continuing Professional Education: Are They Exportable? -- Building a Plan to Deliver Lifelong Continuing Professional Education Across Space and Time -- Delivering Continuing Professional Library Education in Africa: The Technology Challenge -- Continuing Library and Information Science Professional Education Through the Virtual Campus Initiative -- Group Mentoring for Librarianship Graduates: A Report on Outcome -- Acquisition of Skills in Emerging Technologies through Continuing Professional Education: The Nigerian Perspective -- A Proposed Model to Meet the Continuing Professional Educational Needs of Information Workers in South Africa -- Self-Learning Platform: The Infodoc Courseware on CD-ROM and the Web Communication -- Learning and Instruction in a Learning Society: Contribution of Information Technology to Innovation in Library and Information Science Education -- The IASL Web Site in Lifelong Informal Continuing Professional Education of School Library Personnel -- Distance Education in Lifelong Learning for Library and Information Science Professionals in the Perspective of Information Society Needs in Poland -- ENGAGING STAFF IN LIFELONG EDUCATION OVER SPACE AND TIME SECOND PLENARY SESSION -- Development of Library and Information Science Continuing Professional Education Network Centers in Hungary -- Assessment of Continuing Professional Education Needs and Preferences of Professional Public Librarians in Israel -- Flexible Staff: Implications for the Drive for Flexibility on the Changing Skills and Attributes in Higher Education Librarians Developing Hybrid Library Service -- Preparing Librarians to Solve Problems Faced by International Students in American College and University Libraries -- Library and Information Science Professionals in the Networked Learning Environment -- Meeting the Needs of Information Professionals for Lifelong Learning: The Employer's Challenge or Opportunity? -- How Graduate Library and Information Science Professionals Cope with Constant Need for Updating their Knowledge and Skills: A Croatian Case -- Predicting and Defining Lifelong Learning Needs for Continuing Professional Education -- The Role of Academic Institutions in the Continuing Professional Education of Librarians and Information Professionals -- Teaching "Organization of Information" through the Web -- The Continuing Qualification of Librarians in Bulgaria: Policy and Ideas: The Creation of a Center for Continuing Professional Education -- Information Technology Training Needs Assessment in Developing Countries: Socio-Political and Economic Transition -- WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? THIRD PLENARY SESSION -- New Structures of Continuing Professional Education for Information Professionals in Developing Countries: Challenge of Knowledge Management -- Fit to Practice? The Need for the Certification of Professional Knowledge and Competencies -- Janus in South Africa: Building for the Future While Keeping an Eye on the Past -- Appendix A. Understanding the Adult Learner -- Appendix Β. Strengthening the Quality of Continuing Professional Education -- Appendix C. Greening Of Librarianship: Charting A New Course for Continuing Library Education -- Appendix D. Training The Trainer: A Perspective From The Ala/Clene-RT -- Appendix E. Planning An International Continuing Professional Education Event: The Barcelona Experience