...Fakhar Abbas; Syeda Hina Batool; Kanwal Ameen Purpose In the ever-changing circumstances, library professionals need to maintain their competencies in line with the new trends. Continuing professional development (CPD) is a mechanism out of these; social media (SM) is a major channel usually used...

... only Academic libraries Mentoring Continuing professional development Career development Career planning Academic librarian Knowledge and skill Professional literature To ensure the library and information professionals are in tune with new skills and knowledge, Broady-Preston (2009...

...Portia Bowen-Chang; Yacoob Hosein Purpose This study aims to present a detailed investigation into the approaches of academic librarians in Trinidad and Tobago in pursuing continuing professional development (CPD) activities. The paper also examines the extent of their participation in CPD at both...

... Continuing professional development Library profession Information profession Continuing education library training But it is important to find out the extent of these training sessions and judge the outcomes. It should also be determined whether these activities are helpful in meeting the users...

... the small islands of the eastern Caribbean to the northern coast of Venezuela (Hillman and D’Agostino, 2009 , p. 21). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Libraries Developing countries Training Cataloguing Continuing professional development Trinidad & Tobago...

.... (2012), “ Personalised computerised feedback in e‐mental health ”, Journal of Mental Health (in press). Health care Libraries Continuing Professional Development Medical information systems I gave up being a health library and information professional four years ago (after over forty...

.... Continuing professional development clearly is a requisite of all professions and the library profession “must purposefully engage in instilling relevance into skills preparedness programmes and in creating continuous development opportunities” (Gosine‐Boodoo and McNish 2005, p. 365). In this perspective...

... to produce a fine successor to the series. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Continuing professional development CPD Library training Librarians Library and information I have to start this review with a confession that I have not come across volumes one or two...

...Amanda Cossham; Alison Fields Purpose This paper aims to analyse the differing views on and needs of librarians and their managers for continuing professional development (CPD). Design/methodology/approach This article draws on the findings of a survey conducted by the authors in 2005...

... improve the type of “practitioner research” that they undertake. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Continuing professional development Librarians The essence of the experiment in workplace practice can be as simple as introducing some sort of change into the work context...

... abstract formulations and discusses the resultant implications for librarians’ continuing professional development and workplace learning. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 While some advertisements required knowledge of current bibliographic instruction or information literacy developments...

...Wenxian Zhang Barbara   Allan . Developing Information and Library Staff through Work‐based Learning: 101 Activities . London : Library Association   1999 . 191 pp. , ISBN: 1 85604 281 2   £29.95 Libraries Management Librarians Training Continuing professional...

... is presented and the New Education Policy of the Government of India and role of the UGC and staff colleges are highlighted. Obstacles to CPE are listed. © MCB UP Limited 1990 India Librarians Continuing professional development Education Library Review 39,1 6 Continuing Professional Education...