... up in 1979 and falls under the Faculty of Humanities. The vision of the DLIS is to “become a leading centre of academic excellence in Africa in the education and training of information and knowledge management professionals”. The mission of the department is to “provide quality education...

... of different topics. While it covers quite a bit of ground including the marketing of services, delivering training, developing taxonomies, some practical aspects of knowledge management, the management of information services and staff, it does so succinctly. It is a book that managers of information services...

... in academic libraries. Lack of trained staff in ICT, low level of ICT skills among library users, unawareness of potential benefits of ICT and inadequate ICT infrastructure were found as the major barriers of ICT applications in academic libraries. Practical implications – Academic libraries in India...

...Yacoob Hosein; Portia Bowen-Chang Purpose – This paper aims to provide a study of a structured approach at map cataloguing training by a team of cataloguers at the Alma Jordan Library of the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. Design/methodology/approach...

...Yacoob Hosein; Portia Bowen‐Chang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of cataloguing training for professionals at the St Augustine Campus Libraries of the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, with emphasis on the cataloguing of special formats...

... with a vision. The authors intend to continue the process by working to embed the values and providing more of these opportunities for their staff, looking next at training needs. Originality/value Merging staff from different services can be difficult and threaten the success of joint‐use libraries...

...Louise Ellis‐Barrett Stephanie   Gerding . The Accidental Technology Trainer: A Guide for Libraries . Medford, NJ : Information Today Inc.   2007 . 250 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐57387‐269‐0   US$29.50 paperback © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Training...

...Portia Bowen‐Chang; Yacoob Hosein Purpose This paper aims to examine the effectiveness of a series of in‐house training offered to cataloguers and para‐professional cataloguing staff at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. Design/methodology/approach...

...Stuart Hannabuss Professional education Training Human resource management Careers evaluation The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) introduced a new framework of qualifications in April 2005. From that followed new processes of qualifying...

...Stuart Hannabuss This is a timely book, even though it is not a very even or convincing one of its kind. Undersold in the past, with a replacement gap (new librarians for old, finding credible and effective ways of keeping current practitioners in post) looming, recruitment and training...

...Neil M. Bruce Edited by Julie   Todaro and Mark L.   Smith . Training Library Staff and Volunteers to Provide Extraordinary Customer Service . London : Facet Publishing   2006 . 160 pp. , ISBN: ISBN 10: 1‐85604‐599‐4 paperback   £39.95 © Emerald Group Publishing...

...Joseph M. Kavulya Purpose First, to assess the status of the job market for library and information science (LIS) professionals in Kenya and the adequacy of current curricula and training resources in LIS training institutions in the country. Secondly, to identify priority areas of training...

...Pat Noon Ann   Poyner . Enabling End Users: Information Skills Training . Oxford : Chandos Publishing   2005 . 147 pp. paperback £39.00 , ISBN: 1‐84334‐109‐3 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 --> Information literacy Library users Training...

... the desired assessment within the remit of the online system. This may affect the information to be elicited from students and may determine the character of any online testing facility. Education Training Computers Computer‐based training This text has three parts: Part I: Planning...

...Helen Dunford Training Skills for Library Staff . Scarecrow Press, Lanham, MD , 2003 . 237 pp. , ISBN: 0810847477   US $45.00 (soft) Barbara Allan and revised and adapted by Barbara Moran © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Libraries Training As we...

...Nick Joint Traditional approaches to library training flourished in the period of hard copy collection building, when certain common generic skills, such as those of cataloguing and indexing, formed the bedrock of knowledge for many LIS professionals. The skills required in the digital library...

...; the distinction between primary and secondary information sources, and the use of both print and electronic indexes to periodical literature. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Training Libraries Information services Literacy An active staff exchange program between the libraries of Iowa State University...

... Training Libraries Information services Literacy Denmark “Informationskompetence,” the Danish term for information literacy was introduced in Denmark in 1998 by US‐born Elisabeth Arkin, former Head of Library Services at Aalborg University Library, at a conference on the marketing...

... to be much the same as in most comparable countries: IL as a responsibility for all learning facilitators, social awareness of lifelong learning needs, training of IL trainers, assessing the individual achievements and the institutional outcomes of IL training programmes, and a clear understanding...

... are described at all three levels of education. Finally, a number of organisations relevant to information literacy are mentioned. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Training Libraries Information services Literacy The Netherlands People need information to satisfy their needs, in order that they can...