... Funding: Library advocacy Professional development Strategic communication Empathy In the past, librarians could leave advocacy to very senior administrative officials. It is increasingly clear that strategic communication is not just something that needs to come from the dean’s office...

... in the southwest, Nigeria; especially the Federal University of OyeEkiti, Nigeria. Thus, this study intends to assess the impact of staff professional development and training on the job performance of library staff in the Federal University Oye Ekiti, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The descriptive...

... not have trained for. One framework which supports continuous professional development and employee motivation is the concept of a learning organisation, where staff across all levels of the library acknowledge the value of continuous learning and autonomously engage in activities to keep their skills up...

... of assessment are investigated: Assessment activities Organization of assessment activities Distribution of assessment results Professional development Culture of assessment The contributions of academic libraries to assessing academic programs and institutions have been well...

...Marsha-Gay Robinson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the continuing professional development (CPD) activities undertaken by special librarians in Jamaica, their motivation, the challenges faced and the areas of interest for professional development. Design/methodology/approach...

... and their application to library services. One means by which a librarian can overcome this challenge is through professional development (PD) programs. The purpose of this paper is to determine PD opportunities in private university libraries in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional survey of 61...

... re-use rights only Professional development Budgeting Strategic planning Human resource development Learning organizations Chief learning officers The concept of the CLO has its origins in the early 1990s in the work of Verna Willis, an American systems theory scholar whose background...

... be contacted at: yiye.han@monash.edu 18 04 2016 15 07 2016 16 07 2016 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Online learning Professional development E-learning Sustainability Blended learning E-learning...

... Licensed re-use rights only Professional development Staff development Library value Sustainability Academic libraries Library assessment Academic library programming Academic library services, like many sectors in today’s work environments, are under constant pressure to change quickly...

... Bakkalbasi can be contacted at: nisa.bakkalbasi@columbia.edu © Company 2015 Professional development Assessment Digital humanities Re-skilling Lorcan Dempsey describes the deepening engagement that many academic and research libraries are working to create for their parent institutions...

... that meet the needs of the local workforce and also guide or improve national or local professional development programmes. Design/methodology/approach – A skills and knowledge needs assessment survey was sent to library professionals, LIS students and library managers in Qatar. A total of 109...

...Michael Stephens Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the “Mobile 23 Things” survey results from the program offered by Guldborgsund-bibliotekerne (a public library in Denmark) and present the findings as support for professional development (PD) models to increase library staff...

... comprised Australian librarians writing voluntarily. Doreen Sullivan can be contacted at: doreen.sullivan@rmit.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Academic libraries Professional development Writing groups A number of groups have based their formation and trajectory...

... to their librarians to ensure professional growth. Organizational health, effectiveness, and employee retention are some of the reasons for a library to invest in professional development. Parsch and Baughman (2010) wrote about findings from a study which is the first broad analysis of use of organizational...

... and requirements for professional development. Design/methodology/approach A purposive sample survey of staff groups in an acute services, teaching and district general hospital (DGH) is carried out. Three core themes for non‐use of hospital libraries are identified from the literature and the survey findings...

...Dennis N. Ocholla Discusses issues relating to professional development and manpower training in Kenya. Provides background information on the libraries and information sciences training programmes situation. Gives attention to issues and trends affecting the information profession in training...