Category Archives: CPDWL SC Members

CPDWL Standing Committee Member Highlight: Tina Haglund

“This is How We Do It: One Professional Development Activity in the Lives of Librarians from Around the World” is a new series from the IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section to highlight our standing committee members, who they are and what they do!

In this post, we highlight Tina Haglund, CPDWL standing committee member!

Why are you a standing committee member of CPDWL and what are you working on for CPDWL Section at the moment? 
Tina: I have been a member of the standing committee since 2021. I think the questions of ongoing opportunities to learn and development on personal and organisational level is of importance if libraries wants to stay relevant in a faster and faster changing world. I am mostly involved in the work and planning of coaching. Coming up is the opportunity to take part in the online coaching that takes part in November.
What is one advice you have for new librarians interested in getting involved in IFLA or in their library associations for professional development? 
Tina: Contact a member from a group/section that you are interested in to find out more. Contact your library association about how to get nominated to the section and ask also about funding to visit a WLIC. Join and volunteer during WLIC.

CPDWL Standing Committee Member Highlight: Chinwe Veronica Anunobi

“This is How We Do It: One Professional Development Activity in the Lives of Librarians from Around the World” is a new series from the IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section to highlight our standing committee members, who they are and what they do!

In this post, we highlight Chinwe Veronica Anunobi, CPDWL standing committee member!

Chinwe speaking
Why are you a standing committee member of CPDWL and what are you working on for CPDWL Section at the moment? 
Chinwe: I use this section as a window to participate and support the IFLA global activities. For example, there is training of 47 staff of the National Library of Nigeria  on collaboration, marketing of library service, use of social media, open journal systems and indexing at the Centre for Advance Library Information Management ( CALIM) Enugu, Nigeria from 12-17 October 2022. The National Librarian (Chinwe Anunobi)  as the key facilitator designed the program for the 47 Library and information  professionals of the National library drawn from 34 branches of the Library all over Nigeria. It was in person training which was aimed to ensure effective networking as well as resource person /participants physical interaction. Two experts were invited to join in facilitating the training. Cases of library services marketing were used to drive the training home while practical trainings were given on open journal systems deployment and indexing. The participants were enriched while take home assignments were given to enable deployment of the competences in their work places.
What is one advice you have for new librarians interested in getting involved in IFLA or in their library associations for professional development?
Chinwe: They must start learning the ropes through active participation in sectional activities of IFLA or their library associations.

CPDWL Standing Committee Member Highlight: Almuth Gastinger

“This is How We Do It: One Professional Development Activity in the Lives of Librarians from Around the World” is a new series from the IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section to highlight our standing committee members, who they are and what they do!

In this post, we highlight Almuth Gastinger, CPDWL secretary and standing committee member!

Why are you a standing committee member of CPDWL and what are you working on for CPDWL Section at the moment? 
Almuth: I have been interested in international collaboration for a long time. Consequently, I began to be interested and involved in IFLA in 2003. After eight years with the Information Literacy Section I wanted to continue being an active member of a standing committee. Because of my interest for and the huge importance of continuing professional development (CPD) I chose the CPDWL Section and was elected to the CPDWL standing committee in 2015. At the moment, I am secretary of the section, I am a member of the Coaching working group and I contribute to the CPDWL blog and newsletter.
What is one advice you have for new librarians interested in getting involved in IFLA or in their library associations for professional development? 
Almuth: Become a member of your national library association. Then find out whether it has a group for new professionals. If there is one get in touch and offer to contribute to their work/projects and check with them for possibilities for CPD. You will expand your network very soon and can develop from there. Likewise if you want to get involved in IFLA. Get in touch with its new professionals group and ask for advice regarding professional development.

CPDWL Standing Committee Member Highlight: Mantra Roy

“This is How We Do It: One Professional Development Activity in the Lives of Librarians from Around the World” is a new series from the IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section to highlight our standing committee members, who they are and what they do!

In this post, we highlight Mantra Roy, CPDWL standing committee member!

Why are you a standing committee member of CPDWL and what are you working on for CPDWL Section at the moment? 
Mantra: I believe that helping a librarian grow with access to new skills, new educational resources, new ways of doing traditional duties – professional development – is essential. CPDWL helps me learn and share, globally, what librarians are doing and can do to continue learning and growing. I am working in the CPDWL award criteria development and also in the global scholarly communications project.
What is one advice you have for new librarians interested in getting involved in IFLA or in their library associations for professional development? 
Mantra: Learn about the organization and its specific project/group you want to join. You need to be sure that your ongoing and forthcoming professional plans align a bit with the organization you want to join for prof development.