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Winners of CPDWL+NPSIG Library Meme Contest …

Congrats to all who created and sent memes from Dec 4-6! We are incredibly happy with the participation! CPDWL jury members voted for their top memes. Top 3 winners will receive prizes from Skilltype, an LIS professional development tool!

Honorable Mentions: Memes #3 and #15

librarian's nightmare

Creator: Diego Ariel Vega, Head of Department of Standards and Procedures,Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

successful cpd needs diverse teams in libraries

Creator: Ulrike Lang, CPDWL Co-Chair, Germany

 

Here are our top three voted memes…

 

In third place: Meme #13

omg it looks amazing, i should organize books by their color. also me: no no no, you're a librarian, you should classify your books by subject.

Creator: Elif Öztop, Master Student in Ankara University, Turkey

 

In second place: Meme #5

every book is a world, find yours in your library

Creator: Diego Ariel Vega, Head of Department of Standards and Procedures,Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

In first place: Meme #1

not even the pandemic will separate us

Creator: Roxana Dinu, Librarian, National Library of Romania

 

Congrats to all! More information about their work will come in our January 2021 newsletter! Stay tuned!

Thanks to our CPDWL jury members, a global jury, who had to make tough decisions!

Loida Garcia-Febo
Edward Lim
Sandy Hirsh
Monica Ertel
Catharina Isberg
Sara Ulloa
Svetlana Gorokhova
Rajen Munoo
Carmen Lei
Almuth Gastinger
Wanda Kay Brown
Juanita Jara de Súmar
Heba Mohamed Ismail
Chinwe Anunobi
Claudiane Weber
Micle Maria
Ivana Todorovic
Daria Beliakova
Gill Hallam

Our First Library Meme Contest just finished!

We received some great memes over the weekend to celebrate #InternationalVolunteersDay with our NPSIG partnership. 

From Dec 4-6, contributors sent fun library memes from Romania, Argentina, Germany, Austria, Mexico, Turkey, United States, Poland and more!

We’ll be announcing the 3 top winners based on the highest number of votes from CPDWL judges soon!

Watch our video!

 

Russian Libraries in IFLA: New Formats of Engagement

Dear colleagues,

The Library for Foreign Literature, in cooperation with Russian State Library and Russian Library Association, invites  you to participate in an online roundtable, Russian Libraries in IFLA: New Formats of Engagement, on Wednesday, December 09, 2020, 11:00 – 12:30, on the Zoom platform. The working language is Russian.

         The roundtable’s program will cover the following topics:

  • IFLA Governance Review;
  • IFLA Strategy 2019 – 2024 launch and implementation;
  • WLIC-2021 new formats;
  • News about IFLA Sections in the times of the pandemic;
  • New ways of engagement in IFLA activities for Russian libraries.

During the roundtable IFLA President Christine Mackenzie will deliver an address via teleconferencing.

Your participation is welcome. Please register through December 8, 2020: https://biblioteka-inostrannoy-li.timepad.ru/event/1484541/#register

The roundtable will be live-streamed on Facebook (the official Library for Foreign Literature account).

Please join our roundtable to discuss new formats of engagement in IFLA and new trends in the development of the global library community.

 

Coordinators:

Daria A. Beliakova, Head, Center for Cooperation with International Professional Organizations, Library for Foreign Literature; Standing Committee Member, Section for International Cooperation, Russian Library Association.

[email protected]

 

Irina V. Gayshun, Head, International Department, Russian State Library; Standing Committee Member, Section for International Cooperation, Russian Library Association.

[email protected]

 

 

Webinar Recording: Going from disaster to wonder – Managing successful teams

Missed this webinar? Find the recording below!

in collaboration with IFLA’s Management and Marketing Section (M&M) and the American Library Association (ALA), this webinar focused on how to create and keep successful teams, covering issues such as dealing with conflicts, managing staff you haven’t inherited, helping the teams work toward a goal, etc.

Recording

Speakers:

Dr Dilara Begum, Associate Professor and Chairperson, Department of Information Studies, East West University, Bangladesh

Harish Maringanti, Associate Dean for IT & Digital Library Services, Marriott Library, University of Utah (USA)

Moon Kim, Acquisitions Librarian, Ohio State University, USA (tentative)

Anya Feltreuter, Library Director, Mjölby Public Library, Sweden

Moderator:

Catharina Isberg, Library Director, Helsingborg City Libraries, Sweden.

CPDWL & NPSIG’s Library Meme Contest on Dec 4-6!

Not Now, I'm trying to Read!

Save the date and celebrate #InternationalVolunteersDay in December 4-6 with us & New Professionals Special Interest Group!

We are excited for our first library meme contest! Be sure to tag us & #WeAreIFLA and #InternationalVolunteersDay! 

Read here for more info: http://tinyurl.com/libmeme

We like to thank SkillType for their amazing prizes to meme creator winners!

Reach out to us if you have any questions at [email protected] !

CPDWL goes to WeChat

Are you a WeChat user? Connect with CPDWL members and librarians through WeChat!

We are excited to have you join us in this conversation! Open to all interested in LIS professional development work!

Search the WeChat Group Name: IFLA CPDWL SC

or search in the QR code (it expires every 7 days, so message us if you have any questions at [email protected] !)

#WeAreCPDWL Video in IFLA’s 7 Official Languages

We are excited to showcase #WeAreCPDWL video (2 minutes) that highlights our Section’s 2019-2020 activities and collaborations.
Our CPDWL standing committee members Ulrike Lang, Heba Ismail, Juanita Jara De Sumar, Constance Lehro Koui, Carmen Ka Man Lei, and Svetlana Gorokhova translated the video respectively.