IFLA/ALA Webinar Recording: Mindfulness to Manage Workplace Stress and Microaggressions

The IFLA/ALA webinar on Mindfulness to Manage Workplace Stress and Microaggressions (with support from IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group and the Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section) is now ready to be viewed. The recording is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9HczX_tK-o (closed captions will be added shortly). Slides are here: https://aurora.auburn.edu//handle/11200/49913

Pride Month: Resources by Loida Garcia-Febo

(Loida with Deb Sica in June 2019 during the Friday of ALA Annual she, as ALA President at the time, dedicated to honor Pride.) Happy Pride! LGBT Pride Month is commemorated each year in the U.S. in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City. It also commemorates events […]

#CPDWLChat Twitter Conversation Archive

Missed the recent #CPDWLChat on Twitter? Catch it here to see what was discussed! Here were our questions: Q1 How do you maintain continuing professional development in LIS or in your workplace at the moment? Q2 Who has influenced you to become a librarian, and how did they influence you? Q3 Can you share an […]

Black Lives Matter: Statements & Resources

By Loida Garcia-Febo, International Library Consultant, CPDWL Consultant, ALA Immediate Past President Since the killing of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department, people around the globe have rallied urging the world to fight against racism, racial prejudice, intolerant attitudes, and police brutality. Library associations in the USA and internationally have released […]

CPDWL Newsletter June 2020 Issue Now Ready

Greetings to you all: You can now access our June Newsletter at https://www.ifla.org/publications/cpdwl-section-newsletter You will find a totally new design, thanks to our most recent Newsletter team member Sara Ulloa. Besides the regular columns and information about the CPDWL Section activities, two main topics dominate the content. The first topic provides updated information on the […]

“WE ARE TOGETHER: Interaction with Library Users as Instrument to Ensure Audience Growth. Inostranka Case”: continued.

By Alexandr Parshin in cooperation with Svetlana Gorokhova and Daria Belyakova. All Russia State Library for Foreign Literature, Moscow, Russia On the 18th of May we posted material on the series of online professional webinars examining methodological principles and practical aspects of how to: conduct surveys, study customer behavior pattern, involve users into various library […]

IFLA Coach Training Series

Welcome to the IFLA Coach Training Series designed especially for IFLA volunteer coaches. The IFLA Coaching Initiative is a collaboration between the Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and Management and Marketing sections of IFLA. The positive evaluations and experiences from the last two years’ coaching sessions at World Library and Information Congress have demonstrated […]

IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning (CPDWL) Section Blog

Inspiring information professionals write about continuing professional development and workplace learning in order to build strong librarians and libraries for the future!