January 2020 Issue OUT!

Check out CPDWL Section’s Latest Newsletter (January 2020 Issue)! The issue features: CPDWL’s activities during IFLA WLIC 2019 IFLA Division IV, Division Chair Letter by Catharina Isberg Communication initiatives Staying relevant by Susan Schnuer Opening up new vistas for Inostranka by Maria Bereslavskaia …and more! Check it out here!

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Top Five CPDWL Blog Posts in 2019

CPDWL Section members frequently blog about their work, programs or activities throughout the year. Here are our top 5 popular blog posts with the highly numbers of visits: 5. With 880 visits, CPDWL Podcast Project: Episode 1 is our 5th most popular post. It kicked off our podcast series featuring Loida Garcia Febo! (Published in October […]

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CPDWL Podcast Project: Episode 3

Colleagues, we are excited to announce the our third episode of the CPDWL Podcast Project where we feature library and information professionals who support and participate in professional development work. Our guest is Susan Schnuer. Susan Schnuer is the Public Library Innovation Programme Capacity Building Manager for EIFL. Her responsibilities include working with library authorities in […]

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Knowledge Café 2019: Change Literacy: Digital, Collaborative, Creative compiled by Monica Ertel

The 7th Knowledge Café was held at the 2019 WLIC in Athens, Greece.  Approximately 150 information professionals attended this meeting to share and learn from their colleagues on a number of interesting table topics.  Participants represented a diverse number of countries including Russia, Sweden, Norway, Ghana, Canada, Singapore, Germany, United States, Kenya, Japan, Uganda, Australia, Brazil, Greece and many others. 

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Communicating research through exhibitions by Ewa Stenberg

Last week an exhibition opened at Malmö University Library, ”Fighting cancer with plastic bullets”. This exhibition presents ongoing cancer research at Malmö University. The exhibition is an activity in The Researchers Gallery, which started out as a project and now is a part of Malmö University Library’s regular repertoire. I will give you a glimpse […]

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“I am planning to use what I have learned to develop a professional and a personal development program for myself”

Gretchen Higginbottom Interlibrary Loan Librarian, California State University Fresno, USA               Photo shows Anne Kakkonen, Helsinki University Library at her Self-Assessment Workshop Gretchen shares some of the highlights of the CPDWL Satellite Meeting in Zagreb. The 2019 Satellite Meeting was off to a great start with welcome remarks, a […]

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Library for Foreign Literature and the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Centre in Eastern Europe (IFLA PAC) by Daria Beliakova

Library for Foreign Literature and the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Centre in Eastern Europe (IFLA PAC) have launched another international exchange programme for preservation specialists. This year, the focus was on the professional experience of Bavarian libraries and museums. Training programme «Cultural heritage as a basis for intercultural dialogue. Preservation Strategies in Russia and Germany» […]

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