CPDWL Programmes Schedule for WLIC 2019

Our programme schedule for WLIC 2019 in Athens is listed here! For more information and description about these programs, please read the latest CPDWL Newsletter (June 2019). We hope you can join us!

CPDWL’s First Twitter Chat: Archiving #CPDWLChat

Missed our first Twitter chat #CPDWLChat on July 26, 2019? Check out the archived version here under the hashtag #CPDWL. Our participants: CPDWL Co-Chair Dr. Sandy Hirsh (@shirsh), CPDWL members: Loida Garcia-Febo (@loidagarciafebo), Edward Lim Junhao (@BarbarianEd) and Ulrike Lang (@Ulrike_Lang) responded to a series of questions and shared their experiences and strategies in developing LIS […]

INELI-MENA-Egypt: librarians as motors of change

INELI-MENA-Egypt is one of the great initiatives and voluntary efforts that need to be highlighted. INELI-MENA-Egypt is a leadership e-training program working under the auspices of the Egyptian Library Association, aiming to cultivate and develop future Egyptian public library leaders and build a strong professional network to advocate for their libraries. The e-training program will […]

CPDWL’s First Twitter Chat on July 26th 2019

Please save the date/time to join CPDWL members for the first Twitter chat on July 26, 2019, Friday at 8-9 am PDT / 11-12 pm EDT / 17-18 CEST / 23-24 CST. *Please check your local time. In this Twitter chat, we will have CPDWL Section Co-Chair Dr. Sandy Hirsh (@shirsh), CPDWL members: Loida Garcia-Febo […]

Reflecting on IFLA CPD Guidelines as a Singapore librarian

IFLA Guidelines for Continuing Professional Development: Principles and Best Practices is an important document. It covers the breadth and scope of professional development. I first came across this document at Session #158 at the IFLA WLIC 2018, and I wanted to share it with fellow librarians in my home country, Singapore. I wrote a two-part series […]

The CPDWL Coaching Initiative continues!

The CPDWL Coaching Initiative is moving forward. A webinar was offered in the end of May “Enhancing your strengths through coaching”. This free webinar explored the role of coaching and its value for developing library and information professionals for the future. Further information on the webinar is available at: https://www.ifla.org/cpdwl/projects The next step is a session […]

IFLA and the global strategy work – IFLA Secretary General visiting the Swedish Library Association Annual Conference “Biblioteksdagarna 2019” in Helsingborg

Last week the Swedish library Association held it’s annual conference in Helsingborg, the city where I am working as the library director. The theme for the entire conference was competences and continuing professional development. We were very happy that IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner was visiting our conference and also gave a speech at the […]

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!