TY - BOOK AU - Woolls,Blanche AU - Sheldon,Brooke E. TI - Delivering Lifelong Continuing Professional Education Across Space and Time: The Fourth World Conference on Continuing Professional Education for the Library and Information Science Professions T2 - IFLA Publications SN - 9783110948585 AV - Z668.W67 2001eb PY - 2001/// CY - Berlin/Boston PB - Walter de Gruyter GmbH KW - Library education (Continuing education) -- Congresses KW - Information scientists -- Training of -- Congresses KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- WEDNESDAY, August 15,2001 -- INAUGURATION OF CONFERENCE -- Welcome: Brooke E. Sheldon -- Elizabeth Stone -- CREATING THE DELIVERY MECHANISMS: EFFECTS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES. FIRST PLENARY SESSION: -- Keynote Address: Continuing Professional Education: Towards Evidence-Based Practice -- Concurrent Sessions: North American Models of Internet-Delivered Continuing Professional Education: Are They Exportable? -- Building a Plan to Deliver Lifelong Continuing Professional Education Across Space and Time -- Delivering Continuing Professional Library Education in Africa: The Technology Challenge -- Continuing Library and Information Science Professional Education Through the Virtual Campus Initiative -- Group Mentoring for Librarianship Graduates: A Report on Outcomes -- Acquisition of Skills in Emerging Technologies through Continuing Professional Education: The Nigerian Perspective -- A Proposed Model to Meet the Continuing Professional Educational Needs of Information Workers in South Africa -- Self-Learning Platform: The Infodoc Courseware on CD-ROM and the Web Communication -- Learning and Instruction in a Learning Society: Contribution of Information Technology to Innovation in Library and Information Science Education -- The IASL Web Site in Lifelong Informal Continuing Professional Education of School Library Personnel -- Distance Education in Lifelong Learning for Library and Information Science Professionals in the Perspective of Information Society Needs in Poland -- THURSDAY, August 16, 2001 -- ENGAGING STAFF IN LIFELONG EDUCATION OVER SPACE AND TIME. SECOND PLENARY SESSION: -- Concurrent Sessions: Development of Library and Information Science Continuing Professional Education Network Centers in Hungary; Assessment of Continuing Professional Education Needs and Preferences of Professional Public Librarians in Israel -- Flexible Staff: Implications for the Drive for Flexibility on the Changing Skills and Attributes in Higher Education Librarians Developing Hybrid Library Services -- Preparing Librarians to Solve Problems Faced by International Students in American College and University Libraries -- Library and Information Science Professionals in the Networked Learning Environment -- Meeting the Needs of Information Professionals for Lifelong Learning: The Employer's Challenge or Opportunity? -- How Graduate Library and Information Science Professionals Cope with Constant Need for Updating their Knowledge and Skills: A Croatian Case -- Predicting and Defining Lifelong Learning Needs for Continuing Professional Education -- The Role of Academic Institutions in the Continuing Professional Education of Librarians and Information Professionals -- Teaching "Organization of Information" through the Web -- The Continuing Qualification of Librarians in Bulgaria: Policy and Ideas: The Creation of a Center for Continuing Professional Education -- Information Technology Training Needs Assessment in Developing Countries: Socio-political and Economic Transition -- FRIDAY, August 17,2001 -- WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? -- THIRD PLENARY SESSION: -- Concurrent Sessions: New Structures of Continuing Professional Education for Information Professionals in Developing Countries: Challenge of Knowledge Management -- Fit to Practice? The Need for the Certification of Professional Knowledge and Competencies -- Janus in South Africa: Building for the Future While Keeping an Eye on the Past -- Appendix A. Understanding the Adult Learner -- Appendix B. Strengthening the Quality of Continuing Professional Education; Appendix C. Greening Of Librarianship: Charting A New Course for Continuing Library Education -- Appendix D. Training The Trainer: A Perspective From TheAla/Clene-Rt -- Appendix E. Planning An International Continuing Professional Education Event: The Barcelona Experience N2 - No detailed description available for "Delivering Lifelong Continuing Professional Education Across Space and Time" UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3043912 ER -