World Library and Information Congress:
73rd IFLA General Conference and Council
"Libraries for the future: Progress,
Development and Partnerships"
19-23 August 2007, Durban, South Africa
Satellite meeting held in conjunction with the WLIC
The 7th World Conference on Continuing Professional Development
& Workplace Learning for the Library and Information Professions
14-16 August 2007
Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre, Johannesburg, South
Africa.
Presentations
Continuing Professional Development and
Workplace Learning Section
Theme: Continuing Professional Development : pathways to
leadership in the library & information world
- Opening address by the
Chair of the CPD&WL Section. Jana Varlejs, US
- Library leadership
development that works : institutional commitment, increasing
underrepresented populations and impacting the information
profession. Karen Downing, Camila A. Alire, Jon E. Cawthorne,
Tracie D. Hall, Jerome Offord, Veronda J. Pitchford, Alexandra
Rivera, Alysse Jordan - US
- Developing an
international library leadership institute : thinking outside of
the borders. Barbara J. Ford, Susan Schnuer, Debra Wilcox
Johnson – US
- Joint learning
through a South African – American library partnership.
Betsy Pittman, Debra Stansbury Sunday – US. Yolisa Soul, -
South Africa
- Leading modern public
libraries : a national development programme for England. Tom
Forrest – UK
- Continuing development of professional
librarians : the Singapore experience. Lek Choh Ngian -
Singapore
- Efforts in leadership and succession planning,
large and small. Mary L. Chute – US
- Leadership development programme in the French
National Library : from strategic plan to individual development.
Michel Netzer - France
- E-learning : one path to leadership
development. Marilyn Gell Mason, Rachel Van Noord - US
- Implementing
e-learning successfully in your organisation. Marilyn Gell
Mason, George Needham – US
- Pamoja, a cross-cultural
leadership simulation game. Susan Schnuer – US
- Which leader are you? or
: three functions for leadership, linking with strategic goals.
Marielle de Miribel – France
- Librarians as
leaders : the strength from within. Round table discussion led
by Ganga Dakshinamurti - Canada
- Research library leadership development :
creating best practice. James Neal, William Garrison – US,
Victoria Owen - Canada
- A question of
confidence? : developing future leaders and managers for library
and information services – a case study of a tailored
approach to personal and professional development. Sue Roberts,
Coral Black - UK
- The New Jersey Academy
of Library Leadership : what impact has it had. Jana Varlejs -
US
- Leadership needs of Asian
librarians : an account of an Asian library leadership
institute. Peter E. Sidorko – Hong Kong
- The observant I :
self-assessment and evaluation of library leadership
development. Janelle M. Zauha - US
- Leadership
skills : when are they taught, when are they used. Blanche
Woolls, Nancy Zimmerman - US
- Developing a North-South leadership dialogue :
building on the experience of the Northern exposure to leadership
Institute (NELI). Ernie Ingles, Karen Adams, Mary-Jo Romaniuk -
Canada
- Location, Location,
Location : a librarian’s guide to isolation. Liz Burke -
Australia
- Two X-ers
tell whY and how : succession planning for the future.
Perri-Lee Sandell, Susan M. Vickery - Australia
- Taking over the reins : how
are young librarians learning to lead in a global library
environment. Julia Glynn – US
- Publication as a path to leadership. Gary
Norman – NZ, Kay Ann Cassell – US, Eileen Breen –
UK
- Developing the concept of
‘leadership for all’ in library and information
services : exploring the rationale and making it happen. Graham
Walton – UK
- Closing session. Jana Varlejs