Towards a Model of Self-Directed Learning in Librarianship

Varlejs, Jana

doi:10.1515/9783111635682.280

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“…IFLA (Varlejs, 2016) has initiated guidelines that can guide national library associations to adopt and adapt to suit their countries professional developmental needs. The professional body in South Africa, known as the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) has adopted IFLA's CPD guidelines and adapted it to suit the South African information professionals requirements (Varlejs, 2016). The CPD guidelines for LIASA were announced in April 2018 (LIASA, 2021).…”

Section: Continuing Professional Developmentmentioning

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“…The IFLA (2023) workplace learning group focusses on the various demands and changes placed on libraries and librarians in the evolving environment, and the group encourages librarians to embrace new developments and trends in their profession. IFLA (Varlejs, 2016) has initiated guidelines that can guide national library associations to adopt and adapt to suit their countries professional developmental needs. The professional body in South Africa, known as the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) has adopted IFLA's CPD guidelines and adapted it to suit the South African information professionals requirements (Varlejs, 2016).…”

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Continuing professional development and the changing landscape of academic libraries

Moonasar

2024

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PurposeThis article highlights the dynamic and evolving nature of libraries and the role of librarians within the changing landscape. It discusses how libraries have traditionally operated and how they have been impacted by 4IR and external factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic.Design/methodology/approachThe study employed a mixed methods research approach, combining an online questionnaire to derive quantitative data and interviews to provide qualitative data. The follow-up interviews provided a comprehensive understanding of how academic librarians at the DUT library use Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to adapt to the evolving environment.FindingsThis paper reports that there was consensus that CPD empowers the librarians to adapt seamlessly to the dynamic library landscape. It equips them with the knowledge and skills to stay updated on the latest trends, technologies and best practices in their field.Practical implicationsThe findings carry implications for the planning and executing of ongoing CPD programmes and activities across all academic libraries.Originality/valueThis study provides an insight into the results of the importance of CPD for librarians within a developing country in southern Africa.

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Section: Continuing Professional Developmentmentioning

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Section: Continuing Professional Developmentmentioning

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Continuing professional development and the changing landscape of academic libraries

Moonasar

2024

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“…CPD, as defined by IFLA, is the cycle pertaining to the stages of employees' development, which includes planning, acting and evaluating. This is a critical process to ensure that librarians and LIS professionals keep pace with changes in the industry and achieve their personal and professional goals (Varlejs et al, 2016).…”

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“…The IFLA guidelines propose that CPD programmes be designed 'to support the employing organization's goals for excellent service' (IFLA, 2016: 2). And the goal of employees should be to learn new skills to contribute to their profession's development and improvement, and to fulfil their organization's objectives (Varlejs et al, 2016). CPD should be associated with individuals' need to include 'critical thinking' in their practice, which is based on collaborative environments that endorse sustained learning and active experimentation (Namaganda, 2019).…”

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The current state of academic librarians’ continuing professional development and the roles of continuing professional development providers in Thailand

Sacchanand,

Wimolsittichai,

Kankonsue

et al. 2024

IFLA Journal

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This research explored the current state of the continuing professional development of Thai academic librarians and the roles of continuing professional development providers, employing a mixed-methods approach. An online questionnaire was completed by 243 Thai academic librarians and in-depth interviews were conducted with 20 library directors and deputy directors. The quantitative data was analysed using descriptive analysis, while the qualitative data was examined through thematic analysis. The research found that academic librarians recognized the importance of participating in continuing professional development activities and exhibited a preference for online continuing professional development, with ‘in-house’ providers and academic library networks assuming significant roles. The study recommends focusing on information technology skills and English proficiency. Concise and dynamic guidance is offered for academic libraries and continuing professional development providers to reshape continuing professional development activities to post-pandemic dynamics, based on academic librarians’ needs, and align their offerings with contemporary academic library challenges and trends, better suiting Thailand’s evolving educational context.

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“…Universities with LIS study programmes offer short continuation courses, which cover a range of topics, but the responsibility for maintaining expertise and professional knowledge and staying updated with the developments in the library field resides in the individual professionals and their respective workplaces (cf. Varlejs et al, 2016: 8).…”

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Monitoring, browsing and being aware – Keeping abreast and staying updated with professional information in Swedish regional libraries

Pilerot

2021

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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A substantial part of the work conducted by librarians at Swedish regional libraries concerns staying alert and informed in ways that allow for continuous development of the kind of knowledge and abilities that are required for doing a qualified job, but this part of the work is elusive and hard to identify. This paper presents an empirical study that elucidates this specific kind of work of keeping abreast and updated with professional information. Empirical data were produced through interviews and logbooks with 10 members of staff at 4 regional libraries in Sweden. The data were analysed by employing Marcia Bates’ model of different information-seeking modes. The results of the study show that the activity in focus is seamlessly intertwined with other work activities and enacted in a variety of ways that are adapted after other work tasks (than the information seeking in itself) and dependent on individual preferences and routines. Since there is a certain conception of this activity as something that should be carried out in a certain systematic way and since it is something that one as a librarian ought to be good at, it is furthermore often associated with a normative dimension that provokes a sense of guilt among the study participants.

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Towards a Model of Self-Directed Learning in Librarianship

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Continuing professional development and the changing landscape of academic libraries

Continuing professional development and the changing landscape of academic libraries

The current state of academic librarians’ continuing professional development and the roles of continuing professional development providers in Thailand

Monitoring, browsing and being aware – Keeping abreast and staying updated with professional information in Swedish regional libraries

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