Personal Development in the Information and Library Professions (Aslib Know How Guide)

Webb, Sylvia; Grimwood-Jones, Diana

ISBN 10: 0851424708 ISBN 13: 9780851424705

Publisher: Taylor & Francis, 2004

Synopsis

This guide looks at personal development from the perspective of the individual as well as the organization they work for. The purpose of the book is to define personal development in the context of the information and library profession. It discusses what personal development can contribute to the respective performances of the individual, the information service and the employing organization, and ways in which this can be carried out.

The growing range of qualities and skills required by information workers in today's constantly changing working environment are discussed, along with the role of the formal and informal continuing of education and training.

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Review

"It should certainly be in every staff library and on every library school's list of set texts...
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-"Training & Education
"This book carries the Webb hallmarks: carefully thought out practical advice, steeped in long experience and presented in a rigorous intellectual framework
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-"Business Information Review
"A carefully organized, well indexed and well referenced work
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-"Assistant Librarian

Edition details

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851424708
• ISBN 13: 9780851424705
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 160