Strategies for Regenerating the Library and Information Professions: Eighth World Conference on Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Lear (IFLA Publications)

ISBN 10: 3598220448 / ISBN 13: 9783598220449

Published by De Gruyter, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Strategies for Regenerating the Library and Information Professions: Eighth World Conference on Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Lear (IFLA Publications)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3598220448
• ISBN 13: 9783598220449
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

This volume comprises papers prepared for the 8th World Conference on Continuing Professional Development (Bologna, Italy, 18-20 August 2009). Within the broad theme of creating a positive work environment for a multi-generational workforce in library and information organizations, the conference addresses managing between and across generations, mentoring and coaching, attracting people to the profession and developing a new generation of leaders, re-skilling and transferability of skills, succession planning and passing on knowledge.

About the Author

Jana Varlejs, Rutgers State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, USA; Liz Lewis, BBC, London, UK; Graham Walton, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.