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Professional

Development

For Librarians

Caryn Anderson Information Resource Officer

U.S. Embassy Islamabad 31 January 2013 University of Peshawar

Professional Development for Librarians


Professional

Development

Survive

Thrive

Action

To…

[ WHO ]

[ WHAT ]

[ HOW ]

[ WHY ]

[ WHEN ]

[ WHERE ]


Professional

Development

WHY: Opportunity

WHO: Networks

WHAT: Learn & Contribute

HOW: Think, Act, Review

WHEN: Frequently

WHERE: Home & Away


[ WHY: Opportunities]

Sources

Skills References

Experience Evidence that we are qualified

Knowledge that we can do

the work, confidence in

communication

Come from

people in our

loose networks

Recommendations from people

known to the people deciding

“My friend told me about this

scholarship and it sounded like

something you’d be interested in.”

“I have _____ in my activities

planning events for the Pakistan

Library Association.”

“In that situation, I would first

_____, then ____. But if there are

___ factors involved, I would

probably ____.”

“Well, if ____ recommends her then

that is good enough for me. She

must be qualified.”


[ WHO: Develop Networks ]

Friends Juniors

Colleagues Organizations

Mentors

Get involved in

professional associations.

Join or form Special

Interest Groups. Volunteer

for working groups or

event committees.

Find someone you

admire and ask them

how they got where

they are

Mentor colleagues who

are newer to the field

than you are. “We teach

best what we most need

to learn.”

It is good to take

classes and

volunteer with a

couple of buddies

with similar interests.

Keep track of the

people you meet and

their interests and

expertise. Stay in

touch. Ask them for

help and help them.

Institutions Contribute actively to

your institution.

Volunteer for

committees. Mentor new

employees. Assist with

events.


[ WHAT: Learn & Contribute ]

Discussion Lists

Courses

Websites TED

ICISC

INALJ.com (US)

LISJobNet.com (UK)

Internet Public Library

Internet Librarian (Conf)

DOAJ.com

NGC4LIB – Next Generation Catalogs for Libraries

WEB4LIB – Web Services for Libraries

DIGLIB – Digital Libraries

SIGIA – ASIST Information Architecture SIG

ERIL – Electronic Resources in Libraries

SEPW – Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog

SYSLIB – Systems Librarianship

KM4DEV – Knowledge Management for Development

LIBJOBS – Library Jobs

Open Courseware

Continuing Education

(LIS schools)

Public lectures

W3C Schools

Lynda.com


Online Publications Ariadne

Cites and Insights

D-Lib

dLIST

First Monday

Blogs

Jon’s Radio

Library Stuff

O’Reilly’s Radar

Resource Blog


Websites TED

ICISC

INALJ.com (US)

LISJobNet.com (UK)

Internet Public Library

Internet Librarian (Conf)

DOAJ.com




Online Publications Ariadne

Cites and Insights

D-Lib

dLIST

First Monday



Blogs

Jon’s Radio

Library Stuff

O’Reilly’s Radar

Resource Blog


Courses Open Courseware

Continuing Education

(LIS schools)

Public lectures

W3C Schools

Lynda.com



Volunteer

Innovate

Write Scholarly articles

Best practices

Conference reports


Train Calendars

Clearinghouses

Job sites

Newsletters

Publications

Events / Conferences

Working Groups

Advisory Groups

Courses

Workshops

Conference Sessions

Mentoring


Join Associations

PLA – Pakistan Library Association

ALA – American Library Association

ACRL – Association of College and

Research Libraries

ARL – Association of Research

Libraries

SLA – Special Libraries Association

ASIST – American Society for

Information Science & Technology

Medical Libraries

Law Libraries

Regional Librarian associations


Join SIGs, Chapters

ASIST (example) • Arts & Humanities (AH)

• Bioinformatics (BIO) (Virtual)

• Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts (BWP) (virtual)

• Classification Research (CR)

• Critical Issues (CRIT) (virtual)

• Digital Libraries (DL)

• Education for Information Sci. (ED)

• Health Informatics (HLTH)

• History & Foundations of Information Science (HFIS)

• Human Computer Interaction (HCI) (virtual)

• Information Architecture (IA) (virtual)

• Information Needs, Seeking and Use (USE)

• Information Policy (IFP)

• International Information Issues (III)

• Knowledge Management (KM)

• Library Technologies (LT) (virtual)

• Management (MGT)

• Metrics (MET)

• Scientific & Technical Information (STI)

• Social Informatics (SI)

• Visualization, Images & Sound (VIS)

[ HOW: Think, Act, Review]


PLAN IMPLEMENT MEASURE ADJUST

Direction, Resources

VIDIPATI: Vigilance, Discipline, Patience, Time

Connect, Learn, Contribute

Results vs. Goals/Outcomes

Modify Response, Repeat

Need More Information?

INFORMATION RESOURCE CENTER – IRC Consulate General of the United States of America

Peshawar, Pakistan

091-5268800

http://peshawar.usconsulate.gov/irc http://www.facebook.com/peshawar.usconsulate

[email protected]

Speaker:

Caryn Anderson Information Resource Officer

U.S. Embassy Islamabad [email protected]


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