Conferences

Current conference

2022

Forthcoming.

Past conferences

2021

17-19 August 2021, Virtual Conference Open Programme

• NOW – NEW – NEXT: Seizing the opportunities to redefine and reimagine professional development through online learning

Panel members

Learner: Matilde Fontanin, PhD student, Trieste, Italy; former CPDWL SC member and now Consultant to the section

Employer: Dr Alan Brine, Deputy Director, Library & Learning Services,  De Montfort University, Leicester, UK; Chair of CILIP Professional Recognition Panel; new CPDWL SC member

Professional association: A/Prof Naoki Matsumoto, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Keio University, Japan; Member of the Committee of Accreditation of Senior Librarians, Japan Library Association

LIS educator: Prof Sandy Hirsh, Associate Dean for Academics, College of Professional and Global Education, San Jose State University, USA; President of ALISE, current CPDWL SC member

LIS training provider: Tony Zanders, Skilltype, USA; invited speaker to CPDWL SC in 2020.

The central tenet of the IFLA Guidelines for Continuing Professional Development: Principles and Best Practices (2016) is that the future of the LIS sector depends on career-long learning and professional growth. Importantly, the responsibilities for advancing the profession are shared by multiple stakeholders: individual learners, employers, professional associations, LIS educators and providers of LIS training.

CPDWL is committed to the promotion and implementation of the Guidelines for CPD across the world to build a strong, agile and resilient profession. However, the principles and best practices discussed in the document primarily relate to the face-to-face learning environment: conferences, seminars and workshops. Although a brief note indicates that additional quality issues should be considered when learning happens online, there needs to be a balance between analogue and digital learning.

The impact of COVID-19 on CPD has been profound. While professional learning events were either cancelled or forced online, the unprecedented challenges of shifting to a digital learning environment have led to mixed results. CPDWL has recognised that this crisis represents the imperative to look at the Guidelines with fresh eyes to ensure that they encompass the principles and best practices which consider the value of open educational resources, support the development of innovative content and stimulate engaging and interactive learning experiences in a virtual world. A consultative approach to the revision of the Guidelines will allow for contributions from representatives from the five stakeholder groups.

The WLIC provides the springboard for action. In this panel discussion, five speakers will share their ideas about the factors that influence the design and delivery of inspiring online learning programmes. Their thoughts will feed into the revisions of the Guidelines, which in turn will underpin high-quality professional learning activities for LIS professionals wherever they are working.

• Library Carpentries: A 360 Degree Review of Supporting Data Science Skills

A collaboration with the Science and Technology Section (STS)

2020

World Library and Information Congress: 86th General Conference and Assembly
15-21 August 2020, Dublin, Ireland. (Cancelled)

2019

World Library and Information Congress: 85th General Conference and Assembly
24-30 August 2019, Athens, Greece.

• Active and interactive learning and development strategies to extend LIS practice: the need for new skills to meet the challenges of our world.  Joint session with the Evidence for Global and Disaster Health (E4GDH) SIG.
  Call for Papers [PDF]:  due 15 March 2019   *extended to 24 March 2019
  Call for Papers [WLIC website]: due 15 March 2019   *extended to 24 March 2019
• Navigating your own professional development: Effective use of the 2016 IFLA Guidelines for Continuing Professional Development
  Call for Papers [PDF]: due 15 March 2019
  Call for Papers [WLIC wesbite]: due 15 March 2019
• Change literacy: digital, collaborative creative.  A knowledge café in collaboration with the sections for Knowledge Management and Library and Research Services for Parliaments. REPORT [PDF]

2019 CPDWL Satellite Meeting in Zagreb, Croatia, 20-21 August 2019

2018

World Library and Information Congress: 84th General Conference and Assembly
24-30 August 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

• Sunday 26 August: Session 106 CPDWL – Career and Professional Development Coaching at WLIC 2018.
• Monday 27 August: Session 139 Data librarian: needs and qualifications Joint session with the sections for Science and Technology, and Education and Training.
• Tuesday 28 August: Session 185  Investing in the library workforce: Case studies in the effective use of the 2016 IFLA Guidelines for CPD.
• Tuesday 28 August: Session 196  The knowledge economy: How continuous learning can prepare information professionals for the future. A knowledge café in collaboration with the sections for Knowledge Management and Library and Research Services for Parliaments. Summary of 2018 World Library and Information Conference Knowledge Café Program
• Wednesday 29 August: Session 229  Win-win: Building strong education, training and continuing professional development together with strong library associations. Joint session with the sections for Management of Library Associations, and Education and Training.

2017

World Library and Information Congress: 83rd IFLA General Conference and Assembly
19–25 August 2017, WrocÅ‚aw, Poland.

• Monday 21 August: Session 117  Bridging the gap from school to library: Best practices for planning, participation and assessment of internships, practicums, field experiences and mentorship in LIS education. Jointly with the sections for School Libraries and Education and Training.
• Tuesday 22 August: Session 164  Staff development and CPD Guidelines: Rapid fire cases and discussion.
• Wednesday 23 August: Session 200  Knowledge Café: New librarians for new times. Continuous learning to become change agents in a changing world. Joint session with the sections for Knowledge Management and Library and Research Services for Parliamentary Libraries.
• Thursday 24 August: Session 234  The accidental assessment librarian: Building data analysis and evaluation skills in academic and public libraries. Joint session with the section for Statistics and Evaluation.

2016

World Library and Information Congress: 82^nd IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 13-19, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

• Monday 15 August: Session 109  Continuing Professional Development: Building quality  A workshop to introduce the IFLA Guidelines for Continuous Professional Development: Principles and Best Practices (2016).
  • Workshop Invitation
  • Workshop Agenda
  • Guidelines Summary
  • Workshop Presentation
  • Summary of Workshop Comments and Ideas
  • Summary of Participant Comments
• Tuesday 16 August: Session 124  All about e-learning: Connection, collaboration, community. Joint session with the section for Education and Training.
• Thursday 18 August: Session 204  Continuous learning in libraries and their communities (Summary). A knowledge café in collaboration with the sections for Knowledge Management and Library and Research Services for Parliaments.

2015

World Library and Information Congress: 81^st IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 17-23, Cape Town, South Africa.

• Monday 17 August: Session 92  Learning across borders – a workshop

IFLA CPDWL Satellite Meeting 2015
Milnerton, Cape Town, South Africa
12-14 August 2015
Theme: Taking charge of your LIS Career: Personal strategies, institutional programs, strong libraries

2014

World Library and Information Congress: 80th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, 16-22 August 2014, Lyon, France.

• Friday 15 August: Knowledge management as a vital tool for change management  Satellite event run jointly with the section for Knowledge Management.
• Monday 18 August: Session 95  MOOCs: Opportunities and challenges for libraries.

2013

World Library and Information Congress: 79th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, 17-23 August 2013, Singapore.

• Sunday 18 August: Session 83  Building a learning and knowledge sharing organization. Joint session with sections for Knowledge Management and Information Technology.
• Monday 19 August: Session 100  Libraries as learning organizations: how to nurture growth in our staff and communities. Joint session with the section for Education and Training.
• Wednesday 21 August: Session 176 Taking charge of your career: A workshop.
• Thursday 22 August: Session 210  New librarian global connection: Best practices, models and recommendations. Joint session with the New Professionals Special Interest Group.

2012

World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly: 11-17 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland.

• Wednesday 15 August: Session 162 Libraries and librarians as forces for transformative change: Continuing education the fuel

IFLA CPDWL Satellite Meeting 2012 (joint satellite meeting with the section for Information Literacy)
Tampere, Finland
8-10 August 2012
Theme: The road to information literacy: Librarians as facilitators of learning

2011

World Library and Information Congress: 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly: 13-18 August 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

• Tuesday 16 August: Session 125 09:30-12:45 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) as a strategy to build strong libraries and library associations – Joint session with the section for Management of Library Associations.
  • Professional development, values and strategy – the means for building strong libraries for the future
    CATHARINA ISBERG (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Library, Alnarp, Sweden)
  • Building strong libraries and library associations through continuing professional development: the case of Ghana Library
    Translations: [Français]
    RICHARD B. LAMPTEY and ABEDNEGO CORLETEY (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana)
  • Successful models of CPDWL at the University of the West Indies, Mona
    KAREN TYRELL (University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica)
  • How can libraries, librarians and library associations be or not to be successful in developing countries: the case of Minas Gerais Library Association, Brazil
    MARIA CLÉA BORGES and MARIA DE LOURDES CORTES ROMANELLI (Brazilian Federation of Librarians and Information Science Professionals and Institutions, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
  • An association-based continuing education certification program: The Library Association of Alberta pilot program
    SANDY CAMPBELL, DIANE CLARK and ALLISON SIVAK (University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada)
  • Fifty ways to conduct continuing professional development and workplace learning: on a shoestring
    BLANCHE WOOLLS (San José State University, San José, CA, USA)
  • Role of CPD in maintaining the intellectual capital of research libraries: a developing country prospective
    NOSHEEN FATIMA WARRAICH (Department of Library and Information Science; University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan)
  • The CPD innovation in China: training for the grassroots
    WU YUE (Library Society of China) and HAO JINMIN (National Library of China, Beijing, China)
  • Developing leadership competencies in librarians
    MARY WILKINS JORDAN (Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Boston, MA, USA)
• Wednesday 17 August: Session 200 10:45-12:45 Weaving continuing professional development into every library organisation.
  • Staff development strategy for organisational success – a reality
    UJALA SATGOOR (University of Pretoria Library Services, Pretoria, South Africa)
  • Science boot camp for librarians: CPD on a shoestring
    Translations: [Français]
    MAXINE SCHMIDT (Science and Engineering Library at University of Massachusetts, Amhurst, MA, USA) and REBECCA REZNIK-ZELLEN Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing at University of Massachusetts, Amhurst, MA, USA)
  • Creating a climate encouraging innovation and receptivity to change as a basis for CPD
    URSULA GEORGY (Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Information Science, Cologne, Germany)
  • Professional development 2.0 for librarians: developing an online Personal Learning Network (PLN)
    NICOLE A. COOKE (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA)

2010

World Library and Information Congress: 76th IFLA General Conference and Assembly: 10-15 August 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden.

• Wednesday 15 August: Session 128 | 09:30 – 11:30 | Room: F4-6  Retention and job satisfaction: can professional development make a difference?
  • What motivates LIS professionals in the institution of higher learning: a case of Pakistan
    Translations: [Français]
    NOSHEEN FATIMA WARRAICH and KANWAL AMEEN (Department of LIS, University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan)
  • All change: job rotations as workplace learning in the Flinders University Library Graduate Trainee Program
    LIZ WALKLEY HALL (Flinders University, Flinders, Australia)
  • Mandatory CPD and professional re-validation schemes and their role in motivating and re-energising information professionals: the UK and New Zealand experiences
    JUDITH BROADY-PRESTON (Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom) and AMANDA COSSHAM (The Open Polytechnic, Wellington, New Zealand)
  • Bringing out the best of everyone: a systematic approach to the workplace coaching and learning at the Kuopio University Library, Finland
    Translations: [Français]
    JARMO SAARTI and ARJA JUNTUNEN (University of Eastern Finland Library, Kuopio, Finland)
  • Personnel development programmes at the National Library of the Netherlands (KB)
    ELS VAN EIJCK VAN HESLINGA and DICK LANGBROEK (Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB), National Library of the Netherlands, The Hague, Netherlands)

2009

World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly: 23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy.

• Wednesday 26 August: Session 162  Librarians on the catwalk: communicating for advocacy to influence policy and practice. Joint session with the section for Management of Library Associations and the Action for Development through Libraries Programme (ALP).

IFLA CPDWL Satellite Meeting 2009 (joint satellite meeting with the New Professionals Discussion Group)
Bologna, Italy
19-20 August 2009
Theme: Moving in, moving up and moving on: Strategies for regenerating the library and information profession

• Presentations
• Publication

2007

IFLA CPDWL Satellite Meeting 2007
Johannesburg, South Africa

Theme: Continuing professional development: Pathways to leadership in the library and information world

2004

IFLA CPDWL Satellite Meeting 2004
Oslo, Norway

Theme: Continuing professional development – Preparing for new roles in libraries: a voyage of discovery

2002

IFLA CPDWL Satellite Meeting 2002
Aberdeen, Scotland
Theme: Continuing professional education for the information society

Conference Reports:

• 2003
  Workshop Report: Online CPD courses and training programs. Humboldt University, Berlin, 7 August 2003.
• 2002
  The Fifth World Conference on Continuing Professional Education for the Library and Information Professions was held at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen Scotland, 14-16 August 2002. A report from the conference, by Section member Dr L. Anne Clyde, appears in the IFLA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 1 (2003).