CONTINUING EDUCATION OF INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BRAZIL

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1. Frontmatter I
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS V
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IX
4. FOREWORD X
5. WEDNESDAY August 27, 1997. INAUGURATION OF THE CONFERENCE. Welcome: Ole Harbo. KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Minister of Research Jytte Hilden
6. SESSION 1. Continuing Education Planning: Individual and Institutional
7. A DISTANCE INDEPENDENT/OPEN LEARNING EDUCATION MODEL FOR CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION OF LIBRARIANS 1
8. CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL· DEVELOPMENT AND FLEXIBLE INFORMATION WORKERS: PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES 10
9. FUTURE ACADEMIC LIBRARY SKILLS: WHAT WILL THEY BE? 19
10. SESSION 2a. Models to Cope with Growing Continuing Education Needs
11. HUNGARIAN CPE EFFORTS INTENSIFIED THROUGH INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 30
12. USERS TRAINING PROGRAMS DEVELOPED BY THE BRAZILIAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES 40
13. CONSTRUCTS FOR INVESTIGATING LACK OF PERSISTENCE IN EXPERIMENTAL DISTANCE EDUCATION: A STUDY OF HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARIANS 49
14. SESSION 2b. Continuing Education Planning: Individual and Institutional
15. THE CHANGING NATURE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR THE INDIVIDUAL: WILL LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIANS CONTINUE TO PLAY A ROLE IN SUPPORTING LEARNERS? 60
16. ON THE EDUCATION OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS AT HIGH LEVEL IN CHINA 67
17. CLOSING THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GAP: TYPICAL TRAINING CONCERNS IN A SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY IN THE 1990s 72
18. SESSION 3. Models to Cope With Growing Continuing Education Needs
19. LIS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS WITHIN CMC (COMPUTER MEDITATED COMMUNICATION) 81
20. GROUP MENTORING: A FIRST EXPERIENCE IN CONTINUING EDUCATION 88
21. FACILITATING WORKPLACE LEARNING 98
22. THURSDAY August 28,1997
23. SESSION 4a. Training the Trainer
24. TRAINING OF TRAINERS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: ESTONIAN PROSPECTIVE 105
25. NEW TIMES - NEW POSSIBILITIES 114
26. LIBRARIANS AS CHANGE AGENTS IN THE HE COMMUNITY 118
27. SESSION 4b. Measuring Continuing Education Needs
28. THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LAW LIBRARIANSHIP THROUGH CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE 122
29. CONTINUING EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY A STUDY OF CONTENT AND DELIVERABLES 133
30. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LIBRARIANS AND LIBRARY DIRECTORS IN THEIR PERCEPTION OF CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION 140
31. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS AS A FACTOR IN DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION NEEDS IΝ SOME SOUTHERN AFRICAN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES 151
32. SESSION 5. Workshops
33. MEASURING CONTINUING EDUCATION NEEDS AND RESULTS COMPETENCY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY 161
34. SESSION 6a. Continuing Education Planning: Individual and Institutional
35. PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: COMPETENCIES FOR THE SOLO LIBRARIAN 179
36. GROWING WITH THE CUSTOMER CHALLENGES TO THE ESTONIAN LIBRARIAN IN THE 21ST CENTURY 189
37. PLANNING PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION ORGANISATIONS - A SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE 193
38. SESSION 6b. Models to Cope with Growing Continuing Education Needs
39. LIS PROFESSIONALS IN THE NETWORKED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT 201
40. RUSSIAN SYSTEM OF CONTINUING EDUCATION IN TRANSITION 211
41. CONTINUING LIS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION THROUGH DISTANCE MODE: PROSPECTS FOR INDIA 219
42. SESSION 7a. Models to Cope with Growing Continuing Education Needs
43. THE INTERNET AND CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION 225
44. THE IMPACT OF NATIONAL TRAINING REFORM AND THE RESTRUCTURING OF INDUSTRIAL AWARDS ON STAFF DEVELOPMENT IN AUSTRALIAN ACADEMIC AND STATE LIBRARIES 235
45. DISTANCE EDUCATION AS A NEW POSSIBILITY FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE EDUCATION IN ESTONIA 249
46. SESSION 7b. Continuing Education Planning: Individual and Institutional
47. EVALUATION AS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FOR PROFESSIONALS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: A BRAZILIAN EXPERIENCE 255
48. AN APPROACH TO IDENTIFYING SKILLS WITHIN AN INFORMATION CULTURE: THE APPLICATION OF INFORMATION POLICY TO INFORMATION CULTURES 264
49. CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR CROATIAN LIBRARIANS : NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES 271
50. FRIDAY August 29,1997
51. SESSION 8a. Training the Trainer
52. THE ACADEMIC LIBRARIAN AND SCHOLARSHIP: A VISION FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY 278
53. MEASURING CONTINUING EDUCATION NEEDS: IDENTIFYING TRANSFERABLE SKILLS THROUGH MENTORING 284
54. TRAINING THE TRAINER: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE ALA/CLENE-RT 290
55. SESSION 8b. User Education: The Librarian as Educator
56. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN ACADEMIC LIBRARY AS A CONTINUING EDUCATION PROVIDER 306
57. APPLYING PRINCIPLES FOR EFFECTIVE STAFF DEVELOPMENT TO LARGE URBAN PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS IN CANADA: INTERSECTIONS OF RESEARCH WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY DIRECTORS 316
58. THE NEW ROLE OF LIBRARIANS AS INTERNET TRAINERS 324
59. SESSION 9. User Education: The Librarian as Educator
60. INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN RESEARCHERS: THE SPECIALISED LIBRARIAN'S PART IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 334
61. INFORMATION SKILLS TEACHING IN THE AGE OF THE ELECTRONIC LIBRARY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: IMPLICATIONS OF THE IMPEL2 ELIB AND OTHER RELATED ELIB PROJECTS 342
62. LIBRARIES AS LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS 350
63. SESSION 10a. Continuing Education Planning: Individual and Institutional
64. THE HIGHER SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SERVICE IN PRAGUE 358
65. CONTINUING EDUCATION OF INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BRAZIL 366
66. THE LIBRARY AND BIBLIOMETRICS 370
67. SESSION 10b. Continuing Education Planning: Individual and Institutional
68. POLISH EXPERIENCES IN CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR LIBRARIANS 374
69. ASIAN INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION IN LIBRARIANSHIP AND INFORMATION SCIENCE: A CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL 378
70. LIBRARIANS CONTINUING EDUCATION IN THE LIBRARIES OF ESTONIA 385
71. APPENDIX A. Organizing Committee 392
72. APPENDIX Β. AUTHORS OF THE PAPERS 393