Developing opinions: the attitudes of ILS staff to continuing professional development
Abstract
Reports a study which investigated the attitudes of information and library staff in two parts of the ILS sector, the business and the academic, to continuing professional development. Interviews were held with 17 ILS workers, including training/development staff. Experience of in‐house and external CPD activities, attitudes to professional organisations and CPD, views on CPD and career development, and on the Library Association’s Framework for Continuing Professional Development, were among the areas explored. Attitudes of staff to the introduction of a compulsory CPD scheme for the ILS sector were also investigated. The findings show that ILS staff have a considerable commitment to both the principles and practices of CPD. However, very few staff reported using the Library Association’s Framework for Continuing Professional Development, and levels of support for the idea of a compulsory scheme of CPD for the ILS sector were not high.
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Citation
Doney, E. (1998), "Developing opinions: the attitudes of ILS staff to continuing professional development", Library Management, Vol. 19 No. 8, pp. 486-491. https://doi.org/10.1108/01435129810239994
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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