Strategies for Regenerating the Library and Information Profession

Contains the papers prepared for the 8th World Conference on Continuing Professional Development (Bologna, Italy, 18-20 August 2009), which addresses managing between and across generations, mentoring and coaching, re-skilling and transferability of skills, succession planning and passing on knowledge.

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.

• | Author: Graham Walton, Jana Varlejs
• | Publisher: De Gruyter
• | Publication Date: Jul 29, 2009
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9783598220449
• | ISBN-10: 3598220448