Action Plan 2020-2021: Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section

Abstract

The committee’s activities have been focused in four areas: 1) Strengthen the skills and capabilities of the global library workforce by developing a Toolkit which will encourage and support the transfer of the learning LIS professionals acquire at continuing professional development events to their colleagues in the workplace; 2) Better prepare IFLA and the global library workforce to support 21st century users by promoting the importance of continuing professional development within IFLA and libraries as a means of advancing both libraries and the societies they serve and by offering a robust and varied selection of continuing professional development opportunities; 3) Establish clear standards for use by libraries and library workers to shape continuing professional development programmes; and 4) Increase knowledge sharing and advance the work of the section as well as to model best practices for the workplace through the creation of a more open and engaging environment for the CPDWL section activities.