Below, the date and time of the first webinar. Save the date!

January 17, 2012

2:00 p.m. CST
3:00 p.m. EST
9:00 p.m. CET (21:00 Central European Time)
7:00 a.m. EDT (next day)
World Clock

Registration:  https://ala.ilinc.com/register/cjfbvxz

Speakers:

Dr. Alex Byrne, New South Wales State Librarian and Chief Executive of the State Library NSW in Australia. IFLA President 2005-2007. Highlighting the topics: LIS school curriculum, gained skills and degrees vs. “the reality” at work. Bridging the gap between theory and practice. How to deal with generational differences at work?

Janice Lachance, J.D., CEO of the Special Libraries Association. Featuring a model of a library association’s work with new professionals in various regions of the globe.

JP Porcaro, Head of Library Acquisitions and Technological Discovery at New Jersey City University. Co-founder of ALA Think Tank, and originator of the Make It Happen philosophy for librarians. Featuring a group by and for librarians.

Future webinars

Come back to this page and stay tuned for announcements of future webinars. Speakers featured in upcoming webinars include:

Kay Raseroka, IFLA President 2003-2005
Maureen Sullivan, ALA President Elect
Barbara Ford, Director, Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, ALA President 1997-1998
Jukka Pennanen and Mace Ojala, Cycling for Libraries
Rachel Bickley, LIS New Professionals Network

The series explore useful topics to help new professionals at various stages of their career, including:

• LIS school curriculum, gained skills and degrees vs. “the reality” at work. Bridging the gap between theory and practice. How to deal with generational differences at work?
• Mentoring and best practices including pros and cons of different approaches like peer-to-peer, and classical mentor-mentee relationships.
• How to develop leadership skills as a new professional: programs, mentoring, learning by doing. Working abroad, leaving your home country.
• Continuing Professional Development for new professionals, how to stay up to date from the very start even if conditions at work (funding/permission to attend conferences, support with writing articles, etc.) are not the best.

The webinars will be recorded and made available at a later date.

Questions and requests for information:
Loida Garcia-Febo
Coordinator of the series
loidagarciafebo@gmail.com

This said, we are more than happy to offer you another exciting NPSIG workshop this year! On Wednesday, 25 Jan, 11:30-13:00, you are invited to explore the spirit of New Professionals with us and to learn about the benefits of international involvement in libraranship! For more info have a look at our workshop abstract below…

We hope to see lots of you in Amsterdam! It will be great fun!

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“The spirit of New Professionals”
How to boost your early career through international involvement

KEYWORDS:
new professionals; early career development; social media; library associations; organizations 2.0

ABSTRACT:
Especially with the help of social media, New Professionals have been able to make their voice heard in the LIS profession in recent times and to effectively organize themselves from a local level to a global scale (Ruddock, 2011). The latest example of this fruitful mélange is the New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG) of IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions). The group was awarded the IFLA Communicator of the Year Award 2011 for its innovative and effective outreach to New Professionals from around the world through the extensive use of social media. The integration of new tools of collaboration and networking not only helps NPSIG to profile itself, but also provides important stimuli to its home association  IFLA in an ever-changing environment of rapid technological development and innovation.

As a starting-point we would like to give a short overview on the practices of NPSIG and introduce the audience to the IFLA network. The participants will get an idea about the benefits of getting involved internationally as a student or recent graduate and how to make the best of the many possibilities such a huge association as IFLA has to offer.

Based on the use of social media as one particular characteristic of New Professionals, we would in the workshop part like to ask the audience to find and discuss further strengths of New Professionals. What is it that helps them to find their way into the LIS market but also supports libraries and other organizations to keep track of new developments and to stay fresh in mind? Let’s find out!

METHODS:
The participants will have the chance to try out some innovative techniques of brainstorming and group work which, at the same time, allows for plenty of networking and socializing!

RESULTS:
The workshop’s intention is to make the participants think about their role and position as New Professionals in the LIS field. It will provide them with practical ideas how to get involved in professional associations and to move things forward. The outcome of the workshop will serve as a basis for further discussion in NPSIG’s social media channels and upcoming workshops at other conferences.

REFERENCES:
Ruddock, B. (2011) The rise of the New Professional.

(further reading about former NPSIG BOBCATSSS workshops in 2011 and 2010)

The session was presented by IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and IFLA New Professionals SIG. Loida Garcia-Febo moderated the session and introduced the same by summarizing international efforts to meet the needs of new librarians. Prof. Dr. Claudia Lux, IFLA Past President and Director General of the Foundation Central and Regional Library Berlin spoke about librarians yesterday and today, changing skills, volunteering and not sitting in the back of the room (listen to the presentation to know more about this).

Anca Râpeanu, CPC & Innovation Specialist at IREX Romania and Biblionet Program shared information about the Summer School for Young Romanian Librarians.

Thanks to many of you who attended the conference! Below, a map where the attendees indicated their region of the world.

Starting with the keynote “New Career Pathways for Information Professionals in a Library 2.0 World” from Dr. Sandra Hirsh, Professor and Director School of Library & Information Science, San Jose State University shows the importance of this conference for all New Professionals. And browsing the program many more presentations are of interest. Like “Future Ready” from Cindy Romaine, President SLA or “Hyperlinked Library Services for Everyone Exploring what a connected world of continuous computing means for twenty- first century library service.” another keynote from Michael Stephens, Assistant Professor San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science and of course the keynote from IFLA past president Ellen Tise “New paradigms for higher education libraries”.

But don’t miss our beloved whirlwind Loida with her presentation “Successful paths for new librarians: best practices, models and recommendations” and her great co-presenters Anca Rapeanu, Cristina Vaileanu, Monica Avram from IREX, Biblionet Romania and another IFLA past president Prof. Dr. Claudia Lux, Director General of the Foundation Central and Regional Library Berlin. Thursday November 3. 2011, 18:00-19:00 GMT +1. 

This session presents best practices, models and recommendations to help new librarians develop their careers. It speaks to the concerns experienced by new professionals regarding rapidly changing skills to help them secure jobs. Additionally, strategies for successful education paths and participation in library associations are also included. Attendees will walk away with practical ideas to tailor to their own needs and situations. Often new librarians express their desire to know ‘how others made it.’ Daily, we can read blog posts and messages asking what is needed to find a job, to be part of a committee at a library association, and how to interact within various library environments. This webinar will explore answers to these, and will direct attendees to tested and proved resources. A Q&A section is included to encourage conversation between speakers and attendees. The program is presented by IFLA Continuing Professional Development in the Workplace and Learning (CPDWL) and IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG).

Join in
have FUN

P.S. I have also a presentation about the Berlin based Gender Library 2.0

We are pleased to announce that IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and IFLA New Professionals SIG have partnered to present “Successful paths for New Librarians: best practices, models and recommendations” at the  Library 2.011 Worldwide Virtual Conference this November 3, 2011.

Since this free! conference crosses global time zones, please look for November 3rd and the title of our presentation on the following website to identify your time and join us! http://www.library20.com/page/sessions-and-schedule

“Successful paths for New Librarians: best practices, models and recommendations”

Speakers:

Prof. Dr. Claudia Lux, IFLA Past President and Director General of the Foundation Central and Regional Library Berlin

Anca Râpeanu, CPC & Innovation Specialist, IREX Romania, Biblionet Program also working with the Summer School for Young Romanian Librarians

Moderated by Loida Garcia-Febo, Coordinator, New Americans Program at Queens Library

We would also like to share a message from the organizers at the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at San José State University:

We’re counting down the days until the inaugural Library 2.011 Worldwide Virtual Conference begins on November 2. More than 3,500 information professionals from 149 countries have signed up to join the global conversation on the current and future state of libraries. The groundbreaking event will be a whirlwind of information with 160 presentations scheduled over two days!

Participants can view the schedule of all 160 sessions in customized pages for each of the world’s 36 time zones. Presentations will cover a variety of pertinent subject strands that affect the LIS industry and the changing roles of libraries and librarians in our digital world. Keynote addresses will be scheduled over the course of the two-day conference. Keynote speakers include:

• Dr. Sandra Hirsh (USA)
• Dr. Lennart Bjoerneborn (Denmark)
• Dr. Michael Stephens (USA)
• Dr. Christine Bruce (Australia)
• Ms. Ellen Tise (South Africa)
• Mr. Stephen Abram (Canada)

The conference welcome will start at 6:30 a.m. US-PDT on Wednesday, November 2, followed by the opening keynote by Library 2.011 Worldwide Virtual Conference Co-Chair Dr. Sandra Hirsh, professor and director of the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at San José State University. The conference will conclude with a final conference gathering at 9:00 p.m. US-PDT on Thursday, November 3 (November 4, in some parts of the world). The full schedule is posted on the conference website at http://www.library20.com/page/sessions-and-schedule.

Participants, presenters, and volunteers are encouraged to share our excitement for this global event and download online badges to let everyone know about the Library 2.011 conference. To download badges, please visit: http://www.library20.com/page/press-promotional

As a reminder, the conference will be held entirely online and is FREE to attend. For more information, please visit: http://www.library20.com

See you online on November 3 @ “Successful paths for New Librarians: best practices, models and recommendations,”

Loida

original post: Blog der Frankfurter Buchmesse

More than 70 of us met (most of us for the first time) in Copenhagen on May 28th. Then,  for the following nine days, together we biked, eat, talked about libraries & life, swam, visited libraries, slept and then biked some more. The trip was documented on the cyclingforlibraries.org site, in the daily videos posted online and in the pictures everyone took. However, the time has come for the whole world to see the official video documentary of this trip.

Dear all, you are hereby cordially invited to the Worldwide online premiere of Cycling for libraries – The Documentary that will take place this Friday, 16th of September 17:00 GMT at www.kirjastokaista.fi

You can confirm your participation on the event’s Facebook page and follow the comments posted on Twitter #cyc4lib.

Hope you will enjoy the ride!

13-18 August 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Roundtrip of WLIC2011 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Take a bus, learn and meet and enjoy the nights of San Juan.

P.S. You can find many more videos in the NPSIG youtube channel.

Session 149 — Bridging domains, communities and systems

Classification and Indexing Section

16 August 2011 16:00 – 18:00

Room: Grand Salon B | SI

It’s raining cats and dogs outside the San Juan Convention center right now. I enjoyed such a nice sunny morning at the fountines this morning. But I guess its the perfect weather to enjoy the Classification and Indexing Section Session ”Bridging domains, communities and systems” (149) in the Grand Salon B at 16:00 for some heavy technical staff. If you want to know more about the use of linked open data in the library world thats the place to bee at WLIC2011.

see you soon
 

IFLA New Professioanals SIG is looking forward to welcoming you on Monday, August 15 at “New Professionals beyond New Professionals – skills, needs and strategies of a new generation of LIS professionals.”
http://npsig.wordpress.com/beyond-new-professionals/

This message has a summary of all the important logistical information.

Location:
Madre María Teresa Guevara Library, University of Sacred Heart (208 Ponce de León Ave. Popular Suite 1501, Hato Rey, PR) on Monday, August 15, from 9:45 to 12:45.

Travel instructions:
To get to the venue, we will meet at 8:15 a.m. in front of the Puerto Rico Convention Center and take Bus #10 to Estacion Sagrado Corazon (train station). From there it is only a short walk. Don’t worry about transportation; there will be someone to guide you from the Convention Center to the venue. Each bus ride costs .50 cents. In total, if you ride to and from the venue, you will need four .25 cents coins. The buses accept only coins.
If you miss our group or plan to go by yourself, take bus #10 from the convention center, get off at the Estacion Sagrado Corazon, and look for a bus from the Sagrado Corazon University which rides every 15 minutes or so. The bus has the name “Dolphy” on it. It is preferable that you have your IFLA delegate badge with you to show to the driver. Tell him you are going to the conference at the University library.
You might want to consider bringing an umbrella and comfortable shoes.
Link to Puerto Rico Convention Center: http://www.prconvention.com/
Link to Sagrado Corazon University(Universidad del Sagrado Corazon): http://www.sagrado.edu/

P.S. Don’t forget your coins for the bus ride.