Continuing Professional Development. A Guide for Information Professionals

✍ Scribed by Alan Brine (Auth.)

• Publisher: Chandos Publishing
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 184
• Series: Chandos Information Professional Series
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book helps information professionals in their continuing professional development (CPD). The book shows them how to examine their own skills and plan their development over a period of time. It also helps them to focus on their career path and begin the acquisition of skills necessary for the route they wish to follow in information work. The book is set against the background of CPD being an essential part of the modern information professional's career planning. Employers are certain to be able to choose between a number of qualified personnel for every available post. Those individuals that have a proven track record of skills development in both their personal and professional skills are more employable.

• Focuses on analysing skills and planning skills acquisition
• Helps the development of a portfolio for recording skills
• Shows how to create or find programmes for development

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front matter, Pages i-iii
Copyright, Page iv
Acknowledgements, Page vii
List of figures and tables, Page ix
About the author, Page xi
1 - Introduction, Pages 1-11
2 - Skills, strengths and weaknesses, Pages 13-34
3 - Using portfolios to record professional development, Pages 35-67
4 - Programmes for development, Pages 69-94
5 - Support for the developing information professional, Pages 95-130
6 - Continuing career development?, Pages 131-148
7 - Summary, Pages 149-176
Index, Pages 177-179