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Contrasting Professional Development and Continuing Education Opportunities for Library Professionals: Offerings both Within and Outside the Profession

Contrasting Professional Development and Continuing Education Opportunities for Library Professionals: Offerings both Within and Outside the Profession
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Author(s): Agnes K. Bradshaw (University of North Carolina – Greensboro, USA)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 19
Source title: Adult and Continuing Education: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5780-9.ch111

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Abstract

By design or not, most librarians restrict their professional organization involvement to professional librarian organizations. Limiting professional involvement to only library related organizations will not provide the depth of professional knowledge that today's librarian needs to have in order to keep up with the requirements of the profession. Library budgets and funding have been slashed due to economic downturns, and patrons are turning to libraries for assistance with a variety of concerns that libraries did not have to address in previous times. Reaching beyond the scope of the profession, librarians can broaden their knowledge base and use that broader knowledge base to benefit their patrons and communities.

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