023 Aslib: Professional
Development Training
Information about a range of training courses run by Aslib, The
Association for Information Management. Details course features, skills
acquired upon completion, and provides online booking forms. Areas
covered include library and information management skills, knowledge
management portfolio, general management and communication skills,
sources of official information, business information, information
management technology, and Internet skills.
023 Career
Development Group
Advice on career development issues for UK library and information
professionals. Outlines the objectives and structure of the group, and
addresses topics such as Library Association chartership and equal
opportunities. Also features tables of contents and selected articles
from Impact, the journal published by the group.
023 Change
and the Academic Library: Understanding, Managing and Coping
Discussion about coping with change in academic libraries due to the
increased use of electronic information and pressures to provide
services with fewer human and financial resources. Part of a series of
guides written by the IMPEL2 Project based on findings from case studies
conducted in the library and information services of 24 UK universities
and colleges during 1996-97.
020 Distance
Education as a New Possibility for Librarians in Estonia
Complex changes are facing libraries, librarians, and education in
Estonia. This paper presents a brief overview of distance education as a
new important field within the overall development of continuing
education in Estonia.
023 IMPEL2 Project: Monitoring
Organisational and Cultural Change
A group of related projects intended to enable more informed
decision-making and provide a clearer picture of the role which academic
LIS services can play in the context of national teaching and learning
initiatives, and in support of research.
020.92 Librarian.net
Searchable news resource for librarians providing material relevant
to all aspects of the profession. Includes a weekly library related
poll, and offers archives dating back to April 1999.
023 Librarians in
the Movies: An Annotated Filmography
Summary of hundreds of commercial feature films that refer to
librarians or include a library element. Regularly updated. Includes a
list of actors and actresses who have portrayed librarians and a short
bibliography of articles about librarians in the movies.
023 Staff
Development and Training
Identifies that library staff require training and development to
cope with their changing roles and to exploit IT. Sets out success
factors and frameworks. Part of a series of guides written by the IMPEL2
Project based on findings from case studies conducted in the library and
information services of 24 UK universities and colleges during 1996-97.
023.2 Technostress and the
Reference Librarian
Full text of an article which originally appeared in Reference
Services Review 20 (Summer 1992). Article analyses technostress
(computer related stress) in the context of reference libraries in the
1990s and suggests coping and organisational management strategies.
