Continuing Professional Development: Building Quality Working with the IFLA CPDWL Guidelines for CPD: Principles and Best Practices Session 109: Monday, 15 August 2016

Welcome to the CPDWL Guidelines Workshop! Please join a table which is best aligned with your role: A. Employer B. Officer of a Professional Association C. Provider of LIS education and training

The workshop program  Welcome and introductions at each table  Please select a person to act as the recorder for your table  Read through the relevant section of the CPDWL Guidelines  Employer  Professional Associations  Providers of LIS education & training programs  Consider the discussion points  Capture your thoughts and ideas  Forward planning: what you will do in the coming months

Workshop objectives  To develop your understanding of the IFLA CPD Guidelines  To consider the application of the Guidelines to your role in the library & information sector  To determine the strategies that will help ensure you adopt best practice approaches to your CPD activities  To draft a plan of action to help you achieve your organisation’s CPD goals in the coming months

Getting prepared…  If you are able to go online, please make sure you are connected to the wifi network:  Network: WLIC2016  Password: qnl2016  There are copies of the 4-page CPDWL Guidelines on each table  An electronic version is also available at  This presentation can be accessed at

Meeting the technology…  We are planning to capture your thoughts, ideas and opinions using Padlet [  Padlet is an Internet application which allows people to express and share their thoughts on a common topic  It works like an online sheet of paper:  People can put any content (e.g. text, images, videos, documents…)  A nywhere on the page  Together with anyone  From any device  Think of it like a multimedia friendly, free-form, real-time wiki

Settling in…  Welcome and introductions at your table  Select a recorder – with access to the Internet  Take a few minutes to peruse the summary document  If you want more details, visit the full document at  Connect to the relevant Padlet page  Employers  Professional Associations  Providers of LIS education and training  Consider the prompt questions to guide your discussion [next]

Discussion themes  With which principles and practices do you agree? Or not agree?  Which practices are you already implementing?  Which practices are you not implementing? Why not?  If you could add some specific points to the Guidelines, what would they be?  What strategies can you think of that would help you achieve the highest quality CPDWL program for your specific constituents (e.g. staff, members, participants…) ** use your Padlet page to capture the main points of your discussions

Let’s review your ideas on Padlet…  Employers  Professional Associations  Providers of LIS education and training

Summarising it all…  Over to the reporter for each table:  What were the most valuable take-aways from the discussions at your table?

Planning ahead…  What will you do to improve the CPDWL activities and outcomes at your own organisation?  Prepare a brief plan of action that you can commit to…  this to yourself  cc to:  Gillian Hallam  Ewa Stenberg  Jana  We will do a follow up with you in May 2017, to see how you have gone!

Thank you for your participation…  And before you go – please help us with our own learning…  What was the most valuable thing that you learned from this workshop?  Write a sentence on the LINED side of the index card  What did you find was missing, or was disappointing?  Write this on the BLANK side of the index card

PS: we need your help  We want to see the IFLA CPDWL Guidelines translated into all the official IFLA languages – and more!  If you are interesting in helping, please contact us!  Gillian Hallam  Ewa Stenberg  Jana

Additional padlets  Employers     Professional Associations    Providers of LIS education and training  