Category: Professional Development

Mar 05 2011

Europe, Libraries, National Libraries, Professional Development, World

Research Fellowships Programme at the National Library of Portugal 2011

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The National Library of Portugal is currently offering a few research fellowships in collaboration with the Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento. The fellowships are expected to support short term research...

Feb 03 2011

Law, Law Libraries, Libraries, Professional Development, World

AALL Annual Conference: FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians

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Below I’m sharing part of an email I received about this year’s AALL conference, and a scholarship they are offering. Abajo comparto el un correo electrónico que recibo sobre esta beca para...

Jan 14 2011

Academic Libraries, Americas, Latin America, Libraries, Professional Development, World

ENLACE-SALALM LVI

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SALALM stands for the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials and every year we gather for an amazing conference dealing with all things related to libraries and Latin America....

Jan 04 2011

Professional Development, Women

Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders (TED)

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I just found this through a Facebook friend, and it is well worth watching. Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s COO has three messages for women who want to succeeded in the workforce;...

Dec 27 2010

Libraries, Library Science, National Libraries, Professional Development, Tools, USA

Career Assistance Resources Gathered by the LOC

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A couple of months ago the Business Reference Services at the Library of Congress released four pages gathering online resources that will help in the job hunting process. Good luck!...

Dec 09 2010

Academic Libraries, Americas, Archives, Digital, Education, Law, Libraries, Library Science, Maps, Open Access, Politics, Professional Development, Public Libraries, Technology, Tools, USA, Web 2.0

E-Gov: Make It Work @ your library (ALA webinar)

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This afternoon I attended an ALA webinar about E-Government. The session offered some good sites where we can find government information (local, state, and federal), shared some information about patron...

Nov 14 2010

Education, Library Science, Professional Development, World

Studying and Working “Abroad”

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A few months ago a library student in Colombian asked me about exchange programs in the field, so I’m sharing some of the resources I found while helping him out....

Nov 09 2010

Education, Europe, Libraries, Professional Development, Web 2.0, World

Cycling for libraries

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If you are ready for a great vacation/networking opportunity here’s your chance – Cycling for libraries! Kai, a library teacher in Tampere, Finland is organizing a cycling trip between Copenhagen...

Oct 11 2010

Libraries, Open Access, Professional Development, Social Networks, Tools, Web 2.0, World

Help A Librarian

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Earlier today I got a Facebook friend request from Heather Durkin Negley and discovered a great project she set up. Help A Librarian is an online tool that helps librarians...

Sep 19 2010

Education, Open Access, Professional Development, Tools, Web 2.0

OnlineCourses.net

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A few days ago I received an email from someone at SR Education Group showing me a site they have put together on free online courses. I’d never heard of...