Continuing Education for Distance Librarians

Professional Development for Special Librarians: Formal Education and Continuing Education for Excellence

THISARTICLE EXPLORES recent developments and future prospects in the area of professional development for special librarians/ information service professionals. Both formal education programs and continuing education are discussed. A review of the factors in the case studies presented in Corporate Library Excellence provides the basis for emphasizing the importance of continuous education for l...

Creating a Virtual Hvac Laboratory for Continuing/distance Education

1 William J. Hutzel, Purdue University, Knoy Hall, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1417, 765-494-7528, [email protected]. Abstract  Facilities engineering is one technical field where lab-based continuing education programs can be delivered in a distance learning format. The widespread use of computer controls for optimizing the efficiency of a building’s mechanical and electrical systems has ...

Map ‚Webucation‘: Using the World Wide Web for the Continuing Education of Map Librarians

Funding for continuing medical education.

I am writing on behalf of the continuing medical education and continuing professional development offices at the 17 Canadian medical schools. For many years, we have had the same concerns as those expressed by Paul Hébert and the Editorial-Writing Team in a recent CMAJ editorial, and we have worked diligently to provide high-quality continuing education programs with minimal bias. We are activ...

Continuing education for health professionals.

Although continuing education in the health professions is an important endeavor, it has been largely neglected in the professional literature. Few studies have been done on (a) conceptual models to guide the design and implementation of continuing education and (b) the use of such models in continuing education. To fill this gap, two such models are described in this article: (a) instructional...