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Analysis of the Continuing Professional Development Needs Assessment
| The maintenance of professional education, standards and practice is usually dependent on some form of continuing professional development (CPD). This applies to information professionals, including librarians, no less than any other profession. CPD has been defined as ‘the continuing education of persons within a category or type of employment. It may consist of the upgrading of skills or learning through courses or individual learning. Where professions have expanded, professional development may involve doing new courses...’ (Penguin Macquarie dictionary of Australian education, 1989). There are many writers on the subject of CPD, and it is apparent that it may be interpreted and practised in many different ways. This paper focuses on librarians and their CPD needs within the New Zealand context, reporting on research undertaken in 2005. |
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Alison Fields and Amanda Cossham |
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