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Information Mavens In Southeast Asia: The Need For Collaboration And Continuing Professional Development, Michele Gibney
Information Mavens In Southeast Asia: The Need For Collaboration And Continuing Professional Development, Michele Gibney
Michele Gibney
The following paper discusses the strengths and weaknesses of programs in Southeast Asia that focus on intra-national, regional, and international collaboration efforts and continuing professional development activities. The opportunities and threats to such programs are analyzed as well as their successful and unsuccessful strategies. The author provides a list of personal recommendations for success drawing on proven methods utilized elsewhere. Though the primary focus is on library professionals in Southeast Asian Countries ((Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, the Philippines, Cambodia, and Brunei) some attention is paid to other Asian countries (China and India), as well as two African …
Working Conditions In Kyrgyzstan And Tajikistan: An Interview With Julie Anderson, Michele Gibney
Working Conditions In Kyrgyzstan And Tajikistan: An Interview With Julie Anderson, Michele Gibney
Michele Gibney
An interview from 2007.
Julie Anderson, a graduate from San Jose State University’s School of Library and Information Science in 1985, worked abroad as a librarian in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan from 2001 to 2005. Her experiences abroad serve to illustrate valuable exchange opportunities between librarians worldwide. She also gives her honest opinions on the state of libraries in these two countries while she was there. Nowadays, Julie can be found working as a substitute librarian and teacher at Miramonte High School in Orinda, CA.