Open AccessSTAFF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT - AN EXPRESSED NEED
Author(s) -
Joanne Locke
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
education libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2376-8711
pISSN - 0148-1061
DOI - 10.26443/el.v23i2-3.144
Subject(s) - parallels , professional development , continuing education , training (meteorology) , continuing professional development , process (computing) , point (geometry) , medical education , expression (computer science) , psychology , pedagogy , political science , engineering , medicine , computer science , geography , operations management , geometry , mathematics , meteorology , programming language , operating system
Staff training and development, an aspect of continuing education, has long been recognized as an essential process in the practice of the library and information science profession. This expression of need by both the employee and the employeris a central point of the literature today and parallels that of over thirty years ago when Cyril O. Houle cited four specific areas of development required by the practicing professional in his article entitled "The Role of Continuing Education in Current Professional Development."