Education

Professional and Continuing Education Resources

RESOURCES	See also the Training and job exchange page.
American Distance Education Consortium: International cooperation	Generic site with links to information and documentation resources on international distance education.
FID Distance education book	28 peer-reviewed contributions from various parts of the world, on distance education: current impact, future trends. E-mail contacts provided.
IFLA ALP project reports series	IFLA Core Programme for the Advancement of Librarianship: publications, seminars, workshops.
IFLA Round Table on Continuing Professional Education (CPERT)	To encourage and develop continuing education programmes for information and library personnel and to provide a focal point for relevant activities.
Libraries for all	Resource guide on how to start and run a small library prepared by the World Library Partnership under contract from UNESCO. Includes Book Donation Programs; Funding sources; Library Associations and Networks; Training Programs and other services.
SOROS Foundations Network Projects in South Eastern Europe	Programs such as exchanges, grants, scholarships, curriculum development, partnerships, book donations, Internet services.
UNESCO Libraries portal (Library Associations)	Links to library associations and networks.
United Nations Technical Assistance Program for Small and Field Libraries Training resources (World Bank/IMF Joint Library and the Dag Hammarskjöld Library)	Links to training resources include: American Distance Education Consortium; Bureau for International Library Staff Exchange (LIBEX); IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship; Inflibnet Centre (India); Infolibrarian.com; International Training Program for Librarians; MIT OpenCourseWare; Mortenson Center for International Library Programs (University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign); Sabre Foundation's Training Workshops (Internet training).

SLA International Information Exchange Caucus