2003 Conference: Professional Development in Developing Countries

Minutes of the session.

• Umran Kandemir spoke about what is happening in Turkey for the professional development of librarians, starting with a brief history of Turkish librarianship in the past century and where we are today. Read Umran's paper or view her presentation slides.

• Winston Atkins of Duke University talked about his experience when he trained in Cuba. In this presentation Winston reviewed three training sessions he undertook with staff of Casa de las Americas, a leading cultural institution in Cuba. He described a visit to Casa's library, how they balanced their preservation needs against resources to which they would have access, and developed a training session for one of their staff members to undertake during a visit to the United States.

• Kim Duckett shared "Tales from Grassroots Library Development Projects in South Africa", under the World Library Partnership volunteer programs.

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