Department of Information Management University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Abstract
This
paper aims at exploring the ways, through which
the academic librarians engage themselves in
continuing professional development (CPD) activities.
It also identifies the sources that academic librarians
feel helpful for their CPD. These librarians
neither
had any ICT training before nor
educated during their
Master in Library and Information Science (MLIS)
for the use of the latest technology, and are considered
as
digital novice.
Librarians are required to keep them
up to date to survive in this
competitive information
marketplace. They need to get familiarized with the
latest technology and its applications for the libraries
to minimize the gap between the information and its
users. CPD allows receding from the traditional
approach and muddling t
hrough the new digital arena.
To get the vivid picture in the current scenario
qualitative approach was used. Interviews were used
as data collection technique. The population of this
study was these digital immigrants librarian who got
their MLIS degree b
efore year 2001 and never had
any formal ICT training before joining the profession
and working in the University of the Punjab. Non
probability purposive sampling technique was used to
choose the sample of 12 respondents. The subsequent
analysis will help
librarian judge the present status of
their CPD activities and to determine the ways to
improve self
-
directed or organizational learning. It
will be of assistance to the library schools, library
management, library association and the policy
makers to imp
rove the existing training programs or
to design the new programs to fulfill the requirements
