Map cataloguing training at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine

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2014),"Information and communication technologies and knowledge sharing among academic librarians in south-west Nigeria: Implications for professional development", Library Review, Vol. 63 Iss 4/5 pp. 352-369 http://dx.Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by emerald-srm:448207 [] For AuthorsIf you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -This paper aims to provide a study of a structured approach at map cataloguing training by a team of cataloguers at the Alma Jordan Library of the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. Design/methodology/approach -The methodology is a case study which underscores the value of the experiences of cataloguers at training themselves in a particular cartographic format. Findings -The collaborative efforts of the cataloguers facilitated the further development of institutional expertise and provided the required skills set for increasing bibliographic access in a specialised format. Originality/value -The paper brings to bear the uniqueness of the cataloguing of Caribbean cartographic materials in a team-teaching setting which serves as a model for other academic libraries and information centres.

Continuing professional development of academic librarians in Trinidad and Tobago

“…It is noteworthy, that the literature revealed that there is a dearth of CPD research as it relates to academic librarians in Trinidad and Tobago. The studies to date are Gosine-Boodoo and McNish (2005), which examined the geo-economic position of librarians in the attainment of their professional development; and Hosein, Y. and Bowen-Chang, P. (2014, 2011) and Bowen-Chang, P. and Hosein, Y (2009) on cataloging training at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.…”

“…Corcoran and McGuinness (2014, p. 181) further agreed that “many of these activities require a high degree of self-motivation, as more formal or structured CPD becomes less accessible due to funding restraints”. In general, library professionals should “aggressively pursue continuing professional development (CPD) in order to identify and develop skill gaps, harvest new ideas and to keep abreast with changing standards and technology” (Hosein and Bowen-Chang, 2014, p. 344).…”

Organization and usage of information resources at Deeni Madaris libraries in Pakistan

“…Library staff of libraries should be responsive to learning organization schemas and standards. They should be given opportunities to get skills in cataloguing practices through arranging trainings for them (Hosein and Bowen-Chang, 2014). They should also develop affective relationships with users (Giannopoulou and Tsakonas, 2015) and be reliable to them to meet their expectations (Ahmed et al , 2015).…”