Global library cooperative OCLC, US, along with the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and the American Theological Library Association, have named five librarians chosen to participate in the Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program for 2012.
The 2012 Jordan IFLA/OCLC Fellows were announced by Jay Jordan, OCLC President and CEO, at a news conference during the World Library and Information Congress: 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program supports library and information science professionals from countries with developing economies. The programme provides advanced continuing education and exposure to a broad range of issues in information technologies, library operations and global cooperative librarianship. With the selection of the five Fellows for the class of 2012, the programme will have welcomed 60 librarians and information science professionals from 33 countries.
During the four-week program, which will run from April 13 through May 10, 2012, the Fellows will participate in discussions with library and information science leaders, library visits and professional development activities. The programme will be based at OCLC headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, USA. Topics and issues explored include information technologies and their impact on libraries, library operations and management, and global cooperative librarianship.
In 1999, OCLC and IFLA created the early career development programme to bring promising librarians from developing nations to OCLC for training and interaction with OCLC staff and librarians in the United States.
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