reviews Book Reviews 241 241 Book Reviews Continuing Professional Education for the Information Society: The Fifth World Conference on Continuing Professional Education for the Library and Informa- tion Science Professions. Ed. Patricia Layzell Ward. Munchen: Saur (IFLA Publications 100), 2002. 263p. EUR 98 (IFLA Members EUR 73.50) (ISBN 598218303). ISSN 0344-6891. The words “professional development” elicit myriad responses, traversing the gamut of total dedication to total indif- ference. Classroom teachers are inclined to cringe at the words, often confronted with a host of one-shot, disjointed work- shops aimed at solving all their teaching, discipline, and credentialing problems. Librarians, on the other hand, scurry to conferences, sharing a host of ideas and progress notes on local implementation successes and failures, particularly in tackling electronic resource issues. Re- flecting on these very different attitudes toward continuing education, one cannot help but hear Kipling’s words, “never the twain shall meet.” Whether planned or unplanned, in- tended or not, one interesting and note- worthy outcome of the Fifth World Con- ference of the Continuing Professional Education Round Table of the Interna- tional Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the blending of these two professions. This collection of conference papers is organized around three primary topics concerning the over- all theme of continuing professional edu- cation: developing tomorrow’s leaders, developing global continuing education, and examining issues of quality control. Striving to bridge the information literacy gap between educators, particularly of pre-college-age students, and the library profession, particularly academic librar- ians, is the emphasis of the articles in the first section. The majority of academic li- brarians can readily focus on information literacy and all its components for college students. Eagerness, energy, and dedication abound when offering instruction, cre- ating online tutorials, designing materials for assistance, and helping with assignments at the reference desk. However, a sea of uncer- tainty envelops the profession when translating these to manageable compe- tencies for precollege students or assist- ing future teachers in developing meth- ods for their incorporation into the basic curriculum. These concerns put the school librar- ian, especially, into a strategic position to work with teachers. Contributors to the conference, such as Penny Moore, Nicki Page, David V. Loertscher, Blanche Woolls, and Dorothy Williams, specifi- cally address this issue. Moore, a research consultant and executive director of the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL), and Page, of the Wellington College of Education, discuss professional development, information literacy, and framework formation ac- cording to the principles of cognitive psy- chology in their article, “Cognitive Ap- prenticeships in Education for Informa- tion Literacy.” The strategies of modeling, scaffolding, fading, and coaching are dis- cussed in light of the Web-based, self-di- rected, professional development re- source, Teaching for Information Literacy, one of the tools used in a project directed at teachers and school librarians and which attempts to address the needs of both groups. Teachers require the train- ing because they received little in their undergraduate coursework and, likewise, librarians need it as they make the move toward becoming teachers of information literacy skills and not just the guardians of books and quiet in the library. Loertscher and Woolls (San Jose State University) direct their thoughts to those 242 College & Research Libraries May 2003 librarians working with children, to in- stances of students attempting research projects without adequate instruction from their teachers and of teachers lack- ing the necessary information literacy skills to direct the students appropriately. Ten recommendations are given in their paper, “Information Literacy: Helping Librarians Apply the Research to Teach- ing Information Skills to Patrons: The Importance of the Human Interface.” The most important, perhaps, is the seventh, addressing and beseeching school and public librarians to assist teachers in in- tegrating information literacy into their disciplines. Williams, School of Information and Media at The Robert Gordon University in Scotland, describes research measur- ing the integration of the school library resource center into the overall teaching and learning process in her article, “Learning to Learn: An ICT Training Model to Support Professional Develop- ment and Change in School Libraries.” The model aids librarians in conducting a needs assessment, focusing and train- ing on the results, reflecting on their progress, and devising professional de- velopment plans. Also noteworthy are the contributions of Viviane Couzinet, Université Paul Sabatier, and Susie Andretta, University of North London. Couzinet documents the challenges encountered by French school documentalists and subject teach- ers in their new curriculum, which re- quires that information literacy and study skills be collaboratively taught to stu- dents. Andretta describes the develop- ment of an information literacy module for first-year college students using the ALA’s definition of information literacy. In “Information Literacy for ‘Mere Mor- tals,’” she discusses the results and high- lights suggestions for future implemen- tation. The second set of contributions, deal- ing with global continuing professional education, examine distance learning, Web-based courseware, Web develop- ment software, cooperative exchanges between countries and special libraries, and government information policies on distance learning. Librarians—from Alba- nia, Croatia, India, Sweden, South Africa, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States—emphasize collaboration models, tutorials, information competency pro- grams, and the effects of such programs on students. Three papers deal with as- sessment, accreditation, and certification issues. The papers included in Continuing Professional Education for the Information Society are useful and well written. Pro- grams, modules, studies, and implemen- tation experiences with primary and sec- ondary students are of particular inter- est. Members of the American Association of School Librarians can appreciate that their colleagues around the world are encountering similar difficulties and tri- umphs. Institutions with schools of edu- cation or information and library studies would benefit greatly from the research and discussion presented in these pa- pers.—Janice M. Krueger, University of the Pacific. Delivering Lifelong Continuing Profes- sional Education across Space and Time: The Fourth World Conference on Continuing Professional Education for the Library and Information Science Professions. Eds. Blanche Woolls and Brooke E. Sheldon. Munchen: K.G. Saur (IFLA Publications 98), 2001. 283p. 68 Euro (49.80 Euro for IFLA members) (ISBN 3598218281). ISSN 0344-6891. This book publishes the proceedings of the Fourth World Conference on Continu- ing Professional Education for the Library and Information Professions held in Chester, Vermont, in February 2001, as a preconference to the annual International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) conference. The three preconference subthemes included “cre- ating the delivery mechanisms: effects of new technologies,” “engaging staff in life- long education over space and time,” and “where do we go from here?” In addition to the keynote address and presented << /ASCII85EncodePages false /AllowTransparency false /AutoPositionEPSFiles true /AutoRotatePages /All /Binding /Left /CalGrayProfile (Dot Gain 20%) /CalRGBProfile (sRGB IEC61966-2.1) /CalCMYKProfile (U.S. Web Coated \050SWOP\051 v2) /sRGBProfile (sRGB IEC61966-2.1) /CannotEmbedFontPolicy /Warning /CompatibilityLevel 1.3 /CompressObjects /Tags /CompressPages true /ConvertImagesToIndexed true /PassThroughJPEGImages true /CreateJobTicket false /DefaultRenderingIntent /Default /DetectBlends true /DetectCurves 0.0000 /ColorConversionStrategy /CMYK /DoThumbnails false /EmbedAllFonts true /EmbedOpenType false /ParseICCProfilesInComments true /EmbedJobOptions true /DSCReportingLevel 0 /EmitDSCWarnings false /EndPage -1 /ImageMemory 1048576 /LockDistillerParams false /MaxSubsetPct 1 /Optimize true /OPM 1 /ParseDSCComments true /ParseDSCCommentsForDocInfo true /PreserveCopyPage true /PreserveDICMYKValues true /PreserveEPSInfo true /PreserveFlatness false /PreserveHalftoneInfo true /PreserveOPIComments false /PreserveOverprintSettings true /StartPage 1 /SubsetFonts false /TransferFunctionInfo /Apply /UCRandBGInfo /Preserve /UsePrologue false /ColorSettingsFile () /AlwaysEmbed [ true ] /NeverEmbed [ true ] /AntiAliasColorImages false /CropColorImages false /ColorImageMinResolution 151 /ColorImageMinResolutionPolicy /OK /DownsampleColorImages true /ColorImageDownsampleType /Bicubic /ColorImageResolution 300 /ColorImageDepth -1 /ColorImageMinDownsampleDepth 1 /ColorImageDownsampleThreshold 1.10000 /EncodeColorImages true /ColorImageFilter /DCTEncode /AutoFilterColorImages true /ColorImageAutoFilterStrategy /JPEG /ColorACSImageDict << /QFactor 0.15 /HSamples [1 1 1 1] /VSamples [1 1 1 1] >> /ColorImageDict << /QFactor 0.15 /HSamples [1 1 1 1] /VSamples [1 1 1 1] >> /JPEG2000ColorACSImageDict << /TileWidth 256 /TileHeight 256 /Quality 30 >> /JPEG2000ColorImageDict << /TileWidth 256 /TileHeight 256 /Quality 30 >> /AntiAliasGrayImages false /CropGrayImages false /GrayImageMinResolution 151 /GrayImageMinResolutionPolicy /OK /DownsampleGrayImages true /GrayImageDownsampleType /Bicubic /GrayImageResolution 300 /GrayImageDepth -1 /GrayImageMinDownsampleDepth 2 /GrayImageDownsampleThreshold 1.10000 /EncodeGrayImages true /GrayImageFilter /DCTEncode /AutoFilterGrayImages true /GrayImageAutoFilterStrategy /JPEG /GrayACSImageDict << /QFactor 0.15 /HSamples [1 1 1 1] /VSamples [1 1 1 1] >> /GrayImageDict << /QFactor 0.15 /HSamples [1 1 1 1] /VSamples [1 1 1 1] >> /JPEG2000GrayACSImageDict << /TileWidth 256 /TileHeight 256 /Quality 30 >> /JPEG2000GrayImageDict << /TileWidth 256 /TileHeight 256 /Quality 30 >> /AntiAliasMonoImages false /CropMonoImages false /MonoImageMinResolution 600 /MonoImageMinResolutionPolicy /OK /DownsampleMonoImages true /MonoImageDownsampleType /Bicubic /MonoImageResolution 1200 /MonoImageDepth -1 /MonoImageDownsampleThreshold 1.16667 /EncodeMonoImages true /MonoImageFilter /CCITTFaxEncode /MonoImageDict << /K -1 >> /AllowPSXObjects false /CheckCompliance [ /None ] /PDFX1aCheck false /PDFX3Check false /PDFXCompliantPDFOnly false /PDFXNoTrimBoxError true /PDFXTrimBoxToMediaBoxOffset [ 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 ] /PDFXSetBleedBoxToMediaBox true /PDFXBleedBoxToTrimBoxOffset [ 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 ] /PDFXOutputIntentProfile () /PDFXOutputConditionIdentifier () /PDFXOutputCondition () /PDFXRegistryName () /PDFXTrapped /False /CreateJDFFile false /Description << /ENU (IPC Print Services, Inc. Please use these settings with InDesign CS4 \(6.x\). These settings should work well for every type of job; B/W, Color or Spot Color. Contact Pre-press Helpdesk at prepress_helpdesk@ipcprintservices.com if you have questions or need customized settings.) >> /Namespace [ (Adobe) (Common) (1.0) ] /OtherNamespaces [ << /AsReaderSpreads false /CropImagesToFrames true /ErrorControl /WarnAndContinue /FlattenerIgnoreSpreadOverrides false /IncludeGuidesGrids false /IncludeNonPrinting false /IncludeSlug false /Namespace [ (Adobe) (InDesign) (4.0) ] /OmitPlacedBitmaps false /OmitPlacedEPS false /OmitPlacedPDF false /SimulateOverprint /Legacy >> << /AddBleedMarks true /AddColorBars false /AddCropMarks true /AddPageInfo true /AddRegMarks false /BleedOffset [ 9 9 9 9 ] /ConvertColors /ConvertToCMYK /DestinationProfileName (U.S. Web Coated \(SWOP\) v2) /DestinationProfileSelector /DocumentCMYK /Downsample16BitImages true /FlattenerPreset << /ClipComplexRegions true /ConvertStrokesToOutlines true /ConvertTextToOutlines true /GradientResolution 300 /LineArtTextResolution 1200 /PresetName ([High Resolution]) /PresetSelector /HighResolution /RasterVectorBalance 1 >> /FormElements false /GenerateStructure false /IncludeBookmarks false /IncludeHyperlinks false /IncludeInteractive false /IncludeLayers false /IncludeProfiles true /MarksOffset 9 /MarksWeight 0.250000 /MultimediaHandling /UseObjectSettings /Namespace [ (Adobe) (CreativeSuite) (3.0) ] /PDFXOutputIntentProfileSelector /NA /PageMarksFile /RomanDefault /PreserveEditing true /UntaggedCMYKHandling /LeaveUntagged /UntaggedRGBHandling /UseDocumentProfile /UseDocumentBleed false >> << /AllowImageBreaks true /AllowTableBreaks true /ExpandPage false /HonorBaseURL true /HonorRolloverEffect false /IgnoreHTMLPageBreaks false /IncludeHeaderFooter false /MarginOffset [ 0 0 0 0 ] /MetadataAuthor () /MetadataKeywords () /MetadataSubject () /MetadataTitle () /MetricPageSize [ 0 0 ] /MetricUnit /inch /MobileCompatible 0 /Namespace [ (Adobe) (GoLive) (8.0) ] /OpenZoomToHTMLFontSize false /PageOrientation /Portrait /RemoveBackground false /ShrinkContent true /TreatColorsAs /MainMonitorColors /UseEmbeddedProfiles false /UseHTMLTitleAsMetadata true >> ] >> setdistillerparams << /HWResolution [2400 2400] /PageSize [612.000 792.000] >> setpagedevice