Application deadline for the 2017 Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program is 12 February 2016. The Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program This program provides early career development and continuing education for library and information science professionals from countries with developing economies. It is jointly sponsored by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and OCLC. Program overview Up to five individuals are selected each year for participation in this intensive four-week Fellowship Program based at OCLC's headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, USA. The program gives Fellows opportunities to meet with leading information practitioners and explore topics including information technologies, library operations and management, and global cooperative librarianship. The Fellows visit many libraries, cultural heritage institutions and library organizations. The Fellows also observe OCLC's governance structure in action, gaining insight into issues affecting the global library cooperative. Fellows give presentations about their home countries and libraries and discuss real-world solutions to the challenges facing libraries today. The Fellows translate their learning and experiences into specific professional development plans that guide their continued growth as well as their personal contributions to their home institutions and country of origin.http://www.oclc.org/about/awards.en.html Program guidelines The Fellowship Program is for library and information science professionals who are in early stages of career development and from countries with developing economies. Eligibility is limited to those who are from a qualifying country, have a degree in library or information science obtained within the past five years, and have at least three years, but no more than eight years, of library or information science experience. These and other qualifications are explained in detail in the Program Guidelines. Interested candidates should read the guidelines (available in PDF and Word format) and, if qualified, complete and submit the application (available in PDF and Word format) by the specified due date. guidelineshttp://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/community/careerdevelopment/fellows/guidelines-2017.pdf
applicationhttp://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/community/careerdevelopment/fellows/application-2017.pdf STEPHEN B. ALAYON Data Bank Senior Information Assistant Mobile Phone No.: 63 919 4506688 Email Add: [email protected], [email protected] Library and Data Banking Services Section Aquaculture Department (AQD) Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Tigbauan, Iloilo 5021 Philippines URL: http://www.seafdec.org.ph Telephone No.: 63 33 330 7088 Fax No.: 63 33 330 7031 Email Add: [email protected] SAIR: http://repository.seafdec.org.ph OPAC: http://opac.seafdec.org.ph Like Us: http://www.facebook.com/seafdecaqdlib Follow Us: http://www.twitter.com/seafdecaqdlib -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/filipinolibrarians. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
