Continuing professional development in Cambodia: Perspectives of different stakeholders

IF 1 Q3 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

IFLA JOURNAL-INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS Pub Date : 2022-11-10 DOI:10.1177/03400352221130776

Gina de Alwis Jayasuriya, Shaheen Majid

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to gather the views of training providers and library employees on the continuing professional development opportunities available in Cambodia and the associated barriers. In total, 26 semi-structured interviews were conducted – 14 with training providers and 12 with library employees. Four key barriers were identified: the lack of continuing professional development opportunities; the inability to meet real training needs; the challenges associated with attending programmes in other cities, such as travel, accommodation and study leave; and a lack of resource personnel to conduct continuing professional development programmes. Four areas of improvement are suggested: offering regular training programmes; conducting a training needs assessment study; organising a national-level meeting to discuss library staff development issues; and developing a library and information science ecosystem to support the continuing professional development framework. The findings of this study are expected to provide some background information for the development of a continuing professional development plan for the library and information science sector in Cambodia.

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柬埔寨的持续专业发展：不同利益攸关方的观点

本研究的目的是收集培训提供者和图书馆员工对柬埔寨持续职业发展机会和相关障碍的看法。总共进行了26次半结构化访谈——14次与培训提供者访谈，12次与图书馆员工访谈。确定了四个主要障碍：缺乏持续的专业发展机会；无法满足实际的培训需求；参加其他城市的课程所面临的挑战，如旅行、住宿和学习假；以及缺乏执行持续专业发展方案的资源人员。提出了四个改进领域：提供定期培训方案；开展培训需求评估研究；组织一次国家级会议，讨论图书馆工作人员发展问题；发展图书馆和信息科学生态系统，以支持持续的专业发展框架。这项研究的结果有望为制定柬埔寨图书馆和信息科学部门的持续专业发展计划提供一些背景信息。

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2.70

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15.40%

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