* Are you working as an OPL (One-Person Librarian)?
* Are you the sole qualified information professional in your organisation, perhaps assisted by clerical or para-professional staff?
* Are you in charge of a public, academic, school, special (either corporate or non-for-profit) library or information centre somewhere in Ireland?
* Would you be able to grant a fellow OPL one hour of your valuable time for an interview?
I am interested in OPLs’ views on and experiences of Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Because of the reflective nature of this project, you might gain some personal and professional benefits. CPD has been increasingly on the agenda of LIS practitioners and thinking about one’s practices might initiate new ways of pursuing CPD. You don’t need to be a current member of any professional association.
All the information you give me will be kept strictly confidential and neither you nor your organisation will be identifiable. This study has been approved of by the ethics review committee of the Department of Information Studies at the University of Sheffield.
If you like to know more about this project or know of someone who might be interested, please contact me, Eva Hornung, by email at e.hornung@sheffield.ac.uk or by phone: 087-2343406. I am based in Dublin and can travel to any place in Ireland at a date that suits you. Thank you for taking the time to read this!
EH
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