Międzynarodowa Akademia Młodych Bibliotekarzy jako forum szkoleniowe i integracyjne. Doświadczenia polskich uczestników
The International Young Librarians Academy as a Forum for Training and Integration. The Experience of Polish Participants

Summary/Abstract: Since 2009, through participation in the Library Development Programme (LDP), public libraries in villages and urban-rural municipalities have been undertaking dynamic activities. In 2012, within the LDP, eleven young Polish librarians (including the author of the article) and library and information science students participated in the International Young Librarians Academy in Ventspils, Latvia. The article presents their experience and opinions (also librarians from Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria and the USA attended the Academy). The author describes the conditions of participation in the project, the course of four-week training and the librarians’ experiences after returning home. It has been shown that going abroad, eshablishing contacts, exchanging experience and seeing new solutions have a significant impact on the professional activity of librarians.

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