Abstract

This paper explores issues in developing, leading and sustaining a professional development organization in the Gulf region. 
 Launched in December 2005, the Information Literacy Network (ILN) of the Gulf Region is an organization of librarians which supports and encourages student learning in higher education. The ILN aims to provide its members with opportunities to discuss best practices and regional challenges to developing instructional programs in information literacy. 
 The authors outline their experience highlighting the stages of development, accomplishments and recurrent challenges of the ILN. They draw parallels between the ILN and effective ‘learning organizations’ as defined by P.M. Senge in his book “The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization” . The authors in their dual roles as managers and leaders reflect on the application of Senge’s framework to the ILN to identify appropriate strategies and propose a set of recommendations to ensure that the continued development of the ILN as a true learning organization.

Highlights

  • The concepts in this paper emerged from the authors’ continued frustration over their inability to ensure the growth and development of the Information Literacy Network of the Gulf Region (ILN)

  • In order to continue to support sustainability and encourage members to see the groups as smaller parts of a whole as they interact within the larger systems, the Steering Committee recommended that chairs and co-chairs not be drawn from the same institution

  • Since 2005, the authors have assumed the role of leaders in their capacity as initial Steering Committee members

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Introduction

The concepts in this paper emerged from the authors’ continued frustration over their inability to ensure the growth and development of the Information Literacy Network of the Gulf Region (ILN). Establishing priorities and initiatives of the ILN and its working groups: Membership, Professional Development, Communication and Information Literacy Framework

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