Continuing Professional Education:

Abstract

Continuing Professional Education may take many different forms. An Integrative Model of Management Education that stresses a synthesis of knowledge, skills and attitudes will be presented in this article as a theoretical foundation for formulating the goals, objectives and activities associated with a continuing library education program. For the individual, the concept of self-assessment will be emphasized as a key component of an organizational model or for self-initiated continued learning. The instructional framework for implementing the model features a Leadership Development Hierarchy that moves the learner in the direction of becoming a fully functioning and effective leader-manager librarian. Application of the model is demonstrated by an overview of the Intern-Scholar Leadership Development program at the University of Missouri-Columbia Libraries.