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All change Reskilling for the 21st century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Tim Owen
Affiliation:
Tim Owen gave the keynote address at the 33rd BIALL Annual Study Conference in Liverpool in June and he looked at the changing role of the library and information professional, the great importance of continuing professional education and development and how the newly formed CILIP can play an important part in this arena.

Extract

I'd like to begin with a voyage round my grandfather. Captain Robert Owen was a native of Liverpool. He lived for most of his life not five miles from where we're gathered now. He was a sea captain and he worked for the Harrison Line, a cargo firm trading out of Liverpool to West Africa and America. One of his early commands, from 1899 to 1906, was the cargo vessel Logician. He rose eventually to be commodore captain of the line - and this wasn't because of what he could do, but because of what he knew.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 2002

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