Institutional library is a major infrastructure in any institution of learning. The quality of professionals produced in our institutions, to a greater extent, depends on the access of staff and students to foundational, fundamental and current literatures. In most institution of learning today, more money are being pumped in the school learning but less patron attend the institution libraries....

Purpose-This paper discusses the need for continuing professional development for librarians in academic libraries in general and at Rhodes University Library, South Africa in particular. It describes the planning, design, implementation and evaluation of a staff-development and training pilot programme for professional librarians at Rhodes Library. Design/methodology/approach-a group of 15 lib...