The paper presents the overview of work of the annual scientific-methodical conference «Continuing LIS education» which held at the Faculty of Library and Information Science to Saint-Petersburg State University of Culture (March 16-17, 2017). In the conference participated representatives of the leading universities of Moscow, Kemerovo, Samara and Chelyabinsk and other educational organizations, as well as heads and specialists of libraries of all types and kinds from different regions of Russia and experts in the field of library and information education abroad. In the conference reports, participants discussed the topical issues of higher library education and additional professional education. For example, the problems associated with the normative provision of various levels of vocational education, the development of professional and educational standards and the formation of new professional competencies were outlined. Special attention was paid to the problems of professional training of librarians who do not have a vocational education, as well as the development of network interaction of all participants of educational process.