Sentences with phrase «as librarians do»

It got me thinking about something I've noticed working in legal information: lawyers don't mean the same thing when they talk about legal research as librarians do.

Not exact matches

As an academic librarian, I am now mortified that I did not look at any of these claims through a critical lens until after I gave birth for the first time.

But even as the major functions of scholarly publishing march on, scholars, publishers and librarians start to ask, «What does the future of the scholarly journal look like?»

As a librarian, I own more than my fair share of cardigans, but the one thing I don't own a lot of are blazers.

I like the information on what you do as a librarian, too!

As of this moment, I don't even have the first substitute librarian assignment, so I may not be going back - to - school for sometime!

, while a little gimmicky (Lloyd reprises his librarian character), does manage to provide a good deal of insight into the difficulties of cel animation as well as the odd priorities of the filmmaking team (animation director Maurice Hunt declares, «Animation is the best art form in the history of the world» — a contention at direct contretemps with The Pagemaster's literary ethic).

And how exactly does he hold down his job as a research librarian?

Counselors and other educational specialists such as academic coaches, CST professionals, librarians / media specialists, paraprofessionals, athletic trainers, health workers and counselors, etc. who do not have a class roster, may set SGOs at the discretion of local district leadership.

In our district, school librarians are the experts in finding and evaluating open educational resources — and helping teachers learn to do so as well.

As part of an ongoing desire to share with the world how school libraries can contribute to educational teams and what they can do to help students succeed, we started asking different people in education, (including administrators, consultants, and of course school librarians and library technicians) about why school libraries -LSB-...]

Both my sons are graduates of the Woodbridge school system now, but I can say both most definitely did use the librarian as a resource MANY times throughout their school years.

«This is required reading by every teacher librarian, because as you recognize a teacher like Mark in your building who is doing something different, pounce on that person to help out and partner in the experimentation!»

Young people are working at local libraries as an «library associate» — college graduates who do the same work as librarians but receive lower salaries than their MLS counterparts.

Over the course of our conversations, this student who had just recently started working as a new school librarian mentioned that she had gotten affirmation from a teacher about how she was already doing more than the previous librarian had done.

As a librarian, it was considered a great place to have on your resume, but a lousy place to actually work because NYPL did not pay a living wage for the city of New York.

Deep down, the publishing - industrial complex will not be satisfied until they can do away with those pesky librarians, they who broker reading as a public good, champion the right to read, and advocate for equitable access.

School librarians have the opportunity to position themselves as essential and irreplaceable but they must SHOW their principals and administrators what they can do when they are given the necessary conditions in which to excel.

We are pleased, too, that the article cites librarians» concerns about why eBook use isn't growing as fast as it once did.

Do you want to list your book on NetGalley and reach 200,000 professional readers such as book reviewers, journalists, librarians, professors, booksellers, and bloggers for an extra $ 100?

A contributor to the Romance section of Gale's What Do I Read Next, co-author of Voice of Youth Advocate's annual «Clueless: Adult Mysteries with Young Adult Appeal» column, a reviewer for Library Journal, and co-author of The Mystery Readers» Advisory: The Librarian's Clues to Murder and Mayhem (2001), Charles was named 2002 Librarian of the Year by the Romance Writers of America and names good chocolate and good books as two of the world's great pleasures.

I pointed out that your attitude is something some readers associate with your profession — and that some readers care enough to avoid it — but that doesn't say anything about libraries or librarians as a whole.

But what do you suppose the librarian said to me, as we walked on and on, without an end in sight, and I asked him how many books they had in this crazy library?

I don't want my books to act just as moral support for the librarians, just to enable them to say that they are also supporting indie authors.

The very nice and helpful librarian offered to help me check one of the CDs, but I explained to her that doing so was not necessary, as I now had lossless recreations of all of the music, and of course I would be rsyncing it to my school music server.

I do social networks, guest blogs, email newsletters, and just try to reach out to readers, booksellers, and librarians as much as possible.

Both my sons are graduates of the Woodbridge school system now, but I can say both most definitely did use the librarian as a resource MANY times throughout their school years.

Now that my book is available, I'll be methodically contacting librarians and booksellers hoping to get on their shelves and maybe do an event or two for them as well.

In my experience, librarians talk to each other and to aggegators such as OverDrive, and publishers (and to a much lesser extent authors) do the same.

Librarians (and patrons) often make it difficult to work through issues associated with ebooks by doggedly assuming that ebooks will work the same way as printed books in terms of their economic impact, and by insisting therefore that the things they've done with print should carry over largely unchanged to ebooks.

Publishers are trying to figure out how to wrangle the electronic book market, (as music companies did a decade ago), librarians are trying to figure out how their services can be a choice in the offerings, salespeople are trying to market all sorts of solutions to librarians, and it will be interesting to see how it all unfolds.

An author of books for young adults points to research showing that strong school library programs led by a certified school librarian help ALL students do better in school, including students whose parents can't afford to provide all the resources kids need to do well in school: «[Research] tells us that even after adjusting for factors such as parental education, father's occupation, and social class, the impact of having books available in the home is as strong a predictor of school success as socioeconomic status.»

While there are budgetary priorities that need to be advocated for in Washington DC, there are many states that lack complementary definitions in state statute about school libraries and librarians, as well as many states and Local Education Agencies (LEA) that have not been in the habit of funding programs or positions because there was no compelling reason in the law to do so.

The Department of Education does not keep a record of how many school media specialists are currently employed as librarians in New Jersey schools.

These statistics were difficult to find since, currently, the Department of Education does not keep a record of how many school media specialists are currently employed as librarians in New Jersey schools.

As demand explodes along with formats, librarians find that sometimes traditional vendors don't alone do the trick.

He hates being held up as an example of an author who doesn't need support from publishers, editors, librarians and booksellers and ends by saying,» We built... the book business, the idea - sharing, consciousness - expanding business together... and we're going to keep building this together.»

As the traditional academic year wraps up, we'd like to suggest a new riff on an old proverb: «People may think we only work from sun - to - sun, but a school librarian's work is never done!»

I took the follet library cards a step further... set up a log in that only functions as a check out station, and 4 / 5th grades can do a self checkout... like when librarian is doing storytime, or a quick lunch!

«There is a sense that a brief plateau has been reached as they await more comprehensive device adoption; school librarians are not seeing the overwhelming demand from students that public libraries have been seeing, nor do they have the budget to invest as heavily as they might like in new technologies,» the report explains.

Since many of the self published books I have read could benefit from professional editing, I don't know that I, as a school librarian, will be able to take the time needed to FIND good self published books.

The obvious benefits of «title - by - title» (or «pick - and - choose») buying have been well documented in LIS literature: not only does it provide libraries with the flexibility to supplement their existing catalogs with targeted selections, it requires less initial investment of time and money; it is often seen as the easiest way to select and purchase only what libraries need; and it is also the most intuitive to the library profession, because it places the art of curation front and center — something many librarians still see as an integral part of their professional identity.

That said, PW select is now free, though I've yet to meet a youth services librarian that takes the reviews as seriously from PW as they do from SLJ (even though PW will ding you if you have too many copy edits or a non-pro «looking» cover.

Another librarian, however, did not see the emphasis on technology as new to the role.

While these findings do not apply directly to the younger Americans in this 16 - 29 year - old age group, many librarians told us that connecting with younger children early in their education was a valuable way to create connections that would continue as they grow older.

Learning about the Job What a school librarian does, salaries, job outlook, mentoring and job shadowing programs, as well as testimonials from working school librarians.

So as a librarian (or bookstore buyer) with extremely limited staff and resources, how do we choose?

As librarians, we must ask ourselves: who do we serve?

As for the «librarians, accountants, and score keepers» and «digi - witterers» — no, they don't get a defense.

At the time, i worked as a relief librarian, and i do have a love of books, so thought that this would be a good subject matter for the bathroom.