This is an argument that has been going on for years and I'm sure will continue long after we leave the
law library profession.
For anyone new to the school
library profession who is trying so hard to accomplish miracles, it is understandable that we thrive on hearing anything that might remotely recognize our efforts and motivate us on those overwhelming days when nothing seems to be going right.
Held virtually, the membership meeting will be the second quarterly meeting of AASL Connection (#aaslcxn), a new conversation point for the
school library profession.
Our school libraries should reflect our common values of equity, diversity, and cultural identity as well as best approaches in the education and
library professions.
There has also been a longstanding shift in
the library profession to a «give «em what they want» mentality.
The nominee must have served in
the library profession for at least ten years and must have been a member of ASLA.
The Ruth H. Johnson Award is given for cumulative services to
the library profession by a recently retired Alabama library media specialist.
To honor those administrators outside
the library profession who, through individual leadership and sustained effort, have made worthy contributions to the operations of effective school library services and to advancing the role of the school library services in the educational program.
Explained one supervisor, «Over 60 % of those staffing our libraries now do not have a university background in library science, nor do they see themselves as part of
the library profession as a whole.
The policies and practices of the «Big Six» publishers — Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, Random House, and Simon & Schuster — in relation to access to ebooks through libraries (or lack thereof), have elicited strong responses from across
the library profession.
This award has been implemented to recognize those administrators, outside
the library profession who, through individual leadership and sustained effort, have made worthy contributions to the operations of effective school library services and to advancing the role of the school library in the educational program.
The library profession must do its best to push publishers to come up with better platforms and purchasing / licensing options.
It is because of these significant contributions to
the library profession that the GLMA grant was named in her honor.
I don't pity the publishers, and I don't respect
the library profession, which failed to be a strong advocate for itself and the public it serves.
I agree that until
the library profession actually «walks the walk» rather than merely «talking the talk» with respect to technology we are unlikely to forge the type of relationships with publishers that are required to process ebooks successfully.
By the way, hope everyone knows that the geospatial information world (GIS or mapping information by providing a geolocation) uses Dublin Core metadata standard created by
the library profession 3 decades ago.
Added to these hard skills are the soft skills that have always been signatures of
the library profession: teamwork, collaboration and a commitment to service.
These awards provide recognition to achievements of law librarians based on services to
the library profession and contributions to legal literature and materials.
My own experience as a law librarian who collaborated resulted in many opportunities: being asked to write papers and present at conferences all over the world, becoming a member of the editorial board of a non-library journal (The Law Teacher), being awarded various prizes from
the library profession and externally, and getting the chance to connect with the full range of those from my discipline: students, academics, other librarians and lawyers in practice.
Judy Dunn, from the University of Toronto's i - School, said that the book should be recommended reading for students going into
the library profession.
The resume of a library technical assistant is a classic form resume that includes knowledge and education, skills and experience related to the field in which the incumbent wants to work - in this case,
library professions.
This is my professional blog where I occasionally write about library - oriented things and about my own work within
the library profession.