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rowdy kids. Now one Northeast Ohio library is insisting that
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NEWS
BYTES
Librarians an endangered species
04.02.2006 (Queensland Times)
KATE GASTEEN
FORGET the chronic doctor shortage and shrinking tradie quotas, it's librarians that experts are warning will be the new endangered species of professionals. With recent figures pointing to an anticipated shortage of 10,800 public library staff in the United Kingdom by the year 2010, the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) this week signalled a campaign to promote careers in libraries. Executive director Sue Hutley said the organisation was looking to improve its recruitment and retention strategies in the face of an ageing workforce dominated by librarians over the age of 45. Ms Hutley attributed part of the reluctance of young people to take up librarianship degrees to the stereotypical image of a librarian as a bookish woman spending her days shelving books and hissing "sshhh". "People don't just shelve books anymore," Ms Hutley said. "One of the things ALIA is trying to do is point towards the future and what we are about is linking people with ideas
whether it be a child reading a book, or a person with a research idea from full text or an oral history." Information technology, research and service are the skills of the modern librarian who can specialise in different fields, Ms Hutley said. University of Queensland Social Sciences and Humanities Library manager Bill Beach was optimistic about the future for librarians noting it was a profession that many adopted after opting out of one career. Mr Beach said a broader base of skilled professionals serviced modern libraries. "You can liken libraries to the military in that for every person on the frontline there's at least 10 people behind them," Mr Beach said. Ipswich Grammar School's David Cunningham studied part-time after work for 10 years to fulfil his dream of becoming a teacher librarian. "It was because my Dad had a wall full of books and whenever I had a question he could go to the shelves and find the information I needed," Mr Cunningham said. "It inspired me to! help people in that same way. "You have got to have a passion! for service." Mr Cunningham said the information revolution had ensured librarians had an important role in teaching others to access information. "We are an information centre and we are teaching people to find the information that they need. "I am disappointed more people aren't involved." But it's a role he is passionate about and believes men have a duty to embrace particularly in schools. "So boys realise that books aren't just for girls," he said.
Two new
qualifications, the Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Applications of ICT in
Libraries.
The qualifications are based on the Peoples's Network
training and were developed by the Scottish Library and Information
Council (SLIC) (http://www.slainte.org.uk)
and validated by the Scottish
Qualification Authority (SQA) (
http://www.sqa.org.uk). The qualificationsare applicable across the UK and may also be of interest to library staff
elsewhere.
Millennium City Academy, an associate college of London Graduate School ofManagement, has now been approved by SQA to offer these awards, which willbe delivered on a Distance Learning basis.
Please see
http://www.lgsm.ac for full details, or checkhttp://www.ictl.org.uk for a look at the online course materials.
The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
2006 goes to the American author
Katherine Paterson.
The jury's motivation is as follows:
"Katherine Paterson (USA) is a brilliant psychologist who gets right under the
skin of the vulnerable young people she creates, whether in historical or exotic
settings, or in the grim reality of the USA today. With a deft aesthetic touch
she avoids simple solutions, building instead on the inner strength and courage
of her main characters."
Press photographs and information about the award winner can be found at the
Memorial Award website, www.alma.se and
Katherine Paterson's own website,
www.terabithia.com.
H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria will present the award at a ceremony at Skansen
in Stockholm on 31 May 2006. The ceremony is open to the general public.
Joan Brewer Award - SA School Library
Association.
http://www.slasa.asn.au/
Congratulations to Award Winner Helen Richter of Barmera Primary School.Helen has been a teacher librarian for many years. She was joint founder of
the Riverland Hub Group and has been its coordinator for 20 years. Helen
provides students with an excellent basis in information literacy and
actively promotes and shares her ideas. Well done Helen!
LIBRARY
MARKETING
New Service to Begin Mid-March 2006
Sometime in mid-March, the Denver Public Library will probably be
the first library in the U.S. to offer downloadable movies, which
was mentioned in
Denver
Post and
Rocky Mountain News articles.
They will be offered from the
same site where
downloadable eBooks and audio eBooks are offered, and will use a
newer version of the Overdrive Media Console and Windows Media
Player.
The first movies will be documentaries, self-help
and travelogues. Stay tuned for more information!
From St Paul Public Library
Storytimes
Toddlers and preschoolers can enjoy books too! Bring them to storytimes
at the library.
Saturday Live
Join us Saturdays at the Central Library for Saturday Live, featuring
puppets, singers, magicians, storytellers, and all kinds of performers.
Read and Play Time
Share age-appropriate books and toys with your child from birth to 5
years old at Read and Play Time at the Sun Ray Library.
BookPALS/StoryLine
Can't make it to the Library? You can call the StoryLine at
952-352-1350 anytime to hear a story read by a
professional actor (recommended for K-6th grade). A different theme is
featured every month and a new story every week!
Visit
the BookPALS site to see which stories are currently being read.
Read
With Me
Dedicated library volunteers read one-on-one with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
graders to improve their reading skills. For more information on signing
up your child or volunteering your talents, please see the
Read
With Me web page, or call 651-642-0343.
Summer Reading
Program
A free reading pack
for every South Australian baby
South Australia's Advertiser Little Big Book Club was officially
launched by the Premier, The Hon. Mike Rann MP on 3 February 2006 at
the
State Library of South Australia. To support and encourage parents
to
read to their young children, The Advertiser Little Big Book Club is
offering all parents of babies aged between six and 12 months (over
17,500 babies) a free reading pack.
The pack contains a newly commissioned picture book 'Baby Baby' by Phil
Cummings and Greg
Holdfeld, Let's Read story-time DVD (developed by the Centre for
Community Child Health in partnership with The Smith Family), a
library
bag and information for parents including reading lists and tips on
reading aloud. The packs are available from public libraries
and Child and Youth Health Centres across the state. Libraries can
list
their storytime and other activities on the Little Book Club web site.
http://www.thelittlebigbookclub.com.au/
NextReads for
your library
NextReads is a
subscription email service developed by the creators
of NoveList.
With NextReads, you'll
expand fiction and nonfiction readers' advisory
services beyond the walls of your library, and
beyond the bestsellers. NextReads provides 20
monthly and bimonthly lists for library patrons,
including both fiction and nonfiction genre
coverage, plus two lists created just for library
staff. All lists carry your library's branding and
are easily customizable to your needs, holdings, and
customer tastes.
Visit the NextReads website
"You know the republic will survive when there
is new money for libraries."
Denis
Hamill
(
New
York Daily News column, 3 December 2000)
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