Tag Archive | advocacy
Thing 16: Advocacy
This post is part of 23 Things for Professional Development. There’s already been some controversy around this Thing! I’m not going to open up an argument again, just suffice to say that I do agree that it is every librarians job, regardless of sector, to advocate for the profession; and to add as a side […]
SLA 2011: Alignment
Unsurprisingly, one recurring theme at SLA 2011 was the idea of alignment. I say unsurprisingly because a couple of years ago, SLA undertook a substantial amount of research into the users and stakeholders of special libraries, as part of the alignment project. The idea behind alignment is to ensure that the values, language and goals […]
Why should special librarians defend public librarians?
Because despite differences in day-to-day work, out ultimate goals (helping people find and make use of information) remain the same. Because every time public librarians are described as glorified book-stampers, it chips away at the whole idea of librarians’ professional expertise. Because even if your sector is not currently the one that’s under threat, that […]
A Twitter-friendly CILIP London meeting
Last week, I attended my second ever CILIP London meeting. As well as getting a chance to catch up with those members of CILIP London I already knew, and meet a few more I didn’t, I got to hear 2010 CILIP President Biddy Fisher talk about the results of the CILIP Defining Our Professional Future […]
Library advocacy and the dangers of the “echo chamber”
Following a conversation on Twitter this morning, me and thewikiman (@theREALwikiman) are trying to find out if anyone has any good ideas for overcoming the “echo chamber” effect in library advocacy. It’s easy to spend time preaching to the converted, but how do you reach people who don’t use the library, aren’t interested in what […]
