[Publib] Program, Service Ideas for Those Seeking Employment
Lang,Robert
rlang at sals.edu
Thu Feb 5 12:52:03 EST 2009
We've lined up two programs for those who've been hit hard by the current economic climate:
One will focus on daily dollar decisions, which will cover the common attitudes and mistakes regarding finances, spending habits, and how to cut expenses.
The other program will feature tips on how to cut grocery bills.
As far as programs for those seeking employment, we offer three classes on a monthly basis: Computers for Novices, Internet Basics, and Internet Searching. So many employers want prospective employees to fill out online applications, a task which isn't easy to do if the person has no computer experience.
Other job-hunting classes you might consider are those that cover online job searching; classes on Microsoft Word and Excel, how to write a resume, etc. An e-mail class may not be a bad idea considering the number of employers offering the option of e-mailing resumes.
__________________________________
Rob Lang
Schenectady County Public Library
Schenectady, NY
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Today's Topics:
1. Security Cases, Standard DVD Cases (Ralph Tomlinson)
2. RE: lead in toys (South Berwick Public Library)
3. Programming and Service Ideas for Those Seeking Employment
(Lisa McNamara)
4. Re: Inappropriate interview question (Cari Dubiel)
5. Computer Classes (Tom Cooper)
6. RE: Computer Classes (Val Meyerson)
7. Re: Re: Inappropriate interview question (Susan P Librarian)
8. RE: Computer Classes (Margaret Neill)
9. Re: Re: Essential Business Reference Titles (Kevin Okelly)
10. RE: Computer Classes (Melissa K. Davidson)
11. Children's Computer Furniture (Paula Laurita)
12. PLA Spring Symposium (Michael Golrick)
13. Re: Computer Classes (Sue Kamm)
14. Article help (South Berwick Public Library)
15. Re: Downgrading the profession (Janet Webb)
16. Fwd: Action Needed on the Economic Stimulus Package
(Diedre Conkling)
17. Re: Computer Classes (Carl Long)
18. RE: Computer Classes (brad thomas)
19. RE: Programming and Service Ideas for Those Seeking
Employment (Lise Chlebanowski)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 11:11:14 -0600
From: "Ralph Tomlinson" <rtomlinson at olatheks.org>
Subject: [Publib] Security Cases, Standard DVD Cases
To: <publib at webjunction.org>
Cc: dmajerle at olatheks.org
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KWIK CASE DVD SECURITY CASES
Does your library currently use the DVD Kwik security cases or are you
thinking of converting your system to them? The Olathe Public Library is in
the process of changing to a one-step system. If you use the Gressco Kwik
Clear Case with Black Bottom security cases and could use more for your
collection, give us a call. We also have several detachers. If you are
interested in striking a great deal contact Diane Majerle at 913 971-6877 or
email dmajerle at olatheks.org.
Diane Majerle
Olathe Public Library
201 East Park Street
Olathe, KS 66061
913 971-6877
dmajerle at olatheks.org
These are Gressco
CLEAR CASE WITH BLACK BOTTOM
8 8/16"H x 6"W x 1 1/8"D
As we switch to a new security case, we will also have a constant supply of
standard DVD cases available. If you're interested, we're willing to
entertain any offers to sell these cases as well. Connect us with your best
offer.
Sent by:
Ralph Tomlinson
Audio-visual/reference librarian
Adult Services
Olathe Public Library
201 E. Park Street
Olathe, KS 66061
(913) 971-6850
rtomlinson at olatheks.org
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 13:14:49 -0500
From: "South Berwick Public Library" <mmaney at south-berwick.lib.me.us>
Subject: RE: [Publib] lead in toys
To: "'Sharon Foster'" <fostersm1 at gmail.com>, "'Nann Blaine Hilyard'"
<nbhilyard at zblibrary.org>
Cc: 'Rose Chenoweth' <rmcheno122 at gmail.com>, publib at webjunction.org
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The only thing this bill would have been good for is its "economic stimulus"
provision of $750 million dollars over the next 5 years for enforcement.
That would have provided for a lot of inspectors........
I am glad that cooler heads have prevailed. We've been inundating our
Congressional delegation with mail to bring this to their attention.
Mamie
Mamie Anthoine Ney
Director
South Berwick Public Library
37 Portland Street
P.O. Box 35
South Berwick, ME 03908-003
207-384-3308 (incl. fax)
south-berwick.lib.me.us
mmaney at south-berwick.lib.me.us
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 11:12:40 -0800
From: "Lisa McNamara" <LMcNamara at piercecountylibrary.org>
Subject: [Publib] Programming and Service Ideas for Those Seeking
Employment
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Hi everyone,
I am new to the list, so please forgive me if this has already been discussed (I didn't see anything in the publib archive).
What programs and services are you offering at your library to help those currently out of work or otherwise hit hard by the economic crisis? I want to creat a list of ideas that we can all use.
Thanks!
Lisa
<mailto:lmcnamara at piercecountylibrary.org>
Pierce County READS
http://www.piercecountylibrary.org/reading-books/2009-pierce-county/
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:13:02 -0500
From: Cari Dubiel <cdubiel at twinsburglibrary.org>
Subject: [Publib] Re: Inappropriate interview question
To: publib at webjunction.org
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I don't see that question as inappropriate at all... For the Alliance!!
--
Carolyn Dubiel
Head, Acquisitions and Processing
Reference Librarian
Twinsburg Public Library
10050 Ravenna Rd.
Twinsburg, OH 44087
(330) 425-4268 x2
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 13:13:55 -0600
From: "Tom Cooper" <tcooper at wgpl.org>
Subject: [Publib] Computer Classes
To: <publib at webjunction.org>
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Hi All - If you have computer classes at your library, who does them? I
mean is it the Adult Services Librarian, Reference Librarian, Systems
Librarian, or somebody else?
Thanks,
Tom Cooper, Director
Webster Groves Public Library
301 E. Lockwood
Webster Groves, MO 63119
(314) 961-3784
tcooper at wgpl.org
Do not judge beliefs by their plausibility, but by the harm they may do.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 14:22:47 -0500
From: "Val Meyerson" <val at charlevoixlibrary.org>
Subject: RE: [Publib] Computer Classes
To: "Tom Cooper" <tcooper at wgpl.org>, <publib at webjunction.org>
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 13:25:23 -0600
From: Susan P Librarian <arrbooks at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Publib] Re: Inappropriate interview question
To: publib at webjunction.org
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I definately didn't feel it was inappropriate either! It made me
beyond sad that I had to turn them down when they did offer me the
job. (I had been offered a job with better benefits the day before
they offered me that job!)
But I do have to say ... For the Horde!
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Cari Dubiel
<cdubiel at twinsburglibrary.org> wrote:
> I don't see that question as inappropriate at all... For the Alliance!!
>
> --
> Carolyn Dubiel
> Head, Acquisitions and Processing
> Reference Librarian
> Twinsburg Public Library
> 10050 Ravenna Rd.
> Twinsburg, OH 44087
> (330) 425-4268 x2
>
>
> --
> If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager.
> Please
> note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of
> the
> author and do not necessarily represent those of the Twinsburg Public
> Library.
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 12:32:11 -0700
From: "Margaret Neill" <mneill at las-cruces.org>
Subject: RE: [Publib] Computer Classes
To: "Tom Cooper" <tcooper at wgpl.org>, <publib at webjunction.org>
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Hi Tom-
The Technical Services and Systems department handles our public and
staff computer classes and training. It's actually one person who runs
the whole show under my supervision. However, reference librarians
(under Public Services) sometimes volunteer to teach classes, so it's
not completely TS/S.
Margaret M. Neill
Library Manager, Technical Services and Systems
Thomas Branigan Memorial Library
200 E. Picacho Ave.
Las Cruces, NM 88001
Office: (575) 528-4043
Fax: (575) 528-4030
mneill at las-cruces.org
"Everyone who knows how to read has it in their power to magnify
themselves, multiple the ways in which they exist, to make their life
full, significant, and interesting."
- Aldous Huxley
________________________________
From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Tom Cooper
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 12:14 PM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] Computer Classes
Hi All - If you have computer classes at your library, who does them? I
mean is it the Adult Services Librarian, Reference Librarian, Systems
Librarian, or somebody else?
Thanks,
Tom Cooper, Director
Webster Groves Public Library
301 E. Lockwood
Webster Groves, MO 63119
(314) 961-3784
tcooper at wgpl.org
Do not judge beliefs by their plausibility, but by the harm they may do.
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:37:29 -0500
From: "Kevin Okelly" <KOkelly at minlib.net>
Subject: Re: [Publib] Re: Essential Business Reference Titles
To: publib at webjunction.org
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I realize that some time ago a number of us discussed what physical
reference titles to weed and which to keep, but I don't if the discussion
ever specified business titles at any point.
So, in your collective experience, which business reference titles are
essential, and which have been supplanted by online resources?
Many thanks for any and all answers.
Kevin
Kevin O'Kelly
Reference and Cataloging Librarian
Somerville Public Library
79 Highland Ave.
Somerville, MA 02143
(617)-623-5000
-----Original Message-----
From: Susan P Librarian <arrbooks at gmail.com>
To: publib at webjunction.org
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 13:25:23 -0600
Subject: Re: [Publib] Re: Inappropriate interview question
> I definately didn't feel it was inappropriate either! It made me
> beyond sad that I had to turn them down when they did offer me the
> job. (I had been offered a job with better benefits the day before
> they offered me that job!)
>
> But I do have to say ... For the Horde!
>
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Cari Dubiel
> <cdubiel at twinsburglibrary.org> wrote:
> > I don't see that question as inappropriate at all... For the
> Alliance!!
> >
> > --
> > Carolyn Dubiel
> > Head, Acquisitions and Processing
> > Reference Librarian
> > Twinsburg Public Library
> > 10050 Ravenna Rd.
> > Twinsburg, OH 44087
> > (330) 425-4268 x2
> >
> >
> > --
> > If you have received this email in error please notify the system
> manager.
> > Please
> > note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely
> those of
> > the
> > author and do not necessarily represent those of the Twinsburg Public
> > Library.
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Publib mailing list
> > Publib at webjunction.org
> > http://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/publib
> >
> >
>
>
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 15:01:44 -0500
From: "Melissa K. Davidson" <DavidsonMK at ci.staunton.va.us>
Subject: RE: [Publib] Computer Classes
To: <publib at webjunction.org>
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Adult Services librarian, Technical Services Librarian, and Children's
and Youth Services Librarian regularly teach. In a pinch the Director
will teach too, so that is all 4 full-time degreed staff. We teach Word
I & II, Excel I, II & III, Intro to computers, Working the Web, Email
Essentials, and a new on-line job seeking class.
Melissa Davidson
Adult Services Librarian
Staunton Public Library
1 Churchville Ave.
Staunton, VA 24401
540.332.3902
www.stauntonlibrary.org
<http://www.staunton.va.us/default.asp?pageid=48BD7E6B-787C-49EE-A7C1-8D
D714653A32>
From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Tom Cooper
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 2:14 PM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] Computer Classes
Hi All - If you have computer classes at your library, who does them? I
mean is it the Adult Services Librarian, Reference Librarian, Systems
Librarian, or somebody else?
Thanks,
Tom Cooper, Director
Webster Groves Public Library
301 E. Lockwood
Webster Groves, MO 63119
(314) 961-3784
tcooper at wgpl.org
Do not judge beliefs by their plausibility, but by the harm they may do.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 14:28:30 -0600
From: "Paula Laurita" <plaurita at athenslimestone.lib.al.us>
Subject: [Publib] Children's Computer Furniture
To: <Publib at webjunction.org>
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Hi,
I have a general question for those who have computers at "child height."
How tall are your tables?
We have two OPAC computers and two Internet access computers in our
children's areas that are constantly freezing up because the key boards are
being banged on by toddlers. That brings me to another question.....Do you
have this problem or have you found a solution?
TIA,
Paula S.W. Laurita, MLIS
Coordinator of Public Services
Athens-Limestone Public Library
Athens, AL 35611
plaurita at athenslimestone.lib.al.us
We have found that a library is not an end in itself, but a means to many
ends.
Charles E. Rush, 1939
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 15:25:42 -0600
From: "Michael Golrick" <mgolrick at SLOL.LIB.LA.US>
Subject: [Publib] PLA Spring Symposium
To: <publib at webjunction.org>
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<EDD5CF6866E4CC46AF655F894AE728DB778782 at exch1.STATE.LIB.LA.US>
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PLA Spring Symposium
PLA will be in Nashville for the 2009 Spring Symposium. This event will
be held April 2-4, 2009 at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel and Nashville
Convention Center.
The Spring Symposium gives attendees the opportunity to choose from six
tracks, each a day-and-a-half long. This course format provides
librarians an in-depth look at one topic, including practical skills and
knowledge that can be put to use at the library immediately. For those
of you who are looking for affordable, quality education, or to pick up
a new set of skills because your job is changing, this is your chance.
Also, there is an Opening General Session featuring musician Tom Chapin,
an Author Luncheon featuring Adriana Trigiani, and area library tours.
Find out more online:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/pla/plaevents/plaspringsymposium/index
.cfm
Register online:
http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=eventssymp&Template=/Conference/
ConferenceList.cfm&ConferenceTypeCode=S
Workshops:
Everyday Library Ethics: How the Right Thing is the Better Thing for
Your Library and Community
Learn how ethics impacts customer service and succession planning as
well as finances, community outreach, and your credibility with
political and economic decision-makers. Fair-minded choices can build
trust, respect, and support for your library.
Service Responses: Selecting and Implementing the Right Mix for Your
Library
Learn how to use the PLA Service Responses in Strategic Planning for
Results to identify activities, build responsive collections, and create
dynamic spaces that will enable you to provide the quality services your
customers need.
Silk Purses and Sow's Ears? Assessing the Quality of Public Library
Statistics and Making the Most of Them
Public library staff and managers consistently complain that library
statistics are flawed. We spend a lot of time and effort collecting and
reporting all sorts of numbers to all sorts of places. Learn about the
metrics being used and how you can use them correctly.
Today's Library: From the Inside Out
This session will provide practical, how-to examples, ideas, and
strategies that have transformed libraries across the country into
vibrant centers of their communities. Attendees will learn planning and
design lessons, "green" building tips, and "21st Century Customer"
service practices!
Libraries Connect in the 21st Century
Prepare yourself for an interactive presentation about innovative
technologies. This fun session will educate you on today's gadgets,
enable you to understand, plan, and implement social software, and give
you an opportunity to ask questions and brainstorm some new
technology-driven ideas.
Current Issues: A PLA/CPLA Workshop
This workshop will provide librarians with the skills needed to develop
plans to integrate the library with the community -- to move from "That
Library AND the Environment" to "The Library IN the Environment."
Participants will apply what they have learned to their own
institutions, identifying, describing, and addressing issues within
their communities.
Read full workshop descriptions online:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/pla/plaevents/plaspringsymposium/index
.cfm
Michael A. Golrick
Public Library Consultant
State Library of Louisiana
225.342.4931
mgolrick at slol.lib.la.us
http://www.state.lib.la.us/
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Message: 13
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 13:29:54 -0800
From: "Sue Kamm" <suekamm at mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: [Publib] Computer Classes
To: "Tom Cooper" <tcooper at wgpl.org>, <publib at webjunction.org>
Message-ID: <29349E15B1B045548AEA00F16F55A811 at OwnerPC>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
It's whoever has the expertise and is willing to teach. Our administrative analyst, for example, teaches Excel. The had of Hispanic Services teaches classes in Spanish.
Your friendly neighborhood CyberGoddess and ALA Councilor-at-Large,
Sue Kamm
Los Angeles/Inglewood, CA
email: suekamm AT mindspring DOT com
blog: http://suekamm.blogspot.com <http://suekamm.blogspot.com/>
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone."
-- A. Bartlett Giamatti, "Green Fields of the Mind."
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Cooper
To: publib at webjunction.org
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:13 AM
Subject: [Publib] Computer Classes
Hi All - If you have computer classes at your library, who does them? I mean is it the Adult Services Librarian, Reference Librarian, Systems Librarian, or somebody else?
Thanks,
Tom Cooper, Director
Webster Groves Public Library
301 E. Lockwood
Webster Groves, MO 63119
(314) 961-3784
tcooper at wgpl.org
Do not judge beliefs by their plausibility, but by the harm they may do.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Message: 14
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 16:46:06 -0500
From: "South Berwick Public Library" <mmaney at south-berwick.lib.me.us>
Subject: [Publib] Article help
To: <publib at webjunction.org>
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I am trying to locate an article that a former board member mentioned to me.
It would have been written about 7 or 8 years ago. It has to do with what
happens when a small town outgrows its library and usage declines. I've
been searching every library data base that I have access to, but no luck.
If anyone can provide the article or some hints as to where I can find it, I
will be eternally grateful.
Thanks,
Mamie
Mamie Anthoine Ney
Director
South Berwick Public Library
37 Portland Street
P.O. Box 35
South Berwick, ME 03908-003
207-384-3308 (incl. fax)
south-berwick.lib.me.us
mmaney at south-berwick.lib.me.us
From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org]
On Behalf Of Michael Golrick
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 4:26 PM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] PLA Spring Symposium
PLA Spring Symposium
PLA will be in Nashville for the 2009 Spring Symposium. This event will be
held April 2-4, 2009 at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel and Nashville
Convention Center.
The Spring Symposium gives attendees the opportunity to choose from six
tracks, each a day-and-a-half long. This course format provides librarians
an in-depth look at one topic, including practical skills and knowledge that
can be put to use at the library immediately. For those of you who are
looking for affordable, quality education, or to pick up a new set of skills
because your job is changing, this is your chance.
Also, there is an Opening General Session featuring musician Tom Chapin, an
Author Luncheon featuring Adriana Trigiani, and area library tours.
Find out more online:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/pla/plaevents/plaspringsymposium/index.cfm
Register online: http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=eventssymp
<http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=eventssymp&Template=/Conference/Con
ferenceList.cfm&ConferenceTypeCode=S>
&Template=/Conference/ConferenceList.cfm&ConferenceTypeCode=S
Workshops:
Everyday Library Ethics: How the Right Thing is the Better Thing for Your
Library and Community
Learn how ethics impacts customer service and succession planning as well as
finances, community outreach, and your credibility with political and
economic decision-makers. Fair-minded choices can build trust, respect, and
support for your library.
Service Responses: Selecting and Implementing the Right Mix for Your Library
Learn how to use the PLA Service Responses in Strategic Planning for Results
to identify activities, build responsive collections, and create dynamic
spaces that will enable you to provide the quality services your customers
need.
Silk Purses and Sow's Ears? Assessing the Quality of Public Library
Statistics and Making the Most of Them
Public library staff and managers consistently complain that library
statistics are flawed. We spend a lot of time and effort collecting and
reporting all sorts of numbers to all sorts of places. Learn about the
metrics being used and how you can use them correctly.
Today's Library: From the Inside Out
This session will provide practical, how-to examples, ideas, and strategies
that have transformed libraries across the country into vibrant centers of
their communities. Attendees will learn planning and design lessons, "green"
building tips, and "21st Century Customer" service practices!
Libraries Connect in the 21st Century
Prepare yourself for an interactive presentation about innovative
technologies. This fun session will educate you on today's gadgets, enable
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Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:06:18 +0000
From: "Janet Webb" <clarion08 at bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [Publib] Downgrading the profession
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I have been a paraprofessional in our reference department for almost 5 years. I just graduated with my MLS. You need the degree. There are nuances to working in the library that most paraprofessionals don't know/see/care about. School didn't cover customer service, but it did cover all *theory* behind what I do. I am a better para because of school and will be a better librarian because of para experience.
Janet Webb MSLS
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> Jesse,
>
> 1) Few things are brain surgery, besides brain surgery that is. And yes
> there are professions out there that are intellectually more rigorous
> and more challenging than most of librarianship - so what. There are
> degrees that are intellectually more rigorous and more challenging than
> the MLS - so what. I guarantee that those in masters programs for pure
> mathematics and physics would say that their degree was at least 10
> times harder than any humanities masters - does that then make your
> anthropology degree worthless? (I don't believe it does by the way)
> Librarians don't get the respect they deserve. I would argue that very
> few professions have as many intelligent, educated, and dedicated
> professionals that do not receive the proper credit and respect than
> librarianship âEUR" even by members of our own profession!
>
> 2) As I said before a certain portion of paraprofessionals have the
> smarts and experience to adequately handle professional librarianship.
> Those who do should earn their masters and start their careers. Those
> who donâEUR(tm)t should simply have to deal with reduced roles in professional
> librarianship and library leadership.
>
> Experience certainly goes a long way in ANY profession. Even fields as
> rigorous as engineering used to allow non-degreed or partially degreed
> âEURoeengineer assistantsâEUR to qualify as full engineers after so many years
> on the job. Degrees donâEUR(tm)t absolutely guarantee anything. But again
> thatâEUR(tm)s not the point. You place anyone with the innate capabilities and
> desire in a capacity that they have within themselves to handle, degree
> or no degree, and you give them enough time on the job, they will catch
> on. The MLS (or its equivalent) is like bootcamp it relatively quickly
> sets the professional up on proper legs, immerses them in professional
> standards, methods, vocabularies, etc. and more or less certifies that
> the individual has paid their dues and is basically capable. Or at least
> educated enough to educate themselves later on as the need arises.
>
> 3) It is easy to minimize the skills of professional librarian for those
> who take librarianship for granted or for those who simply have no idea
> what they are talking about. I am certain that most non-professionals
> could âEURoepoint in the direction of the nearest rest roomâEUR just as well as
> any professional librarian. However, the subtle manipulation of subject
> headings, research methods, the reference interview, instructing (in
> formal classroom settings as well as informal), technical proficiencies,
> searching for information, organizing it, locating it, synthesizing it
> and evaluating it, cataloging (creating and/or using the catalog),
> public speaking, and researching/publication âEUR" are another matter
> altogether. I fail to see how the above does not enumerate a
> professional career. Librarianship is much more than pointing to the
> mystery section and Googling Lindsay Lohan.
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Carl
> Reading Public Library
> http://www.reading.lib.pa.us/
>
>
> Jesse Ephraim wrote:
> >> It is true that certain non-professionals are
> >> capable of performing the required duties of a
> >> professional librarian through natural gifts and
> >> experience. Just like a few gifted and highly
> >> experienced nurses could fill in for the doctor
> >> in a pinch. But just like a nurse is not a
> >> doctor, a paraprofessional is not a professional
> >> librarian. In the US the requirement for that status
> >> is the MLS or it's equivalent.
> >>
> >
> > Librarianship is not brain surgery.
> >
> > I have met a LOT of paraprofessionals who can easily do the job of a
> > degreed librarian. A little experience on the job is much, much more
> > important than the ivory-tower conception of reality that is pushed in
> > library schools. I learned far more about real-world library skills
> > from working in a Borders bookstore 20 years ago.
> >
> > To be blunt, the Masters programs that feed the profession are nowhere
> > near as complex or work-intensive as most other programs that offer
> > graduate degrees. I know that I did (easily) 10 times as much work in
> > anthropology grad school than I did when getting my MLS. We downgrade
> > our own profession by not requiring a lot more rigor in our education,
> > particularly when it comes to technical skills.
> >
> > I think we would be better served by requiring a librarianship
> > undergraduate degree for entry-level positions. The Masters programs
> > should relate to an area of specialty, like library IT systems,
> > management, advanced youth librarianship, etc.
> >
> > Y'all can yell at me now ;)
> >
> > Jesse Ephraim
> >
> > Youth Services Librarian
> > Southlake Public Library
> > 1400 Main St., Ste. 130
> > Southlake, TX 76092
> >
> > Email: jephraim at ci.southlake.tx.us
> > Phone: (817) 748-8248
> > FAX: (817) 748-8250
> > www.southlakelibrary.org
> > uncommonly friendly service
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Message: 16
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 15:40:16 -0800
From: Diedre Conkling <diedre08 at gmail.com>
Subject: [Publib] Fwd: Action Needed on the Economic Stimulus Package
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Here is some National Legislative action you can take.
I am forwarding this message on to you without the attachments. I will send
a second message that has the text that is in the attachments.
Remember to go to http://capwiz.com/ala/home/ and enter your zip code to
find contact information for your Legislators.
And now to the important part of this message (below).
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From: Kristin K. Murphy <kmurphy at alawash.org>
Date: Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:01 PM
Subject: Action Needed on the Economic Stimulus Package
To: "Kristin K. Murphy" <kmurphy at alawash.org>
Cc: Jenni Terry <jterry at alawash.org>
Dear FLLAN members,
As you know, I often contact you to request information or to seek your help
in reaching out to Members of Congress on key library issues. This time,
I'm asking you to get the word out to both your elected officials and to
your local paper.
For this request, I am asking you to contact your Senators. Please tell
them that public libraries need to be included in the economic stimulus
package. More and more people are turning to their libraries to build
business plans, use free test preparation materials, and take classes to
improve their job skills. Please ask them to amend S.1, Page 396, line 13*
*to read as follows:
*SEC. 1402. STATE USES OF FUNDS.*
(b) OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE- The Governor may use up to 39 percent of the
State's allocation under section 1401 for public safety and other government
services, which may include assistance for elementary and secondary
education, public institutions of higher education *and public libraries.*
Attached to this e-mail are two different letters that you can customize for
your region and submit to your local paper as either a guest column or as a
letter to the editor. One is written from the perspective of a librarian,
and the other is for a non-librarian. If you feel your local media would be
interested in running this piece, reach out to them by calling the newspaper
and asking to speak to the editorial page editor or someone in the editorial
or opinions department. Once you are on the phone with them, talk about the
issue and why their readers would care. Ask if you may e-mail your article,
so that the paper may consider it. Feel free to call the ALA Washington
Office Press Officer, Jenni Terry, at 202.628.8410 to discuss how you can
pursue this. We would be happy to provide additional talking points and
assistance.
TALKING POINTS
*How libraries help Americans struggling in this hard economic time:*
- Every day across the country, libraries are meeting the needs of their
communities by providing a broad range of services for people of all ages
and backgrounds.
- The public library plays an even more important role as Americans face
tough economic times. Patrons are visiting their library for more than
borrowing free books, movies, CDs and attending free reading programs.
- Nationwide, recent statistics show that last year, libraries hosted
more than 1.3 billion visits and circulated more than 2 billion items.
Studies have shown that in times of economic downturn, libraries become even
busier. For example, foot traffic at Montgomery County (Maryland)
libraries is up 41% for the third quarter of 2008, compared to the same
period last year. Participation in library programs for children and adults
jumped 24%, from 75,000 to 93,000 last year at the Sacramento Public
Library. Internet use at the Nashville Public Library has grown so much that
9 of every 10 libraries in the county have been forced to institute session
time limits on their computers to meet demand.
- Libraries offer their communities access to computers and the Internet,
financial literacy skills, assistance with job searches, and resources to
help small businesses.
- Libraries across the country are providing free public access to
computers and the Internet in some of our most distressed communities.
According to a recent report released by the American Library Association
entitled, "Libraries Connect Communities: Public Library Funding &
Technology Access Study 2007-2008," 73% of all libraries nationwide report
they are the only provider of free Internet access in their communities. In
rural areas, the role of the public library is even more critical as 83
percent of libraries are the only free Internet provider. As a result, many
libraries have begun reporting double-digit growth in computer usage in
2008.
*The challenges facing libraries:*
- As libraries are facing a decrease in funding, they are expected to
provide an increase in service to the public. Public libraries are facing
severe cutbacks as budget shortfalls hit cities towns and rural areas across
the country. Libraries across the country are cutting hours and services,
and some are even facing the threat of closure at a time when their support
is needed most.
- For funding, many public libraries depend on local property taxes,
which have gone down roughly 3 percent, according to the National League of
Cities.
*The need for stimulus funding for libraries:*
- Libraries provide an impressive array of services that are critical to
the communities they serve, but the underlying support needed to maintain
and improve these services has been lagging for many U.S. public libraries.
- ALA's recommendation for stimulus funding seeks support for basic
library services across the country as well as specialized assistance to
help Americans deal with the current economic crisis and get America back to
work.
*How stimulus funding would be used:*
- Develop national license for electronic employment aids, including
resume writing and practice certification tests
- Expand critical employment activities and services such as resume
development, job bank web searches and career planning workshops, and skills
training;
- Reinstate or supplement evening and weekend hours of operation at
libraries to provide the greatest possible access to services;
- Acquire additional resources and materials to help keep up with
increased demand for economic services nationwide.
- Build and renovate library buildings
As always, thank you. A strong grassroots effort on the economic stimulus
package will increase our chances that libraries receive the necessary funds
to continue providing exceptional services to our communities.
Best,
Kristin
**
--
Diedre Conkling
diedre08 at gmail.com
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Message: 17
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:29:10 -0500
From: Carl Long <carl.long at reading.lib.pa.us>
Subject: Re: [Publib] Computer Classes
To: Tom Cooper <tcooper at wgpl.org>
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Reference Librarians :)
Best Regards,
Mr. Carl William Long, M.L.S. (http://carlwilliamlong.googlepages.com <http://carlwilliamlong.googlepages.com/> )
Reference Librarian II (Email: carl.long at reading.lib.pa.us)
Reading Public Library (http://www.reading.lib.pa.us <http://www.reading.lib.pa.us/> )
Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Tom Cooper wrote:
>
> Hi All - If you have computer classes at your library, who does them?
> I mean is it the Adult Services Librarian, Reference Librarian,
> Systems Librarian, or somebody else?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom Cooper, Director
> Webster Groves Public Library
> 301 E. Lockwood
> Webster Groves, MO 63119
>
> (314) 961-3784
> tcooper at wgpl.org
>
> /Do not judge beliefs by their plausibility, but by the harm they may
> do./
> / Nassim Nicholas Taleb/
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Message: 18
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 14:37:51 +0000
From: brad thomas <bradthomas at hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Publib] Computer Classes
To: <carl.long at reading.lib.pa.us>, <tcooper at wgpl.org>
Cc: publib at webjunction.org
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I suppose that depends upon the audience and/or the subject. In our system, we have classes that are offered by outside agencies that are hired for that specific job, we have computer classes for children taught by children's librarians, our tech staff teaching more advanced classes dealing with our services and/or computer classes, reference and reader's library employees teaching classes on databases and library services, etc.... It's not just one area or department.
> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:29:10 -0500
> From: carl.long at reading.lib.pa.us
> To: tcooper at wgpl.org
> Subject: Re: [Publib] Computer Classes
> CC: publib at webjunction.org
>
> Reference Librarians :)
>
> Best Regards,
> Mr. Carl William Long, M.L.S. (http://carlwilliamlong.googlepages.com <http://carlwilliamlong.googlepages.com/> )
> Reference Librarian II (Email: carl.long at reading.lib.pa.us)
> Reading Public Library (http://www.reading.lib.pa.us <http://www.reading.lib.pa.us/> )
> Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
>
> Tom Cooper wrote:
> >
> > Hi All - If you have computer classes at your library, who does them?
> > I mean is it the Adult Services Librarian, Reference Librarian,
> > Systems Librarian, or somebody else?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tom Cooper, Director
> > Webster Groves Public Library
> > 301 E. Lockwood
> > Webster Groves, MO 63119
> >
> > (314) 961-3784
> > tcooper at wgpl.org
> >
> > /Do not judge beliefs by their plausibility, but by the harm they may
> > do./
> > / Nassim Nicholas Taleb/
> >
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:31:02 -0700
From: "Lise Chlebanowski" <lchlebanowski at avondale.org>
Subject: RE: [Publib] Programming and Service Ideas for Those Seeking
Employment
To: "Lisa McNamara" <LMcNamara at piercecountylibrary.org>,
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We have a staff member from Social Services come each week to help with employment information. She sets up a table and brings in the latest job opportunities. She also helps people fill out online applications and provides help with housing issues. HTH!
Lisë Chlebanowski
Library Manager
Sam Garcia Western Avenue Library
495 E. Western Ave.
Avondale, AZ 85323
623-333-2611 D
623-333-0260 F
lchlebanowski at avondale.org
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Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 12:13 PM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] Programming and Service Ideas for Those Seeking Employment
Hi everyone,
I am new to the list, so please forgive me if this has already been discussed (I didn't see anything in the publib archive).
What programs and services are you offering at your library to help those currently out of work or otherwise hit hard by the economic crisis? I want to creat a list of ideas that we can all use.
Thanks!
Lisa
<mailto:lmcnamara at piercecountylibrary.org>
Pierce County READS
http://www.piercecountylibrary.org/reading-books/2009-pierce-county/
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