School Librarians do a very varied job though we all have the core aim of helping young people discover reading for enjoyment and information and helping them gain the skills they need to find and use information.
There are two excellent sites where you can get more of a flavour of what we get up to:
23 Librarians is created, edited and maintained by Anabel Marsh, offers a flavour of the range of library and information work in Scotland today. Five different school libraries feature on the blog and share what attracted them to the job and a typical day in their current jobs.
Heart of the School, created by Caroline Roche to celebrate and showcase the work of school librarians in the UK offers a more specific school library focus. The name come from the quote “Libraries should be the beating heart of the school, not mausoleums for dusty books.” (Stephanie Harvey). There are a series of Day in the Life posts showing how varied and interesting a job it is.
Thank you for recommending 23 Librarians - it has resulted in a number of hits!
ReplyDeleteGlad it's had an impact - it's a great resource!
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