I spoke yesterday to the Library Science Masters students at Pune University about what I think are the key themes of public librarianship and also about career management. This is the framework of that talk and yes - the post is out of order but I wanted to get this structure up while its still fresh.
Who am I
- One of the librarians who worked on developing Koha 1.0
- A librarian - not a developer
- A perpetual student
Key Themes as I see them
- Public servants: service, know your community / audience, tailor for that community, meet their needs but also inspire and delight
- Connections and collections are important: 3rd place, living room of the town, sanctuary, events
- Creation and consumption: not just taking content eg books but creating too eg makerspaces, 3D printers, digitisation and recording tools
- Onsite and online: should be equally quality experiences
- Lifelong learning: print and digital literacies
- Partnerships and participation: works in collaboration with others, doing things with community not to or for them, help others achieve their goals
- Telling our story: promotion and marketing crucial, to public and to funders,
Career management
- Qualification is just the first step
- Be strategic
- Take responsibility for own PD: blogs, twitter, webinars, MOOCs, online universities are all free
- THis is an international profession; connect, share, engage in conversations with librarisn from around the world
- Work out why you are here; what is your personal philosphy of librarianship.
- Mine: to make the world a better place, to change lives, ripple effect of positively having an impact on just 1 person
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