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Anne Weaver

FAIR: Campaign to secure the future of libraries, their patrons and staff | Australian ... - 0 views

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qsla advocacy

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  • Anne Weaver on 13 Jun 15
     
    This Australian Library and Information Association is an important resource for our 5500 members, the media, government and everyone who believes in a strong network of library and information services for Australians. Here you will find news and facts about the library and information sector; career advice; training and professional development opportunities; campaigns and events and useful tools and templates. Jobs in the LIS sector.
Anne Weaver

FAIR | Australian Library and Information Association - 5 views

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qsla advocacy

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  • Anne Weaver on 13 Jun 15
     
    This Australian Library and Information Association is an important resource for our 5500 members, the media, government and everyone who believes in a strong network of library and information services for Australians. Here you will find news and facts about the library and information sector; career advice; training and professional development opportunities; campaigns and events and useful tools and templates. Jobs in the LIS sector.
Cathy Oxley

Can We Keep the EdTech Bubble From Bursting? - Online Universities.com - 12 views

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edtech bubble online universities professional development

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  • Cathy Oxley on 15 Jan 13
     
    "With venture capital flooding into the education sector, dozens of companies popping up every day, thousands of schools buying into new technology, and millions of students and lifelong learners around the world getting on board, we need to ask if we've built the edtech house on a foundation of solid rock, or sand."
Native Mentor

Traits That Are Essential To Become A Personal Trainer - 0 views

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become a personal trainer become a trainer

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  • Native Mentor on 12 Jul 16
     
    In most of the countries, no strict rule has been created for this personal tutoring sector. Thus, to say legally, almost anyone may plan to become a trainer with minimum credentials. The good fact for you is that you do not need any formal documentation to accomplish this private tuition.
Judy O'Connell

The Conversation: In-depth analysis, research, news and ideas from leading academics an... - 9 views

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academic journalism conversation research information literacy

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  • Judy O'Connell on 25 Jan 12
     
    The Conversation is an independent source of information, analysis and commentary from the university and research sector. an excellent site to be included in our Reasoning & Ethics Programmes.
Anthony Beal

Disciplines - subject specific services from the Higher Education Academy - 7 views

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education learning resources he HE in FE

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  • Anthony Beal on 02 Feb 12
     
    For many individuals working in higher education, it is the subject level where most networking and exchange takes place. That is why support at the subject level remains at the heart of our work. We continue to develop and deliver the subject-specific services that are most valued by the sector, including: workshops and seminars, teaching development grants, journals, support and guidance for staff new to teaching, resources and networking opportunities.
Glenda Morris

Library digitisation a bonus | Australian Teacher Magazine - No.1 national education se... - 12 views

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digital libraries school_libraries 21st Century school libraries

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  • Glenda Morris on 12 Nov 12
     
    Article in the Australian Teacher Magazine with Dr Jill Abelln who talks about the practicalities and benefits of setting up a digital school library at The Hutchins School, Hobart.
Celia Emmelhainz

Can We Talk About the MLS? | Editorial - 0 views

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  • Public libraries in rural areas really don’t have a large enough donor base to make extensive fundraising worthwhile. The other problem public libraries have with outside fundriasing is that if you start taking in a lot of major gifts and donations, then your steady stream of revenue, the local government, may just wind up cutting your funding.
    • Celia Emmelhainz
      Celia Emmelhainz on 31 May 13
       
      True with school libraries as well; can't fundraise because can't lose current funding, but then feel sense of lack of control over revenue streams? = ick.
  • “Students who pick their major based solely on postgraduation salaries, as opposed to passion for a field, will in all likelihood struggle in both school and career.”
  • would agree that public librarians questionably need a library specific degree, or a degree at a graduate level anyway, as evidenced by the wealth of paraprofessionals who often do at least as good a job in that setting, though for management I think you would want someone trained in public management with library experience. In an academic setting, there is a credibility issue that begs credentialling in the areas of research and education, and credentialling to a higher standard than is now present in library schools, hence the inadequacy of the degree university libraries particularly, or at least that degree alone. The degree needs to be reinvented and would best partner to at least confer joint degrees in librarianship and business, education, and other disciplines
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  • The piece I was missing was how to develop workable ideas that were well researched and aligned with the basic tenants of Librarianship.
  • philosophy and values of librarianship. It also grounded me in supervisory skills, in library management, and collection development.
  • Paraprofessionals here have been the ones leading the discussion on topics such as fair use, copyright, RDA, cataloging standards, FERPA, etc. There are several levels of paraprofessionals from pages/shelvers, circulation desk workers, catalogers (copy & original), acquisitions, IT Systems, ILL , etc. MLS Librarians are mostly reference & instruction positions, collection development and/or managers. Education is absolutely needed for some positions, but experience should be recognized as well. Our newly hired MLS people would be lost try to perform original cataloging, acquisitions/budget or ILL just as the paraprofessionals may lack the knowledge in instructional pedagogy, management/leadership, etc.
  • Much of my practical learning during grad school came from my classmates that had worked in libraries for years and were just then getting the degree. They had a MUCH better context for what was going on than I did at 23 and straight out of my undergrad
  • Require the masters in a specialized field rather than the MLIS. That could definitely work in academia. And you can require directors and managers to have the MLIS, but not necessarily the librarians at the reference desk or running a department like circulation.
  • But why do acquisitions, CD, or e-resources librarians need the degree? Those are practical jobs, that you do need practical experience for.
  • Any self-starter with a library job could easily supplement training and hands-on experience with reading books from leaders in the field on the subject, starting a blog, getting involved in conversations in the library community.
  • But for colleges, this becomes a game of perpetual growth – to secure funding and improve programs, we need more students, more alumni to donate! Job markets shrink, shift and dry up all the time, but rarely does a degree program shrink proportionately
  • Why I couldn’t pick up a book here, attend a webinar there, and get the same place eventually through grit and dedication like the librarians just a generation before me.
  • I am a Library Director in a hamlet (pop 3,000) in NH. The likelihood of my ever advancing to a larger library is categorically denied by that degree requirement. It doesn’t matter what experience I bring. Paying for another degree (I have a B.A. and an M. Div.) is out of the question for me, and, certainly, out of the question for the trustees of the library I serve
  • Laura is correct – being in a rural library is actually very challenging. There are far fewer resources for our patrons – so good luck directing them to the resources they need.
  • The public school teachers (including the school librarians) in my area have a starting salary that is about $10,000 higher than the starting salary of the public library system. Yet only the school and (some) public librarians are required to have a Masters before applying for their jobs
  • They are responsible for recruiting too many librarians, and the schools need to take responsibility for over saturation. If not, how are they any different than for-profit colleges or career colleges.
  • This is a women’s profession. Women are not valued. Hence any professional education we may have is useless in the eyes of…. us. Ah, feminism we’ve come so far. I realized when I went to library school that it was merely a sham union card for a lowly paid job.
  • Library school does need to emphasize more about management – not just one class. This is what will make us more useful. The best library directors are those who kept their libraries afloat during the economic downturn. This is because they have the fundamental ethics of a librarian coupled with mad management skills.
  • This isn’t just in the public sector. Academic librarians have crazy politics to wade through as do school librarians.
  • What if we migrated from our current degree to a B.A. in Education (with a focus on libraries); an M.A. in Education (with a focus on a particular library type or area); and a Ph.D. in Education (with a narrow focus on a particular library type or area)? This would also serve to define who we are (educators) and what we do (education: through self-directed, research assistance & instruction, instructive & enlightening experiences
  • Honestly, I privately refer to this as my fake master’s degree.
  • There is no unified body to convince that the MLS is somehow superfluous to needs; you have to convince these individuals, 99% of whom have an MLS and probably can see the value in it.
  • When I first became a librarian, I found that my past experience working in a bookstore was far more valuable to me than my MLS program.
  • For many, it clearly does not provide necessary or useful theory and practice opportunities.
  • I think some programs, like the one I attended, relied a lot on theory, and that meant that my dream, of creating better technology, was not quite realized as I needed the practical skills at building technology
  • A classmate of mine jumped ship and attended a business school in New York, and now works at Goldman Sachs…I stayed on board hoping to do meaningful work; that hasn’t quite happened yet, really because of the emphasis on theory..I think my classmate saw the writing on the wall and made a smart calculated move; I do not like to start something and leave it unfinished,
Kathleen Porter

Social Media Employee Policy Examples from Over 100 Organizations | Social Media Today - 1 views

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social media employee policy blogs Twitter digital citizenship

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  • The following table contains the names of over 100 companies and organization that have published their Employee Social Media Policies or Guidelines online... The left side column is the name of the organization, and it is linked to their organizational or corporate home page. The right side column displays a link to the actual document of policy web page for you to either download or review.
  • Ralph can be reached by email at RPaglia@gmail.com on Twitter @RalphPaglia and LinkedIn at http://LinkedIn.com/in/RPaglia
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    For teaching secondary / higher-ed students, and because private/nonprofit sector policies often inform government ones...
Javier Mejia Torrenegra

Crece el interés por las redes sociales de lectores - 1 views

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Digitalización _ Lectura Libros Redes sociales Sector editorial Web 2.0

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  • Javier Mejia Torrenegra on 24 Oct 11
     
    Los lectores empiezan a tener cada vez más presencia en las redes sociales especializadas para la lectura. Ya existen multitud de plataformas en todo el mundo como Library Thing, Goodreads, Spinebreakers o aquí la recién llegada Entrelectores. Se está demostrando cómo este tipo de redes pueden ayudar a incrementar la visibilidad de un libro.
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