Breaking the barriers of time and space: the dawning of the great age of librarians - 4 views
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We connect people to knowledge. We bring people together with the intellectual content of the past and present so that new knowledge can be created. We provide the ways and means for people to find entertainment and solace and enlightenment and joy and delight in the intellectual, scientific and creative work of other people. This is what we have always been about. [7]
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Tania Sheko on 29 Feb 12This could be a good 'manifesto' for our role description as teacher librarians.
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Purpose: This lecture, reflecting on future roles, posits the potential dawning of a "great age of librarians," if librarians make the conceptual shift of focusing on their own skills and activities rather than on their libraries.
