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Main Author: Penland, Patrick R., Ed.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1970
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED048902
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author Penland, Patrick R., Ed.
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contents Floating Librarians in the Community. Penland, Patrick R., Ed. Community Responsibility Community Role Librarians Libraries Library Education Library Services Models One of the weakest areas of professional preparation and professional in-service training and development is that of community development education. Each year, many professionally trained recruits go into the field of library service with only the most rudimentary notion of, and training for community, group, and power-structure analyses. Library educational services, historically, have given little formal attention to any training for the "floating" community librarian nor to developing the ability to use the methods of community development education for the broad informational and educational purposes of actual and potential patrons in the community neighborhoods. Four models of community communication services are the "outreach project" for reaching users outside of the main building, community involvement, community work beyond regular library hours and the role of the independent information specialist who works outside of the confines of institutional support. The role of the professional person is to stimulate the articulation of community needs and interests and involve citizens in decision-making processes, for which a major method is provided. The appendix contains a number of measurements and a bibliography of pertinent references. (AB)
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spellingShingle Floating Librarians in the Community.
Penland, Patrick R., Ed.
Community Responsibility
Community Role
Librarians
Libraries
Library Education
Library Services
Models
Floating Librarians in the Community. Penland, Patrick R., Ed. Community Responsibility Community Role Librarians Libraries Library Education Library Services Models One of the weakest areas of professional preparation and professional in-service training and development is that of community development education. Each year, many professionally trained recruits go into the field of library service with only the most rudimentary notion of, and training for community, group, and power-structure analyses. Library educational services, historically, have given little formal attention to any training for the "floating" community librarian nor to developing the ability to use the methods of community development education for the broad informational and educational purposes of actual and potential patrons in the community neighborhoods. Four models of community communication services are the "outreach project" for reaching users outside of the main building, community involvement, community work beyond regular library hours and the role of the independent information specialist who works outside of the confines of institutional support. The role of the professional person is to stimulate the articulation of community needs and interests and involve citizens in decision-making processes, for which a major method is provided. The appendix contains a number of measurements and a bibliography of pertinent references. (AB)
title Floating Librarians in the Community.
topic Community Responsibility
Community Role
Librarians
Libraries
Library Education
Library Services
Models
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED048902