Comments on: What’s different about libraries? The debate on volunteers continues. https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2012/06/whats-different-about-libraries-the-debate-on-volunteers-continues.html What's happening to your library? Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:17:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: LJ Hutchins https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2012/06/whats-different-about-libraries-the-debate-on-volunteers-continues.html#comment-277 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:18:55 +0000 http://83.170.89.36/~publicli/2012/06/whats-different-about-libraries-the-debate-on-volunteers-continues.html#comment-277 Yep – we know. And we’re trying to fix it. That’s why so much time goes into running Public Libraries News, Voices for the Library and countless local advocacy campaigns around the country.

And that’s why we’re asking CILIP to play a bigger role in communicating all the skills that modern librarians and information professionals bring to society, including training in basic information literacy and computer skills, helping users find trusted information online and offline, helping parents and young people with reading choices, and helping people to learn new skills and make informed choices about their lives.

This just scratches the surface. For more insight, I suggest reading this: https://laurensmith.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/what-do-public-librarians-and-library-staff-do/

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2012/06/whats-different-about-libraries-the-debate-on-volunteers-continues.html#comment-276 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:59:51 +0000 http://83.170.89.36/~publicli/2012/06/whats-different-about-libraries-the-debate-on-volunteers-continues.html#comment-276 Lisa Hutchins makes a fair point, but the problem is simply this: the public views a “librarian” as someone who stamps books, or perhaps on a good day someone who puts books in the right places on shelves. Consequently the idea of a “professional librarian” is largely (wilfully?) misunderstood.

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