Professionalism
Here are some of the ideas I will discuss at Trevecca Nazarene with the library science graduate students Saturday for my brief 15 minute talk on Professionalism (this is a work in progress because I don’t want to neglect names of “folks” so feel free to add):
Library Professionals consider their image and market how they want others to see them:
http://www.wyominglibraries.org/
@ your library school campaign
Professionals share their knowledge and their process of learning with their peers through various medium:
BLOGS
Web-Logged
Infomancy
2 Cents Worth
Alice Yucht’s Alice in Infoland
Doug Johnson’s Blue Skunk Blog
Joyce Valenza’s Never Ending Search
Kathy Schrock’s Kaffeeklatsch
Carole Simpson’s Copyright Blog
Muller In the Middle
Gargoyles loose in the library
Guusje Moore’s Of Life, Education, E-bay, Travel & Books
Amy Bowlin and her SLJ blog
Jacquie Henry’s Wanderings
Robert Eiffert’s Librarian in the Middle Blog
Kate Stirk’s View from the Library
Teri S. Lesesne
Young Hoosier Book Award
Mindy rhiger’s book journal blog
Sharron L. McElmeel literature related links
Jamie Boston’s online book club
View From the School
Materials for Children with Disabilities
Francis Jacobson Harris
Deb Cross
Camille Powell
Live, Laugh, Read
JOURNALS
LMC Library Media Connection
SLJ School Library Journal
Book Links
School Library Media Activities Monthly
TeacherLibrarian
School Library Media Research
Knowledge Quest
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Library 2.0
Web 2.0
Flicker
Folksonomies
Wiki’s
Social Communities
Virtual Libraries
Professionals are creative:
Check out the amazing comic book called “Tales from the Public Domain: Bound by Law?”
Professionals participate in associations and become leaders:
Tennessee Association of School Librarians
Tennessee Library Association
American Association of School Librarians & American Library Association
Affiliate Assembly of AASL
Tenn-Share
Tennessee Education Association
Tennessee Reading Association
Friends of Tennessee Libraries
Professionals participate in conferences:
TASL’s Library & Literacy Forum
TASL’s conference
AASL’s Fall Forum
AASL’s Conference
ALA’s Midwinter & Annual Conference
TRA’s conference
Professionals participate in workshops:
Reading
Technology
Literacy
Teaching
Professionals are connected to their colleagues via Listserv’s, Virtual Communities, informal & formal mentoring groups:
LM_NET
TASL
TLA
InfoLit
Librarianship101
TappedIn.org
Professionals identify the leaders in their field to develop their own personal path of development and actively consider points of agreement and disagreement:
Joyce Valenza
Doug Johnson
Sara Kelly Johns
Barbara Stripling
Debbie Abilock
Deb Levitov
Mary Alice Anderson
Terrance Young
Toni Buzzeo
Judy Freeman
Will Richardson
Christopher Harris
David Warlick
Professionals go outside their comfort zone to do the “right” thing, for example, talking to legislators.
National Library Legislative Day
Virtual Legislative Day
Tennessee’s Library Legislative Day
Professionals are involved in their community.
I moved my blog “inside” since the blogspot address was blocked in so many places. (http://kathyschrock.net/blog/) Thanks for including me on your list!
Kathy Schrock
Comment by Kathy Schrock — March 25, 2006 @ 12:12 am