Tag Archives: Librarians

Why Doctors and Librarians Make Great Partners

Publishers Weekly – Thirty years after its launch, Reach Out and Read continues to stress the benefits of reading aloud to kids “This year marks the 30th anniversary of Reach Out and Read, an organization that helps transform doctors and … Continue reading

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How Students Engage with News: Five Takeaways for Educators, Journalists, and Librarians

Preferred citation: ​Alison J. Head, John Wihbey, P. Takis Metaxas, Margy MacMillan, and Dan Cohen, “How Students Engage with News: Five Takeaways for Educators, Journalists, and Librarians,” Project Information Literacy Research Institute. (October 16, 2018). “The News Study research report … Continue reading

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Getting to Know TS Librarians: Carol Collins

1. Introduce yourself (name & position). Greetings fellow TS-SIS members.  I am Carol Morgan Collins, Head of Technical Services, Joel A. Katz Law Library, University of Tennessee, College of Law.  I began work here as Catalog Librarian in 2001 and was … Continue reading

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Professional Reading: Farkas on Why Tech-savvy Librarians Are Needed in Public Services Positions

Meredith Farkas is one of the very best librarian-bloggers on the planet. On her blog, Information Wants To Be Free, you will find this recent post: Building 21st century librarians AND libraries. In it Farkas calls attention to the blurring… … Continue reading

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"Cannabis Employees Now Outnumber Pilots and Librarians in America"

The title of this post is the title of this new Civilized piece with an interesting factoid about employment in the marijuana industry. Here are the particulars (with links from the original to a notable infographic): If there's any marker … Continue reading

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