Before I dive into a brief review of a few articles published by academic librarians about the information literacy needs of social work students, I wanted to remind everyone that Sara Zettervall will be leading a session, "...And Social Justice for All: How Can Librarians and Social Workers Collaborate?," at the upcoming Minnesota Library Association… Continue reading Information Literacy Needs of Social Work Students
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Librarians : Patrons :: Social Workers : Clients (Part 2 of 2)
Last week, I suggested that turning to a model of how social workers interact with clients might be useful for librarians who work with homeless patrons. In a related post today, I want to continue thinking about how looking to the relationship between social workers and their clients might reinforce particular values already important in… Continue reading Librarians : Patrons :: Social Workers : Clients (Part 2 of 2)
Librarians : Patrons :: Social Workers : Clients (Part 1 of 2)
I've been thinking about the models or theories librarians turn to when they work with patrons. In a series of two posts, I'd like to consider how librarians might turn to social workers' relationships with clients to reimagine the librarian-to-patron relationship. This first post focuses on the highly visible topic of homeless patrons and how… Continue reading Librarians : Patrons :: Social Workers : Clients (Part 1 of 2)
Ethical Librarians and the Public Good
One of my interests in this project of examining the intersections of social work and librarianship is to consider how librarians might more visibly champion the public good like social workers do. This post considers two ways that librarians tend to devalue their own work in this vein: first, highlighting libraries as institutions rather than… Continue reading Ethical Librarians and the Public Good
Dominican University’s Joint MLIS/MSW Program
Earlier this summer, I spoke with Susan Roman, Dean Emerita of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University, about their joint master’s degree program in LIS and social work. I had a chance to ask Professor Roman about her background, her thoughts on the importance of this type of dual degree… Continue reading Dominican University’s Joint MLIS/MSW Program
Social Work and Academic Libraries
While public libraries are clearly at the forefront of most considerations of the overlap between social work and librarianship, we are also interested in thinking beyond the on-the-ground issues faced by public librarians in providing social services referrals and information. As Sara Z. mentioned in her post, Whole Person Librarianship, this blog is part of… Continue reading Social Work and Academic Libraries
Spectrum of Collaboration
In this post, I'd like to suggest a spectrum of collaboration between librarians and social workers. In addition to addressing why there is a need for librarians to work with social workers and vice versa, we also want to acknowledge that there are a number of ways that this kind of intersection might work to… Continue reading Spectrum of Collaboration
Computers, Social Work, and Public Libraries
One of the folks we've been talking to about this Information + Publics project pointed us to a LinkedIn discussion in the American Library Association group (requires LinkedIn account and access to the ALA group) from about a year ago that touched on the topic. The original question was about how reference librarians should provide… Continue reading Computers, Social Work, and Public Libraries
A Review of “NHS and Social Care Interface”: Information Literacy for Social Workers
One of the things we would like to do through this blog is to collect bibliographies of research related to the intersection of social work and librarianship. We will also provide brief reviews of some of these articles to serve as starting points for considering the issues that arise in these two fields concerning social… Continue reading A Review of “NHS and Social Care Interface”: Information Literacy for Social Workers
Social Services, Health Information, and Librarianship
The Saint Catherine University MLIS program, organized by the student chapter of the Progressive Librarians Guild, is walking as a team in the Minnesota AIDS Walk next week. As we’ve been doing some fundraising, I’ve been thinking about the connections between AIDS activism and librarianship. From the early work of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis… Continue reading Social Services, Health Information, and Librarianship
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