As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, we have a session coming up at the Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference this fall in St. Cloud. ...And Social Justice for All: How Can Librarians and Social Workers Collaborate? will take place on Thursday morning, October 10, 2013, from 10-11am. Here are the details. But more than… Continue reading “…And Social Justice for All: How Can Librarians and Social Workers Collaborate?”
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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
Whole Person Librarianship: The Class
Just kidding, sort of... I don't think I'm going to call it that, but we (I + Paul Lai + Professor Emeritus Mary Wagner) are beginning work on a 1-credit class on the intersection of social work and librarianship for the St. Kate's MLIS program's J Term. In preparation, I've started adding some things to… Continue reading Whole Person Librarianship: The Class
Public Librarians and Health Care: A Social Work Perspective
by Mary Nienow, MSW, Clinical Director and Instructor of Internship, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire As I was procrastinating in the writing of this blog entry on what social workers can teach librarians, I received call from a public library asking for my help. With the advent of the Affordable Care Act (i.e. Obamacare),… Continue reading Public Librarians and Health Care: A Social Work Perspective
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
“I’m not a doctor, so I can’t advise you on that”
If there's one thing I remember learning in reference class - besides that print reference is complex, and our librarian forebears were amazing to work it - it's never to give medical advice to patrons. We were all taught to draw a clear line between sharing medical information resources and making recommendations about taking medical… Continue reading “I’m not a doctor, so I can’t advise you on that”
An Interview with Carolyn Anthony, PLA President
Last week, I was very fortunate to interview Carolyn Anthony, Director of Skokie Public Library and 2013-2014 President of the Public Library Association, on her perspective on the intersection of librarianship and social work. This is my summary of our conversation. When Carolyn Anthony started working at the Pratt Library in Baltimore in 1973, she… Continue reading An Interview with Carolyn Anthony, PLA President
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
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