Drawing the line between social work and librarianship: Public library administrators talk
Gross, Melissa; Latham, Don; Baum, Brittany
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Title
Drawing the line between social work and librarianship: Public library administrators talk
Author(s)
Gross, Melissa
Latham, Don
Baum, Brittany
Issue Date
2024-10-16
Keyword(s)
Public libraries
social services
focus groups
administrators
administration
community engagement
social justice
Abstract
As part of a larger, IMLS-funded project, focus groups were undertaken with public library administrators to discuss the professional scope of librarianship in the face of a growing practice of placing social workers in public libraries to help respond to communities’ social services-related needs. Findings from these focus groups and focus groups held with adult services and youth services librarians are being used to inform the development of a national survey of public librarians on this topic. The survey will be distributed fall 2024. Preliminary findings from focus groups with public library administrators indicate that librarians want to help, but are stretched beyond their training, and that the placement of social workers in libraries to help serve social services-related needs is a more complex solution than it may sound.
Publisher
Association for Library and Information Science Education
Series/Report Name or Number
Proceedings of the ALISE Annual Conference, 2024
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Conference Paper
Presentation
Language
eng
Handle URL
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/130764
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2024.1664
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Copyright 2024 Melissa Gross, Don Latham, Brittany Baum
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