Tell us Emily (1/6): "Empowering Access: The Vital Role of Information Resource and Service Specialists in Promoting and Assessing Quality Services"

Emily Drabinski :  Mabuhay! and Hello from the United States. My name is Emily Drabinski, I'm a librarian at the City University of New York in New York City. And I'm also the incoming president of the American Library Association, it's my delight to share some thoughts

Tell us Emily (1/6): "Empowering Access: The Vital Role of Information Resource and Service Specialists in Promoting and Assessing Quality Services"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXEl1Mus4w8

I think at least in the United States, we hear a lot about the library not being important because everything is available online. But those of us who work in the information professions understand that there needs to be a person who understands how information is produced, organized, acquired and circulated, and the person who needs to use that information, so as we have more and more different kinds of information, all the information that is produced on the internet

Librarians and other kinds of Information Specialists are more important than ever but it is important to promote those Library services. And I think that's a thing that we meet often forget those of us who work in the library. We're very clear about how important it is, But sometimes, our users’ figure Google is enough. They can ask their friends on Facebook Messenger. But we need to do work promoting our services So that people understand the value that we provide. The best way to start is by understanding, really thoroughly what we have in our collection, the kinds of human resources that we have, understanding our community and looking at ways that we meet the needs of the people in our service area, and then choosing the programs that are most important to those people, as the start of our promotion efforts.

ALA | Mission - American Library Association: 

The mission of the American Library Association is to provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all.

ALA | Priorities:

In 1998 the ALA Council voted commitment to five Key Action Areas as guiding principles for directing the Association’s energies and resources: Diversity, Equity of Access, Education and Continuous Learning, Intellectual Freedom, and 21st Century Literacy. With the development of a series of strategic plans, beginning with ALA Goal 2000,  ALAction 2005,  ALA Ahead to 2010, these principles have expanded to eight Key Action Areas, which are supplemented by ALA Ahead to 2015, the Association’s current strategic plan.

About:

Emily Drabinski is Critical Pedagogy Librarian at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She publishes and presents widely on topics related to knowledge organization, information literacy, and critical perspectives in librarianship. Drabinski edits Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, a book series from Library Juice Press/Litwin Books. She is a contributing writer at Truthout.

She will serve as president of the American Library Association in 2023-24.

- emilydrabinski.com - 

Tell us Emily (1/6): "Empowering Access: The Vital Role of Information Resource and Service Specialists in Promoting and Assessing Quality Services"

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-16-empowering-access.html

Tell us Emily (2/7): Selecting with Care : The Vital Importance of Access to Information

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-27-selecting-with-care.html

Tell us Emily (3/6): Collaboration and Partnership: Working Together To Advance Accessibility

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-36-collaboration-and.html

Tell us Emily (4/6): Building the Future: Designing Dynamic Library Centers for the Modern Age

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-46-building-future.html

Tell us Emily (5/6): Embracing the Value of Freedom of Information

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-56-embracing-value-of.html

Tell us Emily (6/6): Champions of Knowledge: "Libraries Work Because We Do"

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-66-champions-of-knowledge.htm

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