Librarians were, still and will continue to advocate their profession. They advocate in many ways and at different levels from the day they joined the profession and probably until they retired! I do agree public libraries are suffering at the moment in the UK but they are not alone, school libraries is another important sector that has being suffering form cuts and low profile.
I chose to be a librarian and since I made that decision I have been explaining the important role of libraries and their value. I work in international private school fairly stable working environment. I advocate my service to the school community, students and teachers. Explain to students the important role of the library in their learning. Unfortunately it takes as much effort as to advocate teachers as well. They do not encourage or direct students to use the valuable and costly resources available for them in the library. Once I had a discussion with a teacher who believes that a librarian does not need to have a high qualification to run a library. I wasn’t expecting that from an educator who supposed to be working in partnership with library staff to facilitate teaching and learning for future generations.
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