6th Annual Tribal Librarians Gathering Announced

Mark your calendar for Monday, September 29, 2008, 9 am – 4 pm, at the Arizona Health Sciences Library in Tucson.

Welcome	Pearl Yazzi/Ramona Tecumseh	9:00 – 9:05
Welcome	Gary Freiburger	9:05 – 9:10
Blessing	Tohono O’odham	9:10 – 9:15
HIV/AIDS Resources	Kristobal Fimbres	9:15 – 9:50
Sex Education Programs	Salt River Pima Tribe	9:45- 10:25
Break		10:25 – 10:35
Sex Education Resources	Annie Smith	10:35 11:00
HPV	Dr. Francisco Garcia	11:00 – 12:00
Lunch – Traditional Foods		12:00 – 1:00
Business Meeting	Pearl Yazzi/Ramona Tecumseh	1:00 – 1:30
Diabetes	Dr. Yvette Roubideaux	1:30 – 2:15
Break		2:15 – 2:30
Traditional Foods	PBS Film	2:30 – 3:00
Diabetes Resources	Jennifer Swift-Martin	3:00 – 3:45
Blessing/Closing		3:45 – 4:00

To register go to: http://www.lib.az.us/eventreg/ To sign up for dinner email pauflick@ahsl.arizona.edu.

Hotel Information:

The Windmill Suites of Tucson
At St Philips Plaza
4250 North Campbell Avenue
Tucson, AZ  85718

(520) 577-0007
(800) 547-4747

Located at the northern edge of Tucson in the foothills of the Santa
Catalina mountains and yet convenient to the Arizona Health Sciences
Center and University Medical Center straight south on  Campbell
Avenue,  St Philips Plaza is at the southeast corner of the intersection
of Campbell Avenue and River Road.  Please request the University’s
special rate of  $69.00/day + taxes.  There are no rooms being held so
please make your reservations as soon as possible.

Inmate Library Internship Soon Available

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Inmate Library is currently seeking interns for the 2009 spring, summer and fall semesters. This internship is an opportunity to gain an understanding and appreciation of the roles, duties and responsibilities of a full-time professional librarian.

Nature of Work

Process incoming book and magazine donations.

• Prepare books and magazines for distribution to the facilities.
• Collect donations from various locations in the valley.
  • The intern would travel with me as I visit the donors who supply the library with our books and magazines.
• Meet with various other librarians throughout the City of Phoenix and surrounding towns and cities.
  • Currently we receive donations and work with the following libraries and organizations. The intern would travel to and meet the librarians and staff members at each of the locations:
    • Arizona Department of Corrections
    • Arizona Historical Society
    • Carl T. Hayden VA Hospital
    • Fresh Start Women’s Resource Center
    • Friends of the Maricopa Library
    • Friends of the Phoenix Library
• For the 2009 spring semester there is the possibility of working on a project to digitize photographs and documents associated with the Sheriff’s Department.
  • This would entail working with the Arizona Historical Society, Arizona State Library and Archives and possibly Northern Arizona University.

Location and Schedule

• The library is located in Phoenix at 3150 West Lower Buckeye Road.
• The schedule is flexible but the Inmate Library is open 6:00 AM – 4:00 PM Monday – Thursday.

Desired Qualifications

Current undergraduate or graduate student interested in library science in a law enforcement environment.

• Detail oriented, excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Be able to commit to 10 hours a week and to periodically move and / or carry 25 lbs.
• Be flexible, willing to learn and to help existing staff as needed.

Compensation

• Internship is unpaid, but the student can earn 3 – 4 hours of internship credit.

Application Process

Submit a resume and brief statement of interest to Ed Van Winkle at e_vanwinkle@mcso.maricopa.gov.

• All applicants must pass a background investigation.

What is Prison Librarianship, anyway? See info below…

 

• A gateway to that branch of Special Librarianship dealing with library services to the incarcerated in the United States and Canada. International librarianship links (IFLA, LA/PLG, etc.) with similar focus will “globalize” this site. Correctional librarianship in the USA would be dull without its unique – “access to the court” – service provision requirements.  See:  http://www.seorf.ohiou.edu/~xx132/ 
• How to be a Successful Prison Librarian Interface Volume # 25, Fall, 2003. Interface is the quarterly newsletter published by the ASCLA division of ALA. Three prison librarians presented tips for being a successful prison librarian, during the “How to Be a Prison Librarian: Preparation for a Foreign Land” program sponsored by the Library Services to Prisoners Forum at the ALA conference in Toronto.   See: http://www.ala.org/ala/ascla/asclapubs/interface/archives/contentlistingby/volume25/successprisonlib/howsuccessful.cfm Recruiting for Prison Libraries
• Recent literature on library recruitment places great emphasis on the fact that within six to ten years over 60 percent of librarians will retire from the profession and that there will not be sufficient qualified librarians to fill the vacant positions.  This portends even greater problems for recruiting to prison librarianship where historically we have experienced difficulty in attracting qualified candidates to work in our institutions. While to my knowledge no survey exists that indicates the reason there is difficulty in recruiting for prison librarianship, the questions I am often asked is indicative of some of the issues.   See:  http://www.ala.org/ala/ascla/asclapubs/interface/archives/contentlistingby/volume27/recruitingforprisonlibraries/recruitprisonlibraries.cfm

• Prison librarians needed: a challenging career for those with the right professional and human skills  See:  http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla65/papers/046-132e.htm
• From WebJunction  http://www.webjunction.org/63/articles/content/454280

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Today’s school library media specialist works with both students and teachers to facilitate access to information in a wide variety of formats, instruct students and teachers how to acquire, evaluate and use information and the technology needed in this process, and introduces children and young adults to literature and other resources to broaden their horizons. As a collaborator, change agent, and leader, the school library media specialist develops, promotes and implements a program that will help prepare students to be effective users of ideas and information, a lifelong skill. The many roles of a library media specialist are detailed in chapter one, “The Vision,” of Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning (Chicago: American Library Association, 1998). ISBN 0-8389-3470-6

For more info visit the American Association of School Librarians!

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• Love to learn
• Seek community
• Want to build for the future
• Value advancing human knowledge
• Seek variety in your daily work
• Relish innovating with technology
• Have an inquiring mind
• Want the best of all possible worlds
• Embrace challenge and change

For more info about academic librarianship visit the ACRL Website.

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