SHELVING TOGETHER: collaborative working throughout different library environments

‘An original idea. That can’t be too hard. The library must be full of them.’

Stephen Fry

• What happens in different library environments?

• What similarities are there?

• What projects are already taking place?

GAINING READING SKILLS

LEARNING NEW SKILLS EMPLOYMENT SKILLS

READING CHAMPIONS

STORYTIME

STORY SACK

SIX BOOK CHALLENGE

SCHOOL LIBRARIES

A LESSON FOR US ALL

‘One brings the knowledge of the student, their need or task, of the curriculum, the skill required, the available information sources, the potential of technology and blends them to provide a tailored recipe for action.’

Carol Webb

SLA School Librarian of the Year

•Encouraging passion for reading•Excitement about books – not just reading

•Emphasis on teaching research skills to students

•Collaboration with public libraries

In the career of a school librarian, no two days, two lessons or two students are the same. Life in a busy school is best likened to a journey on a rollercoaster with its fast movement, up, down and sideways, requiring some nerve and not a little courage.

Carol Webb

SLA School Librarian of the Year

•White gloves•Static collections

•Keeping books safe by preventing people looking at them

Dr Emily Dourish

Rare Books Specialist, Cambridge University Library

•Enabling access for everyone

•Using new technologies

•Collaborative international information sharing

Dr Emily Dourish

Rare Books Specialist, Cambridge University Library

•Digitisation• Community involvement

•Collection promotion

• Exhibitions• Reader enjoyment

And just in case you wondered about the white gloves TV programmes show - the producers usually insist on them “for authenticity”.

Dr Emily Dourish

Rare Books Specialist, Cambridge University Library

•Catalogue and accession all items within one system• ‘Archive in five’ project – attracts between 60 – 100 visitors per hour

•Contains over 67,000 items

•Initially devised as a stock sharing scheme

•Has led to reading groups amongst staff

•Opened up possibilities of patient library services

•Future literature schemes running throughout the hospital•Feasibility studies have been conducted into health and public libraries working together

NETWORKING

•Sharing resources

•Sharing ideas and goals

•Working together to create unique projects

•Exploring other library environments

Special thanks to the fantastic insights from:Eleni PapavasileiouCurator of Library and Archive, Brunel Institute

Dr Emily DourishRare Books Specialist, Cambridge University Library

Carol WebbSLA School Librarian of the Year