Comments on: Soapbox: Not Fast Enough

By: Links I Read December 10-15, 2012 « Heather Reads

Links I Read December 10-15, 2012 « Heather Reads — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 02:18:10 +0000

[...] Soapbox: Not Fast Enough | School Library Journal [...]

By: Gemma

Gemma — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:49:01 +0000

I found this article very enlightening and encouraging, especially as a new library technician in an elementary school library. I am wondering, though, about the steps we need to take to be on top. Should we be prepared to set up a library website ourselves, knowing code and programming language, etc.? With library promotion, for example, and setting up a library website or a blog, how technically savy should we be in order to get things running? Half of the job is promoting the idea (of setting up a website, linking to this or that) and the other half is actually, technically, setting it up. That used to be an “IT” thing, but it seems we’re heading in the direction where library staff are taking on those kinds of tasks…

By: Kate K.F.

Kate K.F. — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:30:48 +0000

I recently started a job as a middle/high school librarian at an independent school that realized it needed a library program, a stronger one. One of the challenges I’m finding is trying to explain the balance that’s needed in technology education and how having a website is part of it, but having a good website, using the right tools at the right time is hard. There are many administrators who are also older and so only see, we need technology and don’t understand the complexities of getting the right tool in the right place. It makes it tricky but its possible, but I”m sure I’m not the only one with this problem of trying to explain that having a website is only part of what’s needed. This is a thought provoking article but I worry that you’re preaching to the choir at this point since sometimes as school librarians, we can create and teach and explain. Yet teachers and administrators have to say, yes, we want this and will use it.