I wholeheartedly agree too. I'm an unwilling public librarian horrified by
the complete disregard for professional qualifications both here and elsewhere.
Oh and I used to be (and am at heart) a health librarian (in fact 15 years
ago I held the post Stephen now has!) where qualifications were, and I hope
still are, valued and required.
Yes I have signed the petition - I'd probably rather stick pins in my eyes
than be a school librarian dealing with sulky brats in a school library but
that doesn't stop me wanting to support those that do.
Gillian Edwards
Acquisitions Librarian Greenwich Council
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Couldn't agree more Lynne. Well said.
Stephen Cook
CILIP National Councillor
Assistant Librarian
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
London
I've read the responses on this 'professional' list with dismay.
So if an issue does not directly involve your sector of your devolved
country of concern then you ignore it? See the downgrading and de-professionalisation
of public library staff - could this not be a knock on effect from those
going through education with no importance given to libraries, now being
in posts with the power to affect libraries? Where will it end?
Thanks for those who have supported this petition, thank you for your
wider perspective on our profession, something school librarians consider
and support, for the majority, constantly and actively.
Lynne Coppendale BA(Hons),
DipIS, MCLIP
Librarian
Danum School Technology College
Armthorpe Road
Doncaster
DN2
5QD
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