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Human Factor in the Library: Breaking the Stereotypes

Human Factor in the Library: Breaking the Stereotypes. BOBCATSSS 2007. Break it!!!. Opinion. What image comes to minds when you think of a librarian? Image of librarian Characteristic Joke or story First experience in the library. Stereotypes are made of. Stereotypes.

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Human Factor in the Library: Breaking the Stereotypes

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  1. Human Factor in the Library:Breaking theStereotypes BOBCATSSS 2007

  2. Break it!!!

  3. Opinion.. What image comes to minds when you think of a librarian? • Image of librarian • Characteristic • Joke or story • First experience in the library

  4. Stereotypes are made of....

  5. Stereotypes Know-it-all librarians Shelvers-whith-attitude Dragon librarians Meek, weak, geeks Bookworm

  6. Patrons often are saying... • No, really, what do you do? • You have a Master’s Degree?!? • I like to read, I should be a librarian too! • I didn’t know librarians could be so young! • Isn’t that a woman’s job? • You don’t look like a librarian.

  7. Common.... • Woman • Old fashioned • Wears glasses • Always in brown or grey • All the time is staring at the books or reading them • With no special education • Very clever – her knowledge comes from books

  8. Librarians Calm, quite, “Shush!” Out-of-date, old Know-it-all, smart Patrons Loud, impolite Up-to date, young Pointless, dumb Communication...

  9. Getting over the gap… Assume each other! Be more tolerant! Open your mind for effective communication!

  10. Role play.... Librarian: HELPFUL SNOBBISH UNINTERESTED Patron: I WANT THAT BROWN BOOK THAT ALL ASKES!

  11. The truth of the children... Librarians all the day are reading books If there were no librarian than the library would be empty All the knowledge they have, comes from the books

  12. Knowledge, itself, is power! Librarians know... … how to find information … how to collect, preserve, organize, and dispense information … how to work with people … how knowledge and information are connected

  13. Librarian is.... Psychologist Educator Information worker Expert of interaction

  14. Librarians have... Communicative quality Intellectual quality Quality of willing Attention quality Information literacy skills

  15. Any questions?!

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