scholarly journals Ruling Relations and the School Librarian An Institutional Ethnography

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Crispin
Keyword(s):  
Human Services ◽  
Institutional Ethnography ◽  
School Librarian ◽  
Educational Settings ◽  
Ruling Relations ◽  
School Librarianship

The work of a school librarian is shaped by relations seen and unseen. Problematizing the effects of these relations on the institutions of education, librarianship, and school librarianship can lead to a greater understanding of the work of the librarian. I will use institutional ethnography methods to investigate relations of education, librarianship, and school librarianship Institutional ethnography has been used to investigate the coordination of activities in other human services, but institutional ethnography has not yet been applied intensively in educational settings (Smith, 2005). Institutional ethnography can be used as a method of inquiry into the work of people in educational settings.

scholarly journals Building our social landscape in cyberspace

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Houston
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Professional Preparation ◽  
Academic Program ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
School Librarian ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Social Landscape ◽  
School Librarianship ◽  
Social Landscapes

Developing a community of learners and leaders in school librarianship is fundamental to effective practice in professional preparation programs. As more and more school librarian preparation programs go online, staying focused on community building and collaboration becomes the key challenge to the best practices ideal. The Internet provides excellent tools and resources for developing online professional communities, as well as opportunities for academic programs to create social landscapes that students will engage in after they finish their academic program.

scholarly journals Professional Education for School Librarianship: The Rutgers University Experience

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross J. Todd
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
School Librarian ◽  
Rutgers University ◽  
Education Requirements ◽  
School Librarianship ◽  
University Experience

This paper addresses the processes in place to help Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) students at Rutgers University meet the education requirements for being a school librarian in New Jersey. It outlines both curriculum and certification structures and processes, and identifies a range of support initiatives in place at Rutgers to enable the journey from student to professional.

scholarly journals Utilising Networks in the Field of School Librarianship

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Jane Gough
Keyword(s):  
School Librarian ◽  
School Librarianship

We are all aware how isolating the role of a school librarian can be. In this paper I will discuss how we can build and cultivate networks both within and outside school to form a harmonious environment that will ensure that encouraging the reader is first most in our minds. I will discuss how some networks have worked in one situation and if it is possible to make the networks work in all situations?

scholarly journals In-between discourses

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-85
Author(s):  
Ann Christin E. Nilsen
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Early Intervention ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Institutional Ethnography ◽  
Children At Risk ◽  
Ruling Relations

During the last decades, early intervention has become a major concern across political parties in Norway. In line with the discourse of early intervention, kindergartens are perceived as important arenas for identifying children at risk and initiating intervention. Equally important in the kindergarten sector is the discourse of diversity, in which a tolerance for behaviours that deviate from the majority norm is assumed. Drawing on an institutional ethnography in Norwegian kindergartens, and in particular the concept of ruling relations, I compare these two discourses in this article and discuss how kindergarten staff have to negotiate between different, and sometimes conflicting, institutional discourses that can justify different interventions. As a consequence, and despite good intentions, kindergarten staff can end up treating children with different backgrounds unequally.

Negotiating the Social Organization of School Library Work: An Institutional Ethnography

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Crispin
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
Institutional Ethnography ◽  
School Library ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
School Librarian ◽  
The Social ◽  
Milieu Scolaire

This institutional ethnography starts from the standpoint of a school librarian to examine how school library work is coordinated and explained by social institutions. Areas of focus include the work of accounting for materials, the work of accounting for students, and the work of understanding and negotiating schedules.Cette ethnographie institutionnelle s'appuie sur le bibliothécaire en milieu scolaire et examine comment les institutions sociales coordonnent et justifient le travail au sein de la bibliothèque scolaire. Les points à l'étude comprennent : les efforts de justification du matériel, les efforts de représentation des étudiants et les efforts de compréhension et de négociation des horaires. 

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