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Academic Librarian

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Newest Review: ... the school a little more before diving in head first. The school I was in was a mixed school in a deprived area with little funding and in my opinion, poor teaching staff. To be a successful librarian in a school you really need the support of teaching staff for both behaviour issues and to make the library a success. The first school I found myself in did not have an effective support ... more

... network in place. I was left to deal with large groups of students behaving badly by myself, there was little money to buy new and exciting books and no support should you have ideas to inspire the students! Most days my job involved crowd control and I w...more

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Academic Librarian: Back to school isn't as scary as it seems! (1120 words)
by - written on 17/10/09 (Very useful, 25 readings)
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I have previously written a review of working as a public librarian (please read that one too if you're interested in how the jobs differ) and now the following review will cover the other aspect of librarian work; working in schools, colleges and universities. Before you start, this may seem obvious but you really do need to be passionate about books, reading or the subject (if you're in a specialist library in a university), otherwise it comes across to the students. Be passionate and you'll inspire them! This review will mostly cover the school and college aspect of the job as that is where I am working now. I have worked in 2 very different ... Read the complete review

Stay Forever Young - work for a college! (1663 words)
by - written on 03/07/09 (Very useful, 23 readings)
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I have been an academic librarian for almost a year now and I consider it such a privilege of a job. My employment title is a Learning Resources Coordinator and I am based in an FE college (sixth form) in the South West. We are now offering Foundation Degrees so we are also becoming an HE (university level) library too. We are ranked as one of the top FE colleges in the country and the learning resources and library play a key part in the lives of all who attend. We supply texts and material for staff and students. We deliver workshops detailing how to use our facilities and how to access the huge variety of resources that are available. We perform day to ... Read the complete review

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