Trajetória - TV USP - Johanna Smit

Trajetória" da TV USP com a participação de Johanna Smit , professora do departamento de Biblioteconomia e Documentação da Escola de Comunicações e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo.

O programa Cidade Viva - Bibliotecário

O programa Cidade Viva - Bibliotecário

A biblioteca do futuro

O que os nativos digitais querem da biblioteca

Desejos de uma criança de 3 anos sobre a sua biblioteca, rs 

Ela é o braço direito do Bibliotecário do Congresso dos EUA

Jo Ann C. Jenkins é o braço direito do bibliotecário do Congresso, ela é chefe executiva de operações da biblioteca do Congresso e  tb a primeira afro americana a ocupar esta posição.

Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has appointed Jo Ann C. Jenkins as chief operating officer, effective Jan. 1, 2007.

Jenkins succeeds Deputy Librarian General Donald L. Scott, who is retiring on Dec. 31, 2006. General Scott has provided strong and effective leadership for the Library's internal operations for the past 10 years and has served as a respected and highly visible diplomat for the Library's many outreach efforts throughout his tenure.

"Ms. Jenkins is known and respected throughout the legislative branch as an extraordinary leader with highly-honed political skills and exceptional judgment," said Billington. "Her seasoned experience, dedication and leadership skills as chief of staff for the past 10 years have contributed to some of the Library's most high-profile initiatives, including the Library's Bicentennial celebration, six National Book Festivals and currently the New Visitors Experience."

As chief operating officer Jenkins will have full authority and responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the Library. She will be directly responsible for planning, reviewing, monitoring and directing overall programmatic and infrastructure support operations consistent with the Library's mission and the Librarian's goals.

The chief operating officer will directly supervise the chief financial officer and directors of Human Resources, Integrated Support Services, Workforce Diversity, Contracts and Grants Management, Security and Emergency Preparedness, Communications, Special Events and Public Programs, and the General Counsel.

The chief operating office is responsible for managing the agendas of the Executive and Operations Committee to ensure appropriate focus on the Library's operational and strategic issues and the Librarian's priorities.

Jenkins will work collaboratively with the associate librarian for library services, the associate librarian for strategic initiatives and chief information officer, the law librarian, the director of the Congressional Research Service, the register of copyrights and the inspector general to ensure overall mission effectiveness. As chief operating officer, Jenkins will continue to lead efforts to finalize the Library's Strategic Plan for 2008-2013.

Jenkins is active in several organizations including The Links Inc. and Jack & Jill of America Inc. She is a founding member of the U.S.-Japan Young Leaders Program and a member of the AARP Services Board of Directors.

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O primeiro negro a ser presidente da ALA

Robert Wedgeworth became President of ProLiteracy Worldwide in August 2002 when Laubach Literacy International (LLI) and Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc. (LVA) merged. It is the largest non-governmental literacy training organization in the world. It publishes basic and advanced literacy training materials and provides literacy training through its affiliates across the U.S. and partner organizations in over 60 developing countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Its Headquarters in Syracuse, NY employs more than 100 staff.

Robert Wedgeworth served as University Librarian, Professor of Library Administration and Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UI) from November 1993 until August 20, 1999 when he retired from the University. The UI Library is the largest public university research library in the world and the third largest of all public and private university research libraries in North America after Harvard and Yale.

Prior to that Wedgeworth had been Dean of the School of Library Service, Columbia University from 1985-1992 and Executive Director of theAmerican Library Association (ALA)from 1972-1985.

After completing an A.B. at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana in 1959 and an M.S. in Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois in 1961, he worked in several libraries in Kansas City and St. Louis.

In 1962 the American Library Association selected Wedgeworth as one of 75 librarians to serve as staff for “Library 21,” a library of the future exhibit at the Seattle World’s Fair. This experience and additional data processing training at IBM led to his appointment as Assistant Chief Acquisitions Librarian at Brown University in July 1966, with a special assignment to introduce library automation to the Brown Libraries. From 1966 to 1969 he managed all domestic and foreign acquisitions of library materials at Brown while developing an automated acquisitions and fund accounting system. As a Council on Library Resources, Inc. Fellow he toured all of Western Europe studying the book trade during the summer of 1969.

Wedgeworth moved to the Graduate School of Library Service, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey in the fall of 1969 to do advanced studies in librarianship and teach in the graduate program. He left Rutgers to become Executive Director of the American Library Association (ALA) in August 1972.

Assuming the leadership of ALA during a turbulent period of internal strife, he led the effort to democratize the Association and gave it new visibility and credibility nationally and internationally. Under his leadership the Association grew from 28,000 members to over 40,000. He developed a new Headquarters building in a joint venture that more than doubled the value of its property and produced a windfall profit of more than $10 million by 2003. With the demise of the National Book Committee, Wedgeworth negotiated with the publishing industry to bring the National Library Week program to the ALA. It quickly became a nationally visible marketing tool and the third major revenue source for the Association.

His interest in reading and literacy led to his involvement in the creation of the Friends of Libraries USA and to his initiative to organize the Coalition on Literacy in 1979. He then persuaded the Advertising Council to launch the first nationwide ad campaign promoting adult literacy.

In 1975 President Gerald R. Ford appointed Wedgeworth to the National Commission on New Uses of Copyrighted works (CONTU) where he was influential in the resolution of library photocopying issues that were key components of the Copyright Revision Law of 1978. From 1985 until 1992 he served as Dean of the School of Library Service, Columbia University.

At Illinois Wedgeworth reorganized the library faculty and transformed a 1970s university library, technologically, into a 1990s university library. Under his leadership Illinois launched a National Science Foundation sponsored digital library research program, expanded its Mortenson Center training program for foreign librarians and launched the web-based Kolb-Proust Research Archive to international acclaim. The UI Library also raised over $18 million in new endowments during his tenure, a record for a public university.

In his almost 40 years as a librarian, library educator and association executive, he has created and edited two major reference works, ALA YEARBOOK, 1976-1985 and the WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES, 3d edition 1993. In addition he has written and lectured widely on international librarianship, international book trade, and copyright and information policy and information technology. He has also conducted special studies of librarianship and the book trade in Western Europe, Latin America and South Africa. His publication, STARVATION OF YOUNG BLACK MINDS: THE EFFECTS OF THE BOOK BOYCOTTS IN SOUTH AFRICA, New York, 1989 written jointly with Lisa Drew raised serious questions about curbing the free flow of information during the struggle to combat apartheid. More recently, he produced a study of library development in South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe for the Carnegie Corporation of New York in 1998.

After six years on the Executive Board of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), he was elected President in 1991 and re-elected in 1995 to serve until 1997. He is the only the second American to be elected IFLA President and the only one to be elected to serve a second term. During his tenure as IFLA President he led the Association to become the dominant international library and information service organization in the world, expanding its membership to over 140 countries. He led the transformation of IFLA by introducing a global communications system (IFLANET) through the technical support of SilverPlatter and the National Library of Canada. From 1993 in Barcelona to 1997 in Copenhagen he presided over IFLA conferences that attracted record-breaking attendance to its programs and exhibits.

For his achievements Wedgeworth has received many honors and awards including five honorary doctorates, most recently from the College of William & Mary in 1988. In 1991 he was honored as the Most Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science and in 1996 he received the Medal of Honor from the International Council of Archives for his international activities. From the American Library Association he has received three of its highest honors, the Lippincott and Melvil Dewey awards for professional leadership and, most recently, the Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award for achievements in international librarianship.

Currently, he serves as a member of the National Commission on Adult Literacy, he is a life member of the American Library Association, a life member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a member of the Board of Trustees of Wabash College, the Board of Trustees of the Newberry Library and a member of the Grolier Society. Previously he has served on many boards and advisory committees including advisory committees to the Princeton, Miami, Stanford and Harvard University Libraries. He recently completely twelve years as a public member of the Accrediting Council for Journalism and Mass Communication and six years as an editorial adviser to the World Book Encyclopedia.

He and his wife, Chung-Kyun (C.K.), who is also a retired librarian, have one daughter who is an editor with the Los Angeles Times

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Sadie Peterson Delaney pioneiro a trabalhar com Biblioterapia

Sadie Peterson Delaney (1889-1958) was the chief librarian of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama, for 34 years. She is well known as a pioneer for her work with bibliotherapy.

Biography


Sadie Peterson Delaney, daughter of Julia Frances Hawkins Johnson and James Johnson, was born on February 26, 1889, in Rochester, New York. She attended high school in Poughkeepsie, New York, and also spent one year at Miss McGovern’s School of Social Work. She attended college at the College of the City of New York, graduating in 1919. She went on to receive her library training at the New York Public Library School from 1920 to 1921. Delaney had one daughter named Grace with her first husband, Edward Louis Peterson. They divorced in 1921, and she married Rudicel A. Delaney in 1928. Delaney had a heart attack and died in Tuskegee, Alabama, on May 4, 1958.


Career

New York Public Library

Delaney continued her work at the New York Public Library after she completed her training. She worked at the 135th Street Branch in Harlem through 1923. She worked diligently to increase the programs available for children of different ethnic backgrounds. She ran story hours, discussion groups, and other events for children. Some of the events were geared specifically toward juvenile delinquents, foreign-born children or blind children. Her interest in working with blind children led her to learn Braille and Moon Code, a system of reading and writing for blind people. She also worked with parents and community adershelping them to see the value of the library for the children that they worked with at home or in community groups.

While at the New York Public Library, Delaney was integral in the development of an African American collection. She routinely met with African American authors, helping them to connect with other authors and publishers. She also established the first African American exhibit of art held in the New York Public Library.


Veterans Administration Hospital

Delaney was approached to head the library at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. The hospital was home to physically disabled African American war veterans and veterans with mental or emotional issues. Delaney initially took a six-month leave of absence from the New York Public Library; however, she ended up staying in Tuskegee for the remainder of her career. When she arrived at the Veterans Administration Hospital in January 1924, there were just 200 books and a table in the library.


One of the first things Delaney did in Tuskegee was make the library more welcoming. She moved it into a larger room and added plants, wall hangings, flowers and other inviting elements. She wanted to have a positive impact on the patients in the hospital. She also began acquiring books for both the patients and the medical staff.


Within one year of Delaney’s arrival in Tuskegee, the library had 4,000 volumes available for patients and 85 volumes available in the medical library. Library circulation had risen to 1,000 books per month. By 1954, there were over 13,000 volumes in the patient library and over 3,000 volumes in the medical library. In addition to the chief librarian, there were six library assistants to help handle the demand for library resources.


Bibliotherapy


Delaney used bibliotherapy extensively in her work. She defined bibliotherapy as, “the treatment of patients through selected reading.” She was an advocate of giving the patients individual attention in order to learn their interests. She could use this knowledge to help pair them with books that would engage them. To help choose appropriate books for patients, Delaney would consult with the doctors and medical staff. She spoke of the value of having a librarian at medical meetings regarding patients. She also reviewed books, especially those that were written by or depicted African Americans. When choosing books for the library collection, Delaney took patient interests into consideration. She also tried to maintain information on current events and reference materials.


To complement her work with books and bibliotherapy, Delaney developed many special programs for the patients. She instituted book talks, monthly program meetings, a story hour and a variety of other clubs. She could share her own interests in some of the groups, such as the stamp and coin collecting clubs. She tried diligently to get all of the veterans involved with clubs and library activities. She ran a book cart program so that patients confined to their beds still had access to reading material. For those unable to hold a book, Delaney arranged for the books to be projected on the wall. The patient could turn the pages with a single button. She also sang familiar songs and read poetry to help the patients feel more relaxed.


She continued her work with the blind by teaching Braille at the hospital. As blind patients learned how to read Braille, some of them taught others. Delaney acquired talking books for the blind patients. They were also encouraged to join the clubs and programs that were run, giving them the same opportunities as the other patients.


In 1927, Delaney and the patients began broadcasting the library activities on the local radio station. The patients participated in book and art fairs, displaying their work and delivering talks about books. They were given numerous opportunities and choices for a creative outlet with the various activities available. Delaney also started the Disabled Veterans’ Literary Society, which received acclaim from the Veterans Administration.



Professional associations



Delaney was active in many professional associations. She served on the advisory board for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for five years. She was a member of the International Library Association and the American Library Association(ALA), where she served on the Council from 1946 to 1951. Delaney was elected councilor of the ALA Hospital Library Division in 1947. She was also a member of the Library of Congress Committee for Work with the Blind.


Delaney worked to join the Alabama Library Association, which did not allow African Americans into its membership at that time. She was eventually invited to join by the president of the Alabama Library Association; however, on April 15, 1951, when the next president took over, her dues were returned and her membership was discontinued. The Association suggested that she start an African American chapter, and Delaney balked at that idea. She cited examples of other professional organizations that had integrated, including library associations in other southern states. Delaney tried again to join the Alabama Library Association two years later, and was met with rejection again.



Awards and honors


Students from University of Illinois, University of North Carolina and Atlanta University were sent to observe and learn from Delaney at the Veterans Administration Hospital. Librarians from Europe, South Africa and around the United States also came to observe Delaney and her use of bibliotherapy. Her library was used as a model for other Veterans Administration hosiptals. She was invited to give speeches atAmerican universities, community churches and a conference in Rome in 1934.

In 1948, she was named Woman of the Year by the Iota Phi Lambda sorority. She received the same honor again in 1949 by the Zeta Phi Beta sorority, and then in 1950 by the National Urban League. Also in 1950, an honorary doctorate was bestowed upon her by Atlanta University.She was honored with a testimonial banquet at the 1950 American Library Association convention, and the US Veterans Administrationawarded her their top award for excellence in 1956.


Legacy


After Delaney’s death in 1958, the Atlanta University School of Library Science started a scholarshipin her name.
Delaney was inducted into the AlabamaLibrary Association’s

Named in her honor, The Sadie Peterson Delaney African Roots Library opened in Poughkeepsie, New York.

The New York Public Library has acquired and archived a large quantity of Delaney’s personal letters.

Delaney was recognized as one of the 100 most important leaders of the 20th century by American Libraries.


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