Pub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1080/24750158.2023.2271694
Abshana Jamal, M.K. Joseph, P.V. Vijesh
ABSTRACTPlacing social work trainees in public libraries is a relatively new concept in India. Library social work offers a fresh perspective by locating social work activities in the public library setting. Integrating social work practices within public libraries facilitates community development and social change. This paper considers the unexplored opportunities related to library social work in India through Rajagiri’s Model of Library Social Work.KEYWORDS: Social workpublic librarieslibrary social workcommunity engagementKerala AcknowledgementWe are grateful to the Management and authorities of Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, the faculty members of the Department of Social Work and Library and Information Sciences, the students, the library council, and the members of Kairali Library for their wholehearted support and belief in this unconventional field placement.Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsAbshana JamalAbshana Jamal is a Doctoral Scholar (JRF) with the Department of Social Work, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Cochin. She has served as a faculty member of the Department of Social Work for two years. Her areas of interest are ecosocial work/ green social work, library social work, entrepreneurship development and community development.M.K. JosephDr M.K. Joseph is an Associate Professor at Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Cochin. He was the former Head of the Department of Social Work and has taught social work students for over 20 years. His primary interests lie in developing partnerships for civil society organisations and rural producer organisations with governmental and other resource systems in addressing issues related to sustainable development.P.V. VijeshP.V. Vijesh is a librarian at the Rajagiri College of Social Sciences in Kerala, India. He has more than 15 years of experience in college library administration. His research interests include User studies, digital literacy, content analysis, and others.
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Pub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1080/24750158.2023.2271645
Denise Shereff, Yiping Lou
ABSTRACTThis qualitative case study explored librarians’ and social workers’ experiences in an online scenario-game-based training program for Responsive Librarianship, a model for the delivery of personalised library services in response to a health or wellness concern. Analysis was conducted using the Community of Asynchronous Interprofessional Learning Model to determine how participants’ responses to course design and activities related to community of practice characteristics. Findings from this study explain how an online training program influences the development of professional identity among librarians and social workers in an interprofessional community of practice learning to provide Responsive Librarianship.KEYWORDS: Interprofessionaleducationasynchronousinstructiondesign AcknowledgementsFlorida’s Library Services and Technology Award program is administered by the Department of State’s Division of Library and Information Services. This grant was a one-year project for which the author (Shereff) was key personnel. The grant provided a mechanism for developing the Responsive Librarianship training curriculum and a basic prototype for testing.Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThe project on which much of this research is based was funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.Notes on contributorsDenise ShereffDenise Shereff, PhD, MLIS, AHIP is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the School of Information at the University of South Florida. She teaches in the areas of consumer health information and health information literacy. Her research focuses on online interprofessional communities of practice for librarians and social workers using scenario-based games for Responsive Librarianship.Yiping LouYiping Lou, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Instructional Technology in the Department of Educational and Psychological Studies at the University of South Florida. She teaches courses on development of technology-based instruction, distance learning, and research in technology-supported learning. Her research interests centre on effects and factors impacting on technology-supported learning including online learning, inquiry-based science learning, scenario-based simulation and game-based learning.
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Pub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1080/24750158.2023.2272337
Jane Garner, Monique Shephard, Kasey Garrison, Karen Bell, Sabine Wardle
on a study exploring social workers and librarians ’ experiences of Respon-sive Librarianship training through online asynchronous scenario-game-based platform and how this in fl uenced their professional identity as members of a community of practice. Through journalling, the ten participants re fl ected on the training modules, interactions with other trainees and the scenario-based games related to professional identity. Interviews and surveys at points throughout the training were also conducted, and course documents collected and analysed concurrently. Coding and thematic analysis were undertaken, with concepts of identity de fi ned using the Community of Asynchronous Interprofessional Learning Model (CAIPLM). Results showed that the scenario-game-based platform for training within an interprofessional community of practice merited future exploration and re fi nement. The authors indicate that the
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Pub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1080/24750158.2023.2270807
Mary A. Provence
ABSTRACTWhile early research on library social work has described the broad role of social workers and included some aspects of crisis response, no study has given an in-depth explanation of how social workers are changing libraries’ response to crisis with patrons experiencing homelessness. This embedded multiple-case study across three U.S. urban libraries includes the perspectives of 107 unique participants across six broad roles – patrons experiencing homelessness, library police/security, front-facing staff, social workers, branch managers and chief executive officers. With 46 in-depth Zoom interviews and 91 Qualtrics surveys, this study provides extensive qualitative support that library social workers are perceived to reduce libraries’ reliance on law enforcement to handle crises with patrons experiencing homelessness. Three key themes of how social workers influenced libraries’ responses were found: being an option, running interference and buffering. In addition, a comingled rival was identified: the impact of the Black Lives Matter movement.KEYWORDS: Crisisde-escalationhomelessnesslibrary social workBlack Lives Matterpolice brutality Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsMary A. ProvenceMary A. Provence, PhD is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Social Work at Ball State University and is a Licenced Clinical Social Worker. In her early career, she spent four years as an outreach social worker on the streets of Indianapolis with youth experiencing homelessness. With 31 years of practice across the micro and macro spectrum, Mary is an avid researcher of the emerging field of public library social work as a response to homelessness.
摘要虽然早期的图书馆社会工作研究描述了社会工作者的广泛作用，并包括危机应对的某些方面，但没有研究深入解释社会工作者如何改变图书馆对无家可归的顾客的危机反应。这一嵌入式多案例研究涵盖了美国三家城市图书馆，包括107位独特参与者的视角，他们扮演着六大角色——无家可归的顾客、图书馆警察/保安、前台工作人员、社会工作者、分馆经理和首席执行官。通过46次深入的Zoom访谈和91次质量调查，本研究提供了广泛的定性支持，图书馆社会工作者被认为可以减少图书馆对执法部门的依赖，以处理无家可归的顾客的危机。社会工作者如何影响图书馆的反应发现了三个关键主题:作为一个选择，运行干扰和缓冲。此外，他们还发现了一个复杂的竞争对手:“黑人的命也是命”运动的影响。关键词:危机升级;无家可归者;图书馆社会工作;黑人生活问题;警察暴行;披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。作者简介:mary a . Provence mary a . Provence，博士，波尔州立大学社会工作助理教授，执业临床社会工作者。在她早期的职业生涯中，她在印第安纳波利斯的街道上做了四年的外展社会工作者，帮助那些无家可归的年轻人。凭借31年的微观和宏观领域的实践，玛丽是公共图书馆社会工作作为对无家可归者的回应的新兴领域的热心研究者。
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Pub Date : 2023-10-12DOI: 10.1080/24750158.2023.2262074
Mary A. Provence
ABSTRACTHeretofore, models of library social work have primarily been described in terms of the employment status of the social worker (full or part time, employed by library or agency, etc.) rather than the programmatic structure of the services. This research study identifies and describes three different models of public library social work practice: The Signup and Summon Model; The Outreach and Summon Model, and the Social Work Center Model. Next, it explains how each model impacts the de-escalation role of the social worker during crises with patrons experiencing homelessness. The perceived impact of the social worker’s de-escalation role included patrons experiencing homelessness being less likely to interact with security and police and less likely to be excluded, arrested, or jailed. Using an embedded multiple-case study approach, the larger study from which this study is drawn spanned across three United States’ urban libraries with 107 distinct participants, 91 surveys and 46 in-depth interviews. Taking a comprehensive look at the role of social workers during the crisis, the views of six different roles are included: patrons experiencing homelessness, front-facing library staff, library police/security, chief executive officers, branch managers, and social workers.KEYWORDS: Crisisde-escalationhomelessnesslibrary social work Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.Notes1 This author chose the term ‘people experiencing homelessness’ as it is recommended by the American Psychological Association (APA) style guidelines (APA, Citation2020, p. 148) and was used in the data collection instruments. The author is also aware that there is no consensus around the use of this term. In the use of this term, it was the author’s intent to emphasize personhood and avoid objectification.Additional informationNotes on contributorsMary A. ProvenceMary A. Provence, PhD is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Social Work at Ball State University and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. In her early career, she spent four years as an outreach social worker on the streets of Indianapolis with youth experiencing homelessness. With 31 years of practice across the micro and macro spectrum, Mary is an avid researcher of the emerging field of public library social work as a response to homelessness.
因此，图书馆社会工作的模式主要是根据社会工作者的就业状况(全职或兼职，受雇于图书馆或代理机构等)来描述的，而不是服务的程序化结构。本研究确定并描述了公共图书馆社会工作实践的三种不同模式:报名与召唤模式;外展和召集模式，以及社会工作中心模式。接下来，它解释了每个模型如何影响社会工作者在危机中与无家可归的顾客的降级角色。社会工作者的降级作用的感知影响包括，经历无家可归的顾客不太可能与安全和警察互动，也不太可能被排斥、逮捕或监禁。采用嵌入式多案例研究方法，本研究的大型研究跨越了美国三个城市图书馆，有107个不同的参与者，91次调查和46次深度访谈。全面审视危机中社会工作者的角色，包括六个不同角色的观点:无家可归的顾客、图书馆前台工作人员、图书馆警察/保安、首席执行官、分馆经理和社会工作者。关键词:危机升级无家可归者图书馆社会工作披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。注1本作者选择“无家可归的人”一词，是因为它是美国心理协会(APA)风格指南(APA, Citation2020, p. 148)推荐的，并用于数据收集工具。作者也意识到，对于这个术语的使用并没有达成共识。在使用这个术语时，作者的意图是强调人格，避免物化。作者简介:mary a . Provence mary a . Provence，博士，波尔州立大学社会工作助理教授，执业临床社会工作者。在她早期的职业生涯中，她在印第安纳波利斯的街道上做了四年的外展社会工作者，帮助那些无家可归的年轻人。凭借31年的微观和宏观领域的实践，玛丽是公共图书馆社会工作作为对无家可归者的回应的新兴领域的热心研究者。
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Pub Date : 2023-10-02DOI: 10.1080/24750158.2023.2272314
E. Boamah
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Pub Date : 2023-10-02DOI: 10.1080/24750158.2023.2272727
Caroline Beatty
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Pub Date : 2023-09-25DOI: 10.1080/24750158.2023.2261598
Sarah C. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Wahler
ABSTRACTThe growing popularity of interdisciplinary partnerships among social workers and public libraries on a global level has resulted in the need to clarify common challenges that team members frequently encounter. Currently, many new library/social work collaborations are ‘reinventing the wheel’ as they design a new partnership, unaware of and unable to anticipate barriers. Based on the emerging research primarily stemming from the United States, information is presented in this article to guide public libraries and social workers across the globe to understand and navigate these common challenges. Authors of this manuscript note the benefits of cross-disciplinary partnerships and outline five prevalent obstacles both public librarians and social workers face when joining forces. Recommendations for anticipating and responding to these challenges are presented to libraries interested in social work partnerships and to branches that already collaborate with social service professionals. To prepare emerging professionals for such collaborations, guidance is also offered for modifying existing curricula to both social work and library and information sciences graduate education.KEYWORDS: Public librariessocial workinterdisciplinary collaborationslibrary social work Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsSarah C. JohnsonSarah C. Johnson, MLIS, LMSW, is an Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois where she teaches a graduate course on Library Social Work. She is a licensed social worker and her research focuses on the impact of social work students conducting their field placements at public libraries. Her aim is to foster quality internships by building alliances among students, public librarians, and social work educators, with the goal of enhancing services to library patrons and their wider community.Elizabeth A. WahlerElizabeth Wahler is research faculty affiliate and previous director of the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and founder of Beth Wahler Consulting. She is a researcher, educator, consultant, and social worker that has collaborated with individual libraries, large library systems, and statewide library organisations throughout the U.S. to conduct needs assessments of their patrons’ psychosocial needs and staff challenges with these types of patron needs, provide training to library staff about trauma-informed approaches to address their patrons’ psychosocial needs and reduce staff stress, and has created and piloted various interventions to address patron needs while also supporting staff. She has presented internationally on these topics and has published numerous articles on library patron and staff needs in peer-reviewed journals. She is co-author of “Creating a Person-Centered Library: Best Practices for Supporting High-Needs Patrons,” published by Bloomsbur
摘要在全球范围内，社会工作者和公共图书馆之间的跨学科合作关系日益流行，这导致有必要澄清团队成员经常遇到的共同挑战。目前，许多新的图书馆/社会工作合作正在“重新发明轮子”，因为他们设计了一种新的伙伴关系，没有意识到也无法预测障碍。基于主要来自美国的新兴研究，本文提供的信息旨在指导全球的公共图书馆和社会工作者理解和应对这些共同的挑战。这份手稿的作者注意到跨学科合作伙伴关系的好处，并概述了公共图书馆和社会工作者在合作时面临的五个普遍障碍。对社会工作伙伴关系感兴趣的图书馆和已经与社会服务专业人员合作的分支机构提出了预测和应对这些挑战的建议。为了使新兴专业人员为这种合作做好准备，还提供了指导，以便将现有课程修改为社会工作和图书馆与信息科学研究生教育。关键词:公共图书馆社会工作跨学科合作图书馆社会工作披露声明作者未报告潜在利益冲突其他信息撰稿人备注sarah C. Johnson sarah C. Johnson, MLIS, LMSW，伊利诺伊大学信息科学学院兼职讲师，教授研究生图书馆社会工作课程。她是一名有执照的社会工作者，她的研究重点是社会工作学生在公共图书馆进行实地实习的影响。她的目标是通过在学生、公共图书馆员和社会工作教育者之间建立联盟来培养高质量的实习，目标是加强对图书馆顾客及其更广泛社区的服务。Elizabeth A. Wahler，北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校社会工作学院前任院长，Beth Wahler咨询公司创始人。她是一名研究人员、教育工作者、顾问和社会工作者，曾与美国各地的个别图书馆、大型图书馆系统和全州图书馆组织合作，对读者的社会心理需求和工作人员在这些类型的读者需求方面的挑战进行需求评估，并为图书馆工作人员提供关于创伤知情方法的培训，以解决读者的社会心理需求并减轻工作人员的压力。并创建和试点了各种干预措施，以满足顾客的需求，同时也为员工提供支持。她在国际上就这些主题发表过演讲，并在同行评议的期刊上发表了许多关于图书馆顾客和工作人员需求的文章。她是《创建以人为本的图书馆:支持高需求读者的最佳实践》一书的合著者，该书由布鲁姆斯伯里图书馆无限公司出版。
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Pub Date : 2023-09-19DOI: 10.1080/24750158.2023.2255940
Monique Shephard, Jane Garner, Karen Bell, Sabine Wardle
ABSTRACTThis article reports on findings of an international scoping review of literature on social work in libraries. The review explored how social work is practised in libraries, and barriers and facilitators to embedding professional social work within public libraries. Using a literature search protocol, databases were systematically searched, and results refined through several phases of data screening, resulting in 16 articles eligible for inclusion. The dataset was thematically analysed by the research team. Data analysis revealed that most articles emanate from research undertaken in metropolitan settings in the United States, and that empirical research has typically been small-scale, using qualitative or mixed methods. Most articles described social work as multidimensional, including direct contact roles with library visitors, as well as indirect practice with library staff for professional development purposes. In the dataset, authors acknowledged the changing role of libraries that sees a greater focus on addressing social justice issues with increasingly diverse populations of library visitors and their evolving needs – a focus in common with social workers’ practice. Authors identified opportunities and challenges regarding interprofessional collaboration between social workers and library staff, including role boundaries and sustainability. Building on these themes, implications for future research and interprofessional practice are discussed.KEYWORDS: Public librariessocial workinterprofessional partnershipssocial justicepsychosocial needs AcknowledgementsThis research was supported by funding from the Charles Sturt University Future of the Professions Research Group. The initial database searches were carried out by Research Assistant, Dr Sue HenczelDisclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by Charles Sturt University.Notes on contributorsMonique ShephardMonique Shephard, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Future of the Professions Research Group at Charles Sturt University. Monique’s academic experience spans 10 years across the disciplines of social work, teacher librarianship, English, and in PhD candidate training. Her PhD from Charles Sturt was interdisciplinary, grounded in knowledge from the social work, English and librarianship disciplines. Monique also has experience in private child and adolescent psychology practice, and in public libraries with a focus on the youth literature collection. Monique is a member of the Libraries Research Group, the Environmental and Social Justice Group, and the Social Equality Intersectionality & Inclusion Research Group at Charles Sturt. Her current research includes projects on adolescent mental health in schools, environmental practice in social work, disaster resilience and open access training for doctoral students.Jane GarnerJane Garner, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer with the S
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Pub Date : 2023-09-14DOI: 10.1080/24750158.2023.2255941
Mark Giesler, Sarah Johnson, Margaret Ann Paauw
ABSTRACTThough the number of public libraries that host student interns is increasing around the world, there is a paucity of research about the experience of supervisors in these placements. This study addresses that absence through qualitative interviews with fourteen individuals with experience supervising library-based social work students. An iterative data analysis elucidated four challenges connected to their roles: (1) philosophical differences between libraries and social work; (2) navigating structural/bureaucracy issues in the library system; (3) managing ethical considerations in students’ work; and (4) negotiating the lack of precedence of the library/social work collaborative. Participants further identified specific tactics they took and/or recommended in response to these challenges. The study concludes with recommendations made by the authors based on the study and the research literature.KEYWORDS: Social work supervisionlibrary internslibrary-social work collaboration Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsMark GieslerMark Giesler, PhD, LMSW, is Professor of Social Work at Saginaw Valley State University. His research agenda includes qualitative studies of marginalized groups, including LGBT individuals and homeless populations, and most recently, studies of the intersection of public libraries and social work. He currently is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Ethnographic and Qualitative Research.Sarah JohnsonSarah Johnson, MLIS, LMSW, is an Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois where she teaches a graduate course on Library Social Work. She is a licensed social worker and her research focuses on the impact of social work students conducting their field placements at public libraries. Her aim is to foster quality internships by building alliances among students, public librarians, and social work educators, with the goal of enhancing services to library patrons and their wider community.Margaret Ann PaauwMargaret Ann Paauw, is an assistant professor at Eastern Michigan University and licensed clinical social worker. Paauw has been practicing social work since 2012, working mainly with people experiencing homelessness/housing insecurity and serious mental illness. Dr. Paauw's research background includes social work practice in libraries and multidisciplinary treatment for youth with first episode psychosis.
摘要:虽然世界各地接待学生实习生的公共图书馆数量正在增加，但关于这些实习的导师经验的研究却很少。本研究通过对14位具有监督图书馆社会工作学生经验的个人进行定性访谈来解决这一缺失。一项迭代数据分析阐明了与他们的角色相关的四个挑战:(1)图书馆与社会工作之间的哲学差异;(2)解决图书馆系统中的结构/官僚主义问题;(3)管理学生工作中的伦理问题;(4)协商图书馆/社工合作的优先性不足。与会者进一步确定了他们采取和/或建议采取的应对这些挑战的具体策略。该研究总结了作者根据研究和研究文献提出的建议。关键词:社会工作监督图书馆内部图书馆社会工作协作披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。撰稿人备注mark Giesler，博士，LMSW，萨吉诺谷州立大学社会工作教授。他的研究议程包括对边缘群体的定性研究，包括LGBT个人和无家可归者，以及最近对公共图书馆和社会工作交叉的研究。他目前是《民族志与定性研究》杂志的副主编。Sarah Johnson, MLIS, LMSW，伊利诺伊大学信息科学学院兼职讲师，教授研究生图书馆社会工作课程。她是一名有执照的社会工作者，她的研究重点是社会工作学生在公共图书馆进行实地实习的影响。她的目标是通过在学生、公共图书馆员和社会工作教育者之间建立联盟来培养高质量的实习，目标是加强对图书馆顾客及其更广泛社区的服务。Margaret Ann Paauw是东密歇根大学的助理教授和执业临床社会工作者。Paauw自2012年以来一直从事社会工作，主要与无家可归/住房不安全以及严重精神疾病的人一起工作。Paauw博士的研究背景包括图书馆的社会工作实践和首发精神病青少年的多学科治疗。
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