Monday, October 18, 2010

Australians, Americans and librarians from UK

I see hits from these regions so I know someone from these areas is reading. If you are a librarian I would be really interested in a conversation about minority librarians in your country.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi,

I am in Australia and I have noted that many people with mental illness and who are homeless use the libraries here.

I have posted about my experiences with the local library when I was in a full psychotic episode.

http://stopthrashingaround.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/banned-from-the-library-almost/

I would be interested in hearing about interactions between librarians and people with these difficulties. Regards

SM said...

Hello there,

good to hear from you. I used to work in a public library and we had public from different walks of life come in. Some were mentally unstable, drunk, psychotic and a few others were normal when they werent' angry. There was never a dull day.

Try a search in our Library Journal http://www.libraryjournal.com/csp/cms/sites/LJ/SearchTest/index.csp?cx=008072844330499557307%3Aixrrlyslflg&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=public+library+mental&siteurl=www.libraryjournal.com%2Fcsp%2Fcms%2Fsites%2FLJ%2FLJInPrint%2FArchive%2Findex.csp#928

Do you have anything similar - a journal I can access in Australia?

Thanks,
Maha.