With much appreciation to the immitable Bryan Bell,
designer
extraordinaire, and in memory of the ‘Libra-Adore’ retriever, Harry
Argus, who worked and slept in any number of school libraries, we
proudly present: The Napping Librarian Award. And it’s not completely
in jest, either. The point of doing all this
CMS training with Gal staff is to eventually STOP doing CMS training,
to empower our teachers as independent researchers and teachers of
research. This from the web page:
“Let’s
be honest. The purpose of librarianship in the digital age is to make
librarianship obsolete, eh? It won’t happen over night, but nothing
wrong with a long term plan. Our motto: ‘Every librarian a teacher!
Every teacher a librarian!’” - Anonymous MLIS
Established on a whim in Spring, 2004, this ill-publicized but
nevertheless significant award recognizes an individual member
of the Galileo Academy of Science and Technology staff who has, on at
least one occasion,
made an outstanding contribution to the napping schedule of the school’s
librarian. Achievement usually takes the form of the winner’s
initiative in designing, implementing, teaching and reporting on a
curriculum lesson or project making exemplary use of web-based library
resources. That said, bribes of a monetary nature also effect selection
of awardees. Announced once or twice per month (depending on review
panel commissioners’ sleep patterns), the award brings with it renown
within the viciously envious school community, choice of beverage at a
school social event, and consideration for guest speaker status at the
annual “Why You Should Fall to Your Knees and Worship a Librarian“lecture. (Lecturers receive a complimentary NLA T-shirt at cost.) Past winners are:
nevertheless significant award recognizes an individual member
of the Galileo Academy of Science and Technology staff who has, on at
least one occasion,
made an outstanding contribution to the napping schedule of the school’s
librarian. Achievement usually takes the form of the winner’s
initiative in designing, implementing, teaching and reporting on a
curriculum lesson or project making exemplary use of web-based library
resources. That said, bribes of a monetary nature also effect selection
of awardees. Announced once or twice per month (depending on review
panel commissioners’ sleep patterns), the award brings with it renown
within the viciously envious school community, choice of beverage at a
school social event, and consideration for guest speaker status at the
annual “Why You Should Fall to Your Knees and Worship a Librarian“lecture. (Lecturers receive a complimentary NLA T-shirt at cost.) Past winners are:
- Joel Arquillos, April 26, 2004