Social Worker Shortage Looms If Field Keeps Relying on Unpaid Student Labor
Amid agency budgets cuts and declining social work enrollments, unpaid internships continue to lower the wage floor.
Source: truthout.org
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Library Link: Fundraising smorgasbord at the APL
You’ll be able to purchase Maverick’s amazing doughnuts by Dec. 31, while supporting the Advocates support for APL.
Source: airdriecityview.com
British Libraries Under Threat - The Fight for Funding
Emma Robinson reports on how many libraries around the UK are under threat as local councils fight for funding.
Source: impactnottingham.com
Libraries support us, so we should support them
Libraries help in our children’s education, give access to resources that the less privileged desperately need and enrich our lives with resources for lifelong learning.
Source: edsource.org
Libraries, despite digital disruption, remain community assets
People have been writing obituaries for libraries for decades. The May 2005 edition of MIT’s Technology Review ran a series of articles under the title “Death of Libraries: Myth and Facts.” Writing in the Guardian newspaper in December 2016, columnist Simon Jenkins compared libraries to churches and local railways: “People like having them around, and are angry if they close. But as for using them, well, there is so little time these days.” Libraries are adapting to the digital age and becoming community centers
Source: bdcnetwork.com