Brown Biggers任职于北卡罗莱纳大学格林斯伯勒分校图书馆的技术部门，他所展现的沟通与教学技巧、技术专业度、和对于工作以及整个社群的负责任的服务态度、广受大家喜爱而受到推荐，也因此获得2016年最佳非专业馆员表彰。全文见：Paralibrarian of the  Year 2016: Brown  Biggers.http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2016/03/awards/paralibr arian-of-the-year-2016-brown-biggers/#_

The Paralibrarian of the Year Award is sponsored by DEMCO,  Inc., of Madison, WI, which underwrites the $1500 cash prize  and a reception to honor the winner at the American Library  Association conference in Anaheim, CA, this June. The award  recognizes the essential role of paralibrarians in providing  excellent library service.

（图谋注：Demco为图书馆用品商。）

延伸阅读：

1 What Is a Paralibrarian?

http://learn.org/articles/What_is_a_Paralibrarian.html

Career Information At a Glance

Paralibrarians complete organizational and customer service tasks to support librarians. Find out more about the necessary skills, training and employment outlook for paralibrarians below.

Degree RequiredNone required; associate's or bachelor's recommended

Education Field of StudyLibrary science

Library technician

Certification OptionALA-APA Library Support Staff Certification

Key SkillsOrganized, helpful, computer savvy

Job Growth (2012-2022)8% for library technicians*

Average Salary (2013)$33,000 for library technicians*

Source: *U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Paralibrarians

As a paralibrarian or library technician, you serve as support personnel to the librarian. You handle tasks to help keep the library organized, such as shelving books, completing paperwork and coding new books. Customer service is another job duty and may include assisting customers with finding books, checking out books, locating the right resource materials and signing them up for a library card.

In some libraries, you may organize or teach library programs. You may also be asked to supervise other library staff or volunteers. Inspecting returned materials for damage, updating computer databases and calling patrons about overdue books may be another aspect of your job.

Training

Some libraries will hire you with only a high school diploma, but the completion of a degree program may increase your job opportunities. A library technician certificate or associate program provides education in the areas of library technology, cataloging methods and customer service.

You may also consider a bachelor's degree in library science if you intend to become a librarian. In a bachelor's program, you may study topics such as library organization, administration, computerized systems and library material selection. Cataloging methods, such as the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR) and Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC), may be discussed.

You may also consider getting certified through the American Library Association-Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA). The ALA-APA offers the Library Support Staff Certification, which you can earn through meeting eligibility requirements and completing competency tests (www.ala-apa.org).

Employment Outlook

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), from 2012-2022, there was an expected growth in jobs for library technicians, including paralibrarians, of 8% (www.bls.gov). You can find paralibrarian jobs through libraries at schools, colleges, universities, government agencies and museums. The BLS reported that a large number of openings were expected in publicly funded libraries. Funding cuts may lead to the opening of more technician and assistant jobs because they're lower paying positions than librarians, allowing limited funds to go further.

To continue researching, browse degree options below for course curriculum, prerequisites and financial aid information. Or, learn more about the subject by reading the related articles below:

2 Paralibrarian of the Year Nomination Guidelines

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/awards/paralibrarian-of-the-year-nomination-guidelines/

Library Journal will honor one support staffer with its 17th annual Paralibrarian of the Year award in its March 1, 2016, issue. The award, sponsored by DEMCO, comes with a $1,500 cash prize and a reception to honor the winner at the American Library Association conference in June, the award recognizes the essential role of paralibrarians, now the largest constituency of library workers, in providing excellent library service. It places special emphasis on the efforts of the winner to further the role of paralibrarians in the library profession.

Nominating criteria

The criteria for LJ‘s Paralibrarian of the Year are excellence in performing their job, including contribution(s) enabling the library to best serve its constituents and/or its community (whether town, college/university, school, or corporation), the encouragement of reading and the use of the library’s resources, a commitment to free access to information for all, and the candidate’s work to build networks, organizations, and/or groups to back excellence in library work and new career paths for support staff, and improved communication and the breaking down of barriers between support staff and the MLS librarians with whom they work. Nominating letters should name the candidate and describe in 500 words or less why the nominee deserves the award. Supporting letters and accompanying material will be considered, but the nominating letter itself will be of prime importance.

First of the paralibrarians

The award—instituted in 2000—was previously named the Paraprofessional of the Year (though given according to the same criteria). However, past winner Alison Sloan (2010) lobbied nationally to convince LJ that it was time for a name change.

3 Nicolle Ingui Davies: LJ’s 2016 Librarian of the Year

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2016/01/awards/nicolle-ingui-davies-ljs-2016-librarian-of-the-year/

There is more than enough evidence to confirm the choice of Nicolle Ingui Davies as the 2016 LJ Librarian of the Year, our award sponsored by Baker & Taylor. Take her special skills at communicating with community members in and outside of the library. Then there is her leadership in building and developing a committed and passionate staff dedicated to patron service. That is complemented by her unequivocal belief that libraries are essential services, not just “nice” assets, and the best medium to achieve an informed citizenry. The results of Davies’s leadership convinced voters in 2015 that they ought to tax themselves to the tune of $30 million a year, increasing the Arapahoe Library District (ALD) budget by $6 million.

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4 Paralibrarian* of the Year Winners

*In 2011, the Paraprofessional of the Year award title changed to Paralibrarian of the Year.
(Nominations due January 11, 2016)

2015     Tamara Faulkner Kraus, Hickory Public Library, Hickory, NC
2014     Clancy Pool, Whitman County Rural Library District, Colfax, WA
2013     Laura Poe, Athens-Limestone Public Library, Athens, AL
2012     Linda Dahlquist, Volusia County Public Library, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2011     Gilda Ramos, Patchogue-Medford Library, NY
2010     Allison Sloan, Reading Public Library, MA
2009     Tina Adams, North Carolina State University Libraries
2008     Steve Roskoski, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR
2007     Jackie Cornette, Watauga County Library, Sugar Grove NC
2006     Valerie Fike, College of DuPage Library, Glen Ellyn, IL
2005     Trish Palluck, Wyoming State Library
2004     Linda Porter, Burlington County Library System, Mt. Holly, NJ
2003     Susan Knoche, James H. Quillen College of Medicine Library, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City
2002     Cynthia Ahrens, Hennepin County Library, Minnetonka, MN
2001     Dorothy Morgan, Liverpool Public Library, NY
2000     Beth Perkins, Mary Washington College, Fredricksburg, VA

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