What is this blog about?

What is this blog about?

The world we live in nowadays is characterized by a substantial technological development which enables people from all parts of the world somehow to connect, interact, exchange in the professional, personal, and educational levels. In the library and information science world this scenario is also evident and true. Professionals from a variety of fields are being exposed to new ways of thinking, cultures, and believes which require from them an openness to the knew. Globalization and diversity are the words of the moment. As state by Zeiler (2002, p. 135-150):

Defined broadly, globalization is the process of integrating nations and peoples—politically, economically, and culturally—into a larger community. In this broad sense, it is little different from internationalization. Yet globalization is more than this incremental process that over the centuries has brought people and nations closer together as technological innovation dissolved barriers of time and distance, and enhanced flows of information promoted greater awareness and understanding. The focus, as the term suggests, is not on nations but on the entire globe.

And this blog will explore the subject of diversity within the library and information science world. It will focus on major topics such as job market, library collection development, reference service, among others. We will analyze how the “librarian of the future” should behave in the presence of the necessity for embracing and representing multiculturalism in many different aspects related to their profession. Articles on the international job market will also be posted in this blog, along with results of major school assignments completed by the creator of this blog which has relevancy for the theme in question. A list of books will also be provided to blog users in order to promote the importance of diversity, and need for increasing in leadership with a vision, understanding, and love for diversity. Likewise a page with quotations on diversity is available for the delight of blog users.

Please feel free to stop by, read and contribute to this blog often. We appreciate your collaboration and feedback

Zeiler, Thomas W. (2002). Globalization. Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy, 2, 135-150. Retrieved from: Gale Virtual Reference Library http://go.gallegroup.com

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

A new tool was added to this blog. I just linked my career portfolio to this blog. You can access it by clicking on the link under "Professional Portfolio" on the top right of your computer screen, and/or by clicking on the link here:

Career Portfolio For Vilma Silva Butym

Thank you!

Friday, November 21, 2014

First Educational Game - Instructions

This game was produced for a school assignment. This was my second school project developed using Scratch - a great program for building educational games from scratch! You can find more information about this great program at this address http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/34291976/.
Hope you will enjoy it!

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Click the green flag to start the game;
2. When the girl ask your name, please type it on the text box and press Enter;
3. There are 10 questions total about color that the girl will ask you;
4. Answer YES or NO for each question. Type your answer within the text box, and click ENTER;
5. Each correct answer is equals 1 point;
6. There will be a 2 seconds wait in between questions that will appear in your computer screen automatically;
7. Have fun learning about colors!!

My First Educational Game Made With Scratch!!

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Population Growth by Race in U.S.

Races	2000	2010

White	211,460,626	223,553,265
Black or African American	34,658,190	38,929,319
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,475,956	2,932,248
Asian	10,242,998	14,674,252
Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	398,835	540,013
Hispanic or Latino	35,305,818	50,447,594
Some Other Races	15,359,073	19,107,368
Two or More Races	6,826,228	9,009,073

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Beautiful Libraries Around The World!

Goals

1. Provide relevant information about multicultural group’s informational retrieval behaviors.

2. Provide relevant information about diverse groups informational behaviors regarding collection development and library reference services strategies.

3. Provide relevant information about the international job market for librarians.

4. Provide relevant information about initiatives taken by librarians around the world in order to promote diversity social inclusion.

5. Enhance blog user’s knowledge about different types of technological tools which can be used at the library environment in order to better serve diverse groups.