Ikaroa Hui : Professionalism

Professionalism is defined by the Concise Oxford Dictionary (2nd ed. 1992, p. 905) as practicing "the qualities or typical features of a profession or of professionals especially competencies, skills, etc."

Carolyn said the professionalism among librarians is shown by the way we act and practice the professional competencies of being a librarian and abiding by the LIANZA code of conduct.

Professionalism has been shown by Canterbury Librarians in their response to the earthquake. Pitching cleaning up the library, helping others in the community. The rest of the profession has shown their professionalism in their supportive messages and also asking how they can help? and their appeal contribution.

Caroyn then went on to show us some photos of Christchurch City Libraries and their devastation.

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=christchurch+library+earthquake&w=all&m=&s=int&mt=&referer_searched=1