Key publications produced by the Social Work in Libraries program.
Public libraries in social work practice: Partnerships for social justice
Increased collaboration between the social work and librarianship professions focuses on their common goal of social justice.
Current practices involve social work practitioners on staff in libraries, social work students undertaking placements in libraries, and a general recognition that librarians currently engage with activities closely aligning with aspects of professional social work.
Supporting Communities through the Social Work in Libraries Online Simulation Hub
ANZSWWER Research Achievement Awards 2024 Theme: Education and Research for Social Change and Social Justice Achievement in Research about Collaborations between Communities & Education Providers in Work-Integrated Learning in Community Services, Human Services or Social Work in VET, HE or HE
Social work in public libraries: An international scoping review
This article reports on findings of an international scoping review of literature on social work in libraries.
The review explored how social work is practised in libraries, and barriers and facilitators to embedding professional social work within public libraries.
The overarching aim of the Greening Libraries research project is to underpin the Australian Library and Information Association’s focus on sustainability, in line with its commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The report aims to highlight examples of best practice and inform the creation of a toolkit for libraries to help them support environmental action, further the greening libraries movement as well as exemplify sustainability practices that are consistent with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals..
Social work in Australian public libraries: An interdisciplinary approach to social justice
To assist patrons with high social needs and library staff, the City of Melbourne Libraries followed an approach now common in the United States of America, but largely untested in Australia by working with a local housing group to place a social worker in their City Library.
This article explores the early work of the Library Social Worker as she engaged with library patrons and provided training to library staff.