Elaine+Pearson




 * Elaine Pearson - Librarian, Horowhenua College **

[|Elaine Pearson]

I have been the Librarian at Horowhenua College in Levin for five years. I have three children who all live in Wellington, and a husband who still lives with me and our twenty-one sheep, five hens, two dogs and two goldfish (who live in the water trough).

My background is in Speech-Language therapy. I qualified in 1983 (ancient history) in Leicester, England. In 2000 our family moved to New Zealand and I worked for GSE in Wellington for a couple of years and then decided on a career change. While working for Wellington City Libraries I started my Diploma in Information and Library Studies and finished it here in Levin in 2006.

I enjoy my job very much and am always looking for new things to learn and do. Communication will always be important to me and the visual communication of display has always interested me. I wanted to promote the ‘forgotten’ books from our collection but need ed some ideas and inspiration. I found myself searching the internet looking for some exciting ideas for displays. I didn’t find much so in 2007 set up a blog to share a few of my own. Gradually other librarians from New Zealand and around the world have shared some of their creativity and together, I hope, we have created a valuable resource.

Being a sole librarian with a limited budget all the displays are designed to be quick, easy and low cost. My presentation will touch on the rationale behind display, discuss the process of creating your display and look at some ideas. The aim will be to send you all off full of inspiration and confidence for creating your own.