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What is a Librarian?
A librarian is anyone who is able to help us keep the Virtual Library of Sport  up-to-date and
relevant to our readers- sports fans and participants. There are no set responsibilities or time commitments for Librarian
How do I become a librarian?  If you would like to be one of our librarians then  email me  together with the the section you would like to cover and details of any specialities that you may have

A love for your sport, a good working knowledge of that sport at any level and an interest in helping others to find information on the sport are the main requirements. Depending on your level of knowledge, you could be a librarian for a league, such as Premier Soccer,  for a section of that sport such as Youth Cricket or for a sport at National or World level.
 
Having someone to contact to discuss content of a page in the Virtual Library or to answer questions sent in by readers to the library by email is a great asset to the manager in maintaining the Library. If  anyone wants to get more involved, for example creating a new section for the library, there are lots of opportunities.

  • All Librarians are named at the top of the page or section that they are advising on, along with their website
  • We rely on librarians to advise us on the
    structure
    of a page or section - what subject headings need to be used for the particular sport-   and on the
    content -the best resource links for each section
  • Currently I create and edit the information, but that will change when our new website, complete with a content management system,  is available
  • We like Librarians to help us with questions sent in by our visitors. These are vetted first and librarians can hide their identities, if required.

 Get in touch and become part of the growing SportsVL Community

e.g "Hi, my name is Bob and I would like to be one of the librarians for rock climbing in Northern Africa - I have a specialist knowledge of climbing routes for the elderly or infirm."
 
  "Hi, I'm Mary and I have an interest in the history of Rugby - I also know a lot about tiddlywinks."