Petronetta Pierre-Robertson

Permanent URI for this collection

https://uwispace.sta.uwi.edu/handle/2139/46244

Petra Pierre – Robertson is the Indexer/Documentalist at the CERIS Unit and the Editor of the Caribbean Curriculum Journal at the School of Education. She has over 20 years of experience in Librarianship. She holds a BA in English, an MLS in Library Science and an MA Literatures in English from The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine and Mona Campuses. In addition to library literacy instruction, she has taught courses in literature at the academic level. Her research interests cut across three fields: Literature (as therapy), Librarianship, and Gender Studies (Domestic Violence). As such, her publications include five novels as well as articles spanning the areas identified. She may be described as a third space professional. She is particularly interested in literature as therapy, intimate partner violence (IPV), user training, online information retrieval, and library management.

Browse

Recent Submissions

Now showing 1 - 6 of 6
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Librarian as Creator
    (2023-12) Pierre-Robertson, Petronetta
    Through a reflective case study, the author explores how her creation and telling of stories served to provide information, convey messages, and raise awareness, about the issue of violence against women and girls. Her role as a librarian nurtured her creativity. She disseminated information from her creative works via roundtables, read-aloud activities, and presentations of the themes raised in her creative works, both face-to-face and online to students and the community. The author drew upon the literature in her discussion of how librarians may utilise creativity in the dissemination of information. She utilised Rolfe’s reflective model in her evaluation of the process. She concurs that the role and function of librarians can nurture creativity. As an interdisciplinary, third-space professional, she believes that writing creatively is not separate from her role as a librarian. She cited challenges encountered in writing and highlighted the significance of disseminating the works created and packaged by Librarians.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Librarian and Lecturer in Partnership: A Caribbean Experience
    (2007) Pierre-Robertson, Petronetta
    This chapter addresses the issue of collaboration between lecturer and librarian in an academic setting in the Caribbean. Drawing on research and experiences provided in the library literature, the writer alludes to the benefits of collaboration, the reasons why collaborative partnerships should be pursued, the challenges to be faced, as well as factors that would facilitate collaboration between librarians and lecturers. Feedback from students and lecturers is also provided. Recommendations are also provided on how partnerships can be formed in academic environments.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    #SuperLibrarian - The Evolving Role of Librarians in Technology Spaces
    (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023-07-09) Petronetta Pierre - Robertson
    The purpose of this paper is to discuss changes in the roles of librarians against the backdrop of emerging technologies. Through reflection on practice drawn from the author’s thirty years in librarianship, this paper explores the evolving role of librarians in the constantly developing technological environment and demonstrates how librarians can combine information resources, technology and research assistance in these constantly changing spaces. It also explores how technology enhances the role of the librarian with specific reference to ChatGPT The author stressed the need for library courses for credit to allow for feedback, assessment, and critical thinking. The need for continuing professional development (CPD) for Librarians was highlighted. Additionally, areas such as Scholarly Publishing, Metrics and Analytics, Academic Integrity, and Intellectual Property were identified as areas of focus for the 21st century Librarian. This study is limited to changes in roles as a result of emerging technologies which impact librarians. It is set in the Caribbean. This paper is relevant for librarians, regardless of their geographical location, who are also required to be fluid, keep on the cutting edge, adapt and adopt to deliver service in the face of constantly advancing technology. This paper is a reflection on an original experience from a Caribbean territory. it also explores recent developments in technology, more specifically ChatGPT and its impact on the roles of librarians. It provides contributions to the ongoing discourse on the evolving role of the librarian, from a different perspective.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Literature as an Agent of Change
    (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021) Pierre-Robertson, Petronetta
    A contextualization of the lived experiences of women is necessary for the prevention of domestic violence, a subcategory of violence against women. Unequal power relations, embedded in social relationships and institutions, have served to contribute to the perpetuation of violence against women. This chapter focuses on two areas in treating with the issue: positive media representation and literature. It presents a gendered analysis of select media accounts of the tragic outcome of domestic violence. Additionally, the chapter explores the role of literature as an agent of change in the prevention of violence against women. Through a creative work set in Trinidad, gendered assumptions and practices surrounding abuse, especially as it relates to toxic masculinity, are examined. Bystander intervention, which seeks to end the partnership of gender inequality and gender-based violence embedded as it were in social and cultural norms is highlighted.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Dogs
    (Moko Online, 2013) Pierre - Robertson, Petra