CURRICULUM   VITAE

PERSONAL DATA

Name       Pearl   Eintou  Springer    A.L.A.    M. Phil.  (London)
Date of Birth           24th November, 1944
No. of Children 3
Telephone No. 638 – 1553  (H)
754 --  6440 (C)
623 – 6124 /  6488 (W)

 

 

 

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

1956 – 1963    St. George’s College
1950 – 1956  San Juan Presbyterian School

 

 

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

M. Phil. Information Science Graduate of City University, London,  England 1986
Associateship of Library Association (A.L.A.)

Library Association - Great Britain 1970

WORKING  EXPERIENCE

October 1993 – Present   National Heritage Librarian of Trinidad and Tobago
1999                                    Appointed Deputy Director National Library and Information System Authority responsible for Heritage Libraries in Trinidad and Tobago.
May 1994 –September 1994    Appointed Member Cultural Information System Latin America and the Caribbean (SICLAC)/ On Special assignment as Director Symposia/Book fair
August 1992                        

CARIFESTA. Trinidad
Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture.

1991 Appointed Librarian IV.
Librarian Development Unit.
1983 – 1991

1991 Librarian III, West Indian Reference Library:

  • A research/reference institution specializing in Caribbeana.
  • A continuing programme of public educational Cultural activities was instituted from May 1984.
1980

Librarian III, Appointed Central Library Services of Trinidad and Tobago. Head of Bibliographical Services Division

1971 – 1980 Librarian I,
Medical Library, General Hospital, Port of Spain.
1964 – 1971 LibraryAssistant,
Central Library of Trinidad and Tobago.
January – March 1964

Primary School Teacher

  • Arouca Boys’ R.C. Primary School
  • Bourg Mulatresse R.C. Primary School.

MAJOR SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS

August 1995   
 Director (Symposia) CARIFESTA , Trinidad and Tobago
August 1992      
 Director (Symposia) CARIFESTA , Trinidad and Tobago
August 1993           

Director (Symposia) to commemorate year of Indigenous People.  Trinidad and Tobago.
March 1991     

Drama Coach for Caribbean. NGO (Non Governmental Organization) Youth presentation at CARICOM Heads of Governmental Economic- Conference

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAJOR AWARDS

1996   Hummingbird Bird Silver National Award for contribution to Arts and Culture in Trinidad and Tobago.
1985  

Trinidad and Tobago Government Scholarship to pursue M. Phil., City University, London.
1985  

Past Pupil Emeritus Award, Alma Mater  - St. George’s College.
1985, 1982 

National Drama Festival Best Actress Award.

1983          A Trade Union Award for Excellence in the Arts.
1980       “New Voices” Short Story Award

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                               

 

SELECTION OF PAPERS PRESENTED

August 1993                 The Maroon Woman; Paper delivered at the International Cross Cultural Black Women’s Studies Summer Institute, Caracas, Venezuela. 
February 1993           Black Women and Identity in the Caribbean.  A Historical and Sociological Perspective.  Paper delivered at the University Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica at the Fifth International Inter-Disciplinary Conference on Women.
October 16th, 1992      Language as a tool for Empowerment and self definition from Shelley To Zephaniah.  Paper delivered at a Shelley Symposium, Ruskin College, Oxford University.
1991                            Session in Caribbean  History and Literature.  Ithaca High School, New York. 
October  1990             Oral and Folk Traditions in the Caribbean.  AMHERST University.
August 1990                 Creative Writing and Storytellling Workshop CUSO/CADEC, Antigua. 
April 1990                    The Caribbean Woman Writer, in the Context of Sex, Race and Class Paper delivered at the second Caribbean Women Writers Conference, St.  Augustine, Univeristy of the West Indies.
1989                            Theatre of the Dispossessed; Thematic links across the Middle Passage. Birmingham.  International Festival of African Arts
1986                            The Art and Practice of storytelling in the Caribbean.  London University.  Goldsmith College.
1985 – 1986                Lectures throughout England on – West Indian History; History and Development of Steelband and Calypso; West Indian Literature.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

MAJOR WRITINGS (IN LIBRARIANSHIP)

1999                                        Cultural Preservation and the Development of Publishing In the Region. Presented at  The Round Table hosted by The Government of St. Lucia and the UNESCO  office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean.
1996                                        Writing for Children.  The Partnership between Authors Libraries and Publishing: The Author’s Perspective paper Presented at the XXV  ACCURIL.
April 1993                                Heritage Libraries: The Evolution of a Vision: The Management of a Resource.  Paper delivered at the Annual General Meeting of the Library Association of Trinidad and Tobago.
March 1992                             Reading  A Source of Inspiration.  Paper to launch Public Library / Republic bank Competition.
May 1990                                The Library, Literacy and the Young Child.  Paper delivered  at the Annual General Meeting of the Association.  (For the Association, of Early Childhood Education).  Port of Spain, Trinidad.
1986                                        M. Phil. Thesis. A Bibliometric Survey of Carindex (Outlines an ideological, philosophical base for Caribbean bibliography and information systems)
1983                                        Management of Library Associations: Publishing: A Third World Perspective. Paper prepared for IFLA Conference (International Federation of Library Associations, Germany).
1981                                        The Automation of the National Bibliography: A suggested programme for the computerization of the Bibliographic Service Division (Prepared for a professional Meeting of Central Library Services) BLATT (Bulleting of the Library Association of Trinidad And Tobago).
1980                                        Projected Community Library Services in the National Library Services of Trinidad and Tobago  BLATT Vol. 4 No. 2.