Eileen Colwell

Eileen Hilda Colwell (16 Yuni 1904 - 17 Satumba 2002)ta kasance majagaba ma'aikacin ɗakin karatu na yara,"doyenne na ɗakin karatu na yara a Burtaniya".

 Rayuwa 
An haife shi a The Manse,Robin Hood's Bay,Fylingdales,kusa da Whitby a Arewacin Riding na Yorkshire,Colwell ita ce 'yar ta uku ga ministan Methodist Richard Harold Colwell da matarsa Gertrude (née Mason).Bayan karatunta a Makarantar Grammar Penistone,ta sami gurbin karatu kuma ta yi karatun digiri a Kwalejin Jami'ar London.Tun tana karama ta fara sha'awar ra'ayin dakin karatu na yara amma kwas din UCL (wanda a wancan lokacin shi kadai ne irinsa a kasar) bai shafi batun ba.Eileen Colwell, The Telegraph, 18 September 2002

Bayan ta bar kwaleji ta yi aiki a Laburaren Bolton a Manchester kafin ta sami sabon matsayi na Librarian Yara na gundumar Hendon Urban a Arewacin London a cikin Oktoba 1926.Laburaren Kyauta na Hendon ya samo asali ne saboda ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarcen Sarah Bannister wacce ita ce mai ba da shawara ta gunduma.Bayan yawanci samar da makarantu tare da "kwalayen littattafai" Colwell ya gina tarin yara (mujalladi 2,000) daga karce.A cikin 1929 an mai da Colwell ma'aikaciyar ɗakin karatu na yara ta dindindin tare da buɗe ɗakin karatu na Hendon inda ta zauna tsawon shekaru arba'in.Ta yi hidimar majagaba ta yin amfani da sa’o’i na ba da labari (wani lokaci tare da ɗan tsana da ake kira Jacko),kuma ta bar yaran su taimaka a gudanar da aikin laburare. 

A cikin 1937 Colwell da Ethel Hayler sun kafa Ƙungar (yanzu rukuni) na Ƙungiyar Laburare. Mary Ellen Quinn (2014). Historical Dictionary of Librarianship. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-8108-7545-6.  Za ta ci gaba da yin gwagwarmaya don masu karatu su kasance cikin yin hukunci a cikin Medal Carnegie da Medal Kate Greenaway.A 1965 ta zama MBE. A cikin 1967 ta bar Hendon, kuma ta ɗan yi karatu a Jami'ar Loughborough.Ta yi shirye-shiryen rediyo da yawa tare da BBC, kuma tsakanin 1966 zuwa 1967 ta fito a matsayin mai ba da labari a shirin yara na BBC Jackanory tana ba da labari a sassa da yawa.

 Mutuwa da gado 
Colwell ya mutu a shekara ta 2002.Rumbun ta,Eileen Colwell tarin adabin yara ana gudanar da shi a gidan kayan tarihi na Labarun Bakwai.A cikin 2012 majalisar ta amince da sake gyara Laburare na Hendon duk da kiraye-kirayen rufe shi. Majalisar ta lura da gudummawar da Colwell ya bayar da kuma "ka'idar da ta ƙirƙira" ga ma'aikatan ɗakin karatu na yara. 

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