There are two selection tools that I like the best. I like School Library Journal for how all around helpful it really is. I like this journal because it has a nice mix of professional articles and interesting topics as well as great reviews for new and upcoming books. I really loved the starred section in the back of the journal for easy reference and I love the in depth reviews and synopsis' of the books. It seems like it would be very handy to have with you at any given point and time. I also like the catalog Capstone. It's big and bulky but there are so many titles in it. My two favorite aspects of this catalog is that it was broken down by dewey system and that it had the barcodes in the catalog so that if you had an account all set up it was easy to make your "wish" list. I also really like the pictures of all the books in this catalog. It made it really appealing and I took more interest in the books.
My web page is coming along much better this week. I finally have a design layed out and I feel like I actually know what I'm doing and can manuver my way around it pretty quickly. I feel like I have too much that I want to put on it but I just don't know how to go about doing it. I'm working on dwindling down my big ideas and focusing on getting all the necessities first. The most difficult part of it for me right now is figuring out databases. That's something I'm not super familiar with so I'm hoping I can find a few more to put on.
The three-year plan is coming along a little bit slower than the website. I've got all the information I need but and just trying to figure out how to go about putting it together. I'm sure once I really get into it I'll have many questions then.
I think the best way to promote a library is to get as involved in the school as possible. The librarian I am "working" with actually takes field trips with various classes in the school that fit in with curriculum standards. I think that's a great way for the librarian and the classroom teacher to work together and it shows kids that the library isn't just a library, but that there are more real world concepts out there that fit into the library scence. I also think that starting library specific activities are important in promoting the library to the school. Setting something up such as an art and author fair would be a great way to get children excited to use the resources provided through the library.
This week's class has really just stressed the importance of never giving up especially in my professional life. There are times that I have no idea what to do but with all the databases and tools that are out there it just shows to keep searching and the answers will show up in due time. This week I gained a much better understanding of what full processing is and why it's important. I also never realized what a great database Badgerlink was. I've used it before but never really went in depth to it. It was actually really fun to play around with it and get to know the inner workings of it.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
12.8.10
I think that Badgerlink is an awesome resource to have in a library. It would be a great resrouce to help students with their research projects. It seems pretty straight forward to use. I remember using it when I was in school and it was always pretty easy. After playing around with it some more I've decided I really like the KidSearch function. It would be especially great for elementary children. Everything was very kid friendly and really easy to navigate around in while providing correct informaton. Badgerlink would be great to have becuase a library could really cut down on the amount of newspapers that they subscribe to. It would be nice to have a single copy of a few papers, but money could definately be saved by using Badgerlink for newspapers. It could also be more cost effect to use almanacs or dictionaries with Badgerlink instead of having many copies in the library and having to update way to often.
The school I am working in right now currently using Destiny as another one of their databases. I'm pretty sure I've never used Destiny but after playing around, it seems like a realy neat thing to have in a library. There are a ton of different links to go off and and gain information from. From Destiny there are links for all sorts of other sites. Some of the sites that are included that I found interesting are World Almanac for Kids, National Geographic for Kids, Create a Graph, Almanac-Fact Monster, KidPort Reference Library KidsClick!, and PBS Kids. I'm not really sure on databases that would be helpful. I'll look into other blogs to get ideas on what would be great to use.
After looking through a variety of selection tools I think I would love to use Capstone as one of my resources for my library. I really enjoyed the layout of it and the ease of looking through it. It was very user friendly and had so many options to choose from. The School Library Journal is another one that I would enjoy using as a resouce in my library. I liked the Starred books section at the end. It seemed like a great resoures to know you were getting the best of the best. I also liked that there was a vareity of book reviews as well as a bit of professional education articles throughout the journal.
After reading about formats that are found in the library and exploring a few libraries in the past few weeks I've decided that I really love the library that I am "working" with at this time. Before starting this class whenever I would go into the library I always thought it looked nice and colorful and a happy place to be. I never looked at what was really going on in it. Now, I look at it and I see amazing displays for the "theme" of the month, toys and kits to go along with the books that are displayed, and a variety of posters and art work being displayed all over. Someday I'm hoping to be in an elementary library. I would love to have a library similar to the one that I am working with now. I would love to encorporate more technology somehow into my library. I think ebooks would be amazing to have in my library. I don't think there would be a huge need for them in an elementary school setting, but it would be nice to have for older elementary school children.
Louis Question:
This week's activites have caused me to take a look at my "quiet" area in my after school program. I've been paying a lot of attention to the book selection and content of the books, other materials that are present in the area and I'm currently updating a bunch of aspects of it to make it more "kid friendly" and appealing to be there. I went through all the books on our shelves this week and did a weeding type thing of my own. It was a bit refreshing getting rid of old books that I've never seen a child read before and replace them with one that that they want to read and enjoy reading.. This week I've learned that I need to put myself out there and ask for help when I need it. I know I'm not in a library so I don't really know what is going on, but I have to ask in order to learn. I have also learned that there are so many resources to help pick out books. I talked to the librarian at my school and she provided me with so many resouces. It was really fun reading through all of them and learning from them.
The school I am working in right now currently using Destiny as another one of their databases. I'm pretty sure I've never used Destiny but after playing around, it seems like a realy neat thing to have in a library. There are a ton of different links to go off and and gain information from. From Destiny there are links for all sorts of other sites. Some of the sites that are included that I found interesting are World Almanac for Kids, National Geographic for Kids, Create a Graph, Almanac-Fact Monster, KidPort Reference Library KidsClick!, and PBS Kids. I'm not really sure on databases that would be helpful. I'll look into other blogs to get ideas on what would be great to use.
After looking through a variety of selection tools I think I would love to use Capstone as one of my resources for my library. I really enjoyed the layout of it and the ease of looking through it. It was very user friendly and had so many options to choose from. The School Library Journal is another one that I would enjoy using as a resouce in my library. I liked the Starred books section at the end. It seemed like a great resoures to know you were getting the best of the best. I also liked that there was a vareity of book reviews as well as a bit of professional education articles throughout the journal.
After reading about formats that are found in the library and exploring a few libraries in the past few weeks I've decided that I really love the library that I am "working" with at this time. Before starting this class whenever I would go into the library I always thought it looked nice and colorful and a happy place to be. I never looked at what was really going on in it. Now, I look at it and I see amazing displays for the "theme" of the month, toys and kits to go along with the books that are displayed, and a variety of posters and art work being displayed all over. Someday I'm hoping to be in an elementary library. I would love to have a library similar to the one that I am working with now. I would love to encorporate more technology somehow into my library. I think ebooks would be amazing to have in my library. I don't think there would be a huge need for them in an elementary school setting, but it would be nice to have for older elementary school children.
Louis Question:
This week's activites have caused me to take a look at my "quiet" area in my after school program. I've been paying a lot of attention to the book selection and content of the books, other materials that are present in the area and I'm currently updating a bunch of aspects of it to make it more "kid friendly" and appealing to be there. I went through all the books on our shelves this week and did a weeding type thing of my own. It was a bit refreshing getting rid of old books that I've never seen a child read before and replace them with one that that they want to read and enjoy reading.. This week I've learned that I need to put myself out there and ask for help when I need it. I know I'm not in a library so I don't really know what is going on, but I have to ask in order to learn. I have also learned that there are so many resources to help pick out books. I talked to the librarian at my school and she provided me with so many resouces. It was really fun reading through all of them and learning from them.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
12.1.10
I have not yet gotten a chance to set up a titlewave account. My plan is to do that by the end of the week. I think it's a fantastic tool to use as a library media specialist. My favorite features were all the charts and graphs that were able to be reproduced at a simple click. For me I find it easier to look at a chart or graph and figure things out, so this will be great to use someday.
I'm not sure what full processing is at all. I'm going to guess and say that it's when you order a book and it comes with all the barcodes and lables and such on it already and in the account ready to be shelved when you get it. I'm not really sure, but that is my guess as of now.
My library web page is coming along slowly. I have ideas of how I want it to look, but having troubles figuring otu how to make it look that way. I'm still working with google, but I think I might try something different soon. It's frustrating not being able to get it the way I would like it to. I know I'll get it done and it will look fine, but getting to that point is a slow process right now.
The district that I am going to use for my three year improvement plan does have a selection policy for materials. It seems pretty specific and covers a variety of areas. Every policy comes back full circle to the mission of the school and the district. The part I like about the policy is that is provides publications from which the district will gain their knowledge and information about books and materials. I would rate the districts selection policy as ok.
My three year improvement plan is getting off to a slow start, but I'm starting to make progress. Since I'm not in my own classroom I've talked to the principal at the school where one of my after school programs are held and she is fully supportive of me using the library and any of her staff. I feel like now that she is on board with what I need to do I can really start focusing on getting everything I need done. I'm in the process of using google forms to put my surveys together for some of the kids and the staff.
At the Milwaukee Public Library I found out...
1. It used to be the public museum.
2. The children's section offers various programs at all of their outlying branches. The different programs seemed really neat and the Saturday program at the main library seemed like it would bring a lot of people in.
3.Lables and signs make a big difference. The children's section was huge, but the signs really helped to find everything easily. It made it really helpful.
Two things I really liked about the Strtich Library...
1. The help desk. The fact that you can call in to the desk or do an online chat with a reference person was really nice.
2. The interlibrary loan through difference locations. Also, that they will mail you your material or email you a copy of a article if you need it.
I'm not sure what full processing is at all. I'm going to guess and say that it's when you order a book and it comes with all the barcodes and lables and such on it already and in the account ready to be shelved when you get it. I'm not really sure, but that is my guess as of now.
My library web page is coming along slowly. I have ideas of how I want it to look, but having troubles figuring otu how to make it look that way. I'm still working with google, but I think I might try something different soon. It's frustrating not being able to get it the way I would like it to. I know I'll get it done and it will look fine, but getting to that point is a slow process right now.
The district that I am going to use for my three year improvement plan does have a selection policy for materials. It seems pretty specific and covers a variety of areas. Every policy comes back full circle to the mission of the school and the district. The part I like about the policy is that is provides publications from which the district will gain their knowledge and information about books and materials. I would rate the districts selection policy as ok.
My three year improvement plan is getting off to a slow start, but I'm starting to make progress. Since I'm not in my own classroom I've talked to the principal at the school where one of my after school programs are held and she is fully supportive of me using the library and any of her staff. I feel like now that she is on board with what I need to do I can really start focusing on getting everything I need done. I'm in the process of using google forms to put my surveys together for some of the kids and the staff.
At the Milwaukee Public Library I found out...
1. It used to be the public museum.
2. The children's section offers various programs at all of their outlying branches. The different programs seemed really neat and the Saturday program at the main library seemed like it would bring a lot of people in.
3.Lables and signs make a big difference. The children's section was huge, but the signs really helped to find everything easily. It made it really helpful.
Two things I really liked about the Strtich Library...
1. The help desk. The fact that you can call in to the desk or do an online chat with a reference person was really nice.
2. The interlibrary loan through difference locations. Also, that they will mail you your material or email you a copy of a article if you need it.
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