Tag: Teacher-Librarians

Activity #5 and future of Teacher-Librarianship

I really enjoyed this activity. I came into it with some of my own perceptions about the future of the teacher-librarian but having had little experience with cataloguing in my libraries I had only a cursory understanding of the current debates raging in the field regarding what might be in store for cataloguing as we now know it. It was obvious to me, from my own readings and from those of my colleagues, that the rise of new technologies is having a major impact in the field. The advent of free online books, a net-saavy generation that conducts independent searches with great skill, and the idea that all of this will lead to a more user-driven system really supports the educational decisions that I have made.

At this time I am currently a graduate student working on my Masters of Educational Technology. I firmly believe that the role of teacher-librarian is increasingly becoming a technology position. My decision to do my Masters in this field and not in Librarianship was a conscious one. The teacher-librarian courses that I have looked into are all scratching the surface of the impact of technology on the position. For me, taking the step into the technology side is a step beyond that. Teacher-librarians will always be necessary. They are one a school’s greatest resources. However, I believe, and my readings for this assignment seem to support this, that becoming a specialist in dealing with technology in an educational setting will be key to successfully supporting the position of teacher-librarian.

the roller coaster…Activity #3

I must be more of a visual learner than I thought.  Once I was able to see how another person approached the DDC and LC assignment I was able to discern what and how this was to be done.  Here is my reflection on this assignment.

Like my colleagues before me I probably took way too long with this assignment. I was completely stumped as to what was required of me and spent most of my day off on Friday reading and re-reading the text and various websites trying to get a feel for this assignment. I know now that I was probably over-thinking this!

I ended up creating an account with Amicus at Library and Archives Canada and also used both the VPL and the Library of Congress. I also found that by the end I was using just Amicus and and the LC as they had the most comprehensive catalogue for my purposes.

It was actually alot of fun using the Dewey book. I can see that more exposure to this would definitely make me a better T-L with greater knowledge of my collection. Having the Resourse Centre in our district do all of our cataloguing removes the elementary T-Ls from the process unfortunately.

Once I got the hang of this it did not take me long at all but the learning curve seemed pretty steep on Friday!

First day of the term

Very excited to get this course as part of my degree in the MET program.  I am looking forward to some real hands-on learning in this class.  I have posted my intro and have read those of my classmates.  It is always interesting in online courses to see the diverse group of individuals you end up working with.  I love this aspect of online learning.  It makes the experience so much richer.

I seem to have several blogs going right now and have some concerns about keeping them all up to date but I have created a weekly checklist sheet for myself to track my posts to all three of my courses this term.  I find it is very easy to get behind if you don’t keep track.

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