MsCGong

The Best of Both Worlds- The Online and Real World Experience

Growing up, I loved going to public libraries and enjoyed reading many story books and novels as kids do. I even have memories of reading encyclopedias, biographies, almanacs, and atlases which at the time, I did not know were considered “reference materials”. Reference materials typically are not “checked out” of the library but these books that I borrowed were subject-focused and kid-friendly. At home, I had my own large dictionary that my mom taught me how to use and encouraged me to use. I had a Roget’s thesaurus as well…read more

Apr.02

Collaborate and Advocate! Then the Library can be Great!

Posted by carmen gong in LIBE 467 Blog

Chapter 9 of Riedling’s book Reference Skills for the School Librarian (2013) barely touched on how important collaboration is to the role of a teacher-librarian. So far, each school that I have worked at had several blocks in the library which were dedicated to ‘collab’ time but truthfully, I have not used this service too much myself. This made me wonder what are ways that the teacher-librarian can include collaboration into their library services and how can I incorporate and promote these strategies when I have my own school library….read more

Feb.28

References, References, References! – What I Thought I Knew and What I Think I Know Now (Blog Post 1)

Posted by carmen gong in LIBE 467 Blog

To be very honest, I was having difficulties with finding a definition for “reference sources” as well as the proper terminology. Before taking courses for my teacher-librarianship diploma at UBC, I knew reference sources as a section of a library that contained giant, heavy books which included dictionaries, encyclopaedias, and atlases. According to Riedling, “reference sources” are, “materials from book to computer to periodical to photograph, that can be found anywhere in the library or online” (Riedling, Shake & Houston, 2013). This can include a large range of materials as…read more

Feb.11