Part A: Digital literature review 2- Meanwhile

Meanwhile is an interactive digital comic developed by Jason Shiga. It follows the adventures of a young boy named Jimmy who discovers the invention of a mad scientist (Shiga, 2012). Meanwhile takes advantage of the hyperlinked nature of the web as it is built on Scott McCloud’s “infinite canvas” model which is a concept that […]

Assessment 1- ETL533

Assessment 1  As I scrolled through the list of electives available for my degree, I did not hesitate to immediately select ETL533, as judging by the subject name it combines two of my favourite specialties as a TL- Technology and Storytelling. I figured I had a fairly strong grasp of what Digital Literature entails, its […]

Part B- Assessment 2

Part B- Critical reflection   As I delve deeper into this course, I am often astonished at how little I knew of all the different facets of the role and responsibilities of teacher librarians (TL). Although I worked alongside a trained librarian part-time for 3 years, I often missed out on many chief responsibilities that […]

Evaluating collections- Forum post 5.1

While I believe that both qualitative approaches and quantitative data are important in evaluating the library’s collection, it is important to utilise both methods to ensure a well-curated collection. As I was reading through Johnson’s (2018) methods of collection analysis, I was inadvertently thinking about the methods I would undertake in my library. I work […]