Being and becoming a teacher librarian
An MTL journey
Near each term’s end, our long-serving library assistant begins gathering resource boxes to support learning for next term. Increasingly, few of these, mostly, non-fiction books are taken. This causes frustration and anxiety for her. She expresses concern that students will have no classroom resources to support their learning. It has led us to conversations about…
How does a student’s developmental stage impact their information behaviour and what is the influence of this on the role of the TL? Record your understanding on a new blog post. It should come as no surprise or revelation that the developmental stage of students must be considered when setting information literacy learning goals and experiences.…
This reflection has been prompted by reading LaMarca and Manning’s (2007) article on the library as an essential learning environment has clarified how I might view and understand the seveal points of frustration which staff and students are experiencing in new architecturally designed and award winning library space. Despite a lack of background in design…
There are seveal different groups promoting visions (often very much alike) and name changes to libraries under the banner of innovation and adaptation to a very dynamic information landscape. Yet, these name changes are not necessary and often seem more concerned with publication than with library business. Library business is often already doing just what…
