Professional Placement Observations and Connections to Prior Learning

Throughout my placement at the State Library of Victoria (SLV), I saw many direct connections to what I have learned throughout my Teacher Librarian course. I worked most closely with the Visitor and Information Specialist Team (VIS) as well as the Acquisitions Team. Throughout my…

School Mission Brainstorm

As part of my preparation for Assessment 2, I looked up my school’s Strategic Plan. The Plan’s Mission Statement has 11 bullet points of things they would like to see achieved. Their bullet points are in bold. My quick brainstorm of ideas for how the…

Reflections on ETL503, Resourcing the Curriculum

The Role and Nature of School Library Collections I was not sure what to expect from ‘Resourcing the Curriculum.’ I was thrown into the deep end of running a library solo at the end of last year and was hoping this class would give me…

Weeding

This was the module I did not know I needed! I found myself nodding in agreement as I read through the material. I have been struggling to know how to go about weeding our collection. Because I am newly in charge I have never had…

School Library Websites

In Module 1, The School Library Collection, we were asked to find a definition of collection development or management other than what we found in the module. I really wanted to find what other local area schools were doing but found that, not only were…