ASLA presents a succinct process for Ordering and Acquisitions that seem so obvious. The focus they present in their template are clearly explained. This is beneficial to someone new to writing purchasing policies 😛 I have created a rough flowchart of the purchasing process for my school. Acquisition Workflow-2bchfd7 There one main workflow in practice […]
Category: ETL503 reflections
E-books!
After reading Acquiring Text e-books (Morris, C. & Seibert, L 2010) I am taking some time to reflect upon what I have engaged with…. And it is safe to say that my brain officially hurts. E-book acquisitions is a hard business to comprehend. As comprehensive as Morris & Seibert were, I am more overwhelmed than […]
Debowski’s on the ‘money’
Teacher Librarianship is based on processes, traditions and foundations for future learning. There have been decades upon decades of predecessors who have pathed the way for lifelong learning. Debowski (2001) is no different. There was a certain familiarity when reading her strategies to collection management. There is nothing new or revolutionary, just commonsense and accountability. […]
More than ‘Show me the Money’!
As a TL there are some areas I enjoy more than others. I enjoying building collections for teaching, learning and fun. I also enjoy working in a team and collaborating with teachers. Something I learnt early on in my career was that I cannot teach my students if I don’t know my students, therefore building […]
Flow On! Further Resourcing the School Library.
Flow Chart My goodness, Flow Charts, take longer than you think! I have created my own flow chart adapted from Hassell-Hughes & Mancall (2005), this is a draft and I am giving myself permission to make changes as my understanding and knowledge deepens. I have some purchasing to make in the next few weeks and […]
Resourcing for the future.
Dear Future Me, There are some thing you need to know. Your collection is not what you think it is. At this point in time your collection is in transition… transition from a safe and traditional collection to a “Collaborative Access Environment” (Hughes-Hassell & Mancall 2005). This is a letter of recommendation is to ensure […]