Ongoing since 1994, the Karajia and Environment Awards for Children’s Literature is The Wilderness Society’s yearly recognition of outstanding new children’s books, spanning fiction, non-fiction and picture books. The focus is on literature dedicated to fostering a love and appreciation for nature. The Awards could be utilised in an Australian school setting to promote environmental […]
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4.3 – Genrefication of an Organisation System
In the last two and a half years, I have established two brand new primary school libraries. The first was as a beginning TL, where, in being guided by the experience of our library administration assistant, it was established according to traditional organisation principles of A-Z for fiction and Dewey Decimal Classification (DCC) for non […]
3.1 – First Nations Inclusion in the Collection
In establishing our new school library this year, I devoted much thought and consideration as to how I would respectfully include First Nations voices throughout the collection. Instead of creating a separate, isolated section, I integrated First Nations texts within relevant subject areas of our genrefied non fiction collection. I felt this approach ensured that […]
1.1a – Children’s Literature Definition
Children’s literature is a diverse and subjective concept, yet commonalities in various definitions suggest it involves reading material written primarily for, or widely read by, children from early years to adolescence. It has the capacity to engage children in shaping their understanding of personal experiences, emotions and the world around them through language and story. […]
Digital Literature
Literature, as I understand it, is a form of written expression that conveys creative and imaginative or factual ideas. Based upon this notion, I would articulate that digital literature expands to literature that is produced, accessed and explored across a wide and varied range of digital platforms. I believe the main difference between digital and […]
Module Forum 5 – Classify Website Resource
The search I conducted on Classify was for the picture book, Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy, by Lynley Dodd, to consider the classification of a fiction text. Initially, I had a spelling error and consequently, no results were returned, so I began typing in the subject heading search box and was predictive in its presentation […]
Module Forum 4.1 Activity – Library Mission and Vision Statement
Olsen (2016a; 2016b) outlines practical considerations for how to structure an effective mission and vision statement. These are useful to help evaluate the strength of the Lake Tuggeranong College (LTC) Library statements below. Vision statement: Our library impacts every learner, every day, every year. Olsen (2016b) claims that a vision statement should be future-focused, outlining […]
Discussion Forum 4.3 – Information Services for Staff
One information service the teacher librarian could provide in a primary school setting, is the establishment and delivery of intensive cyber safety and digital citizenship workshops. These workshops would be beneficial in that it would ensure this particular curriculum content is taught in a meaningful, authentic and engaging manner – aligning with the teacher librarian’s […]
Discussion Forum 4.1 – Use of Web 2.0/3.0
I believe network limitations and device availability are the main issues when it comes to inclusion and utilisation of any Web 2.0/3.0 tool. I think this is a significant barrier for successful technological integration as these factors can cause severe frustration for teachers when they potentially have the desire to implement these tools, but the […]
Discussion Forum 3.2/3.3 – Conflict Scenario
In this learning scenario, the teacher librarian has deemed it necessary that changes be made to the collection; with a complete re-categorisation that moves away from alphabetical organisation, to genrefication of the fiction collection. In relation to this task, I am approaching the scenario with the consideration that there is underlying conflict – with the […]
Discussion Forum 4 Activity – ScOT and SCIS Terms
The inclusion of SCIS and ScOT terms in a catalogue record is a ‘catch-all’ for the various key words that may be searched in using a controlled vocabulary approach to finding a particular resource. Considering the example: How to make a golem and terrify people, by Alette J. Willis, the SCIS headings include: E-books, Courage […]
Discussion Forum 4 Activity – Subject Heading Lists
I conducted a subject search using the term origami in the Library of Congress (LC) catalogue, with the first result was providing 451 results. Scrolling down further through the initial results list provided over 30 heading options with subdivisions, including date range subdivisions and others including Origami – Handbooks, manuals, etc., Origami – Japan – […]
Discussion Forum 3 Activity – Authority Control
For the authority file search within the Library of Congress Authority File database, I jumped between subject, name and title authority headings to seek out information on the late Princess Diana. In subject search, I started with Diana Spencer as the key word, however, none of the records provided were anything close to what I […]
Discussion Forum 2 Activity – Federated Search System
For a previous discussion forum activity in ETL503, I considered Trove as a selection aid and admittedly, did not have as much success in finding appropriate resources for my keyword search of ‘minibeasts’. The reason why it did not leave a particularly good impression at the time, is that it presented many newspaper articles that […]
Discussion Forum 2 Activity – Database Comparison
For the purpose of this activity, I chose to consider children’s picture book fiction in general. In browsing through the CSU Primo library database list, I thought the International Children’s Digital Library (ICDL) would be an appropriate option to compare to my local library catalogue. I was a little disappointed that the ICDL was not […]
Discussion Forum 2 Activity – SCIS Search
The first search I conducted on SCIS was using the broad keyword ‘space’, as both Stage 2 and Stage 3 are currently exploring the unit as part of their project-based learning topic. An interesting side note here is that I generally gave more attention to resource with an accompanying cover picture… The first resource presented […]
Discussion Forum 3.1 – Change, Leadership and School Environments
A major change that I have experienced is joining a new school that is establishing a student wellbeing framework based upon William Glasser’s Choice Theory and 5 Basic Needs. It is a move away from traditional ‘behaviour management’ systems, which are largely focused on extrinsic rewards for managing student behaviour management (merit certificates/stickers etc). It […]
Discussion Forum Module 3.1 – Student-friendly Search Engine: Kidtopia vs. Kiddle
For this module activity, I chose to compare student-friendly search engines Kidtopia and Kiddle to find out information about the concept of sustainability. Kidtopia’s top four results were ads, which did take up the entirety of the screen; therefore, scrolling was required to get to the first non-ad hit. The ads were outlined in a […]
Discussion Forum Module 3.1 – Common Search Engine: Google vs. Dogpile
For this module activity, I chose to compare Google and Dogpile to find out information about the concept of sustainability. The page display of results from Google were clean and simple. The top chunk of information was a definition of the concept, followed by a list of potential questions to further hone results. This was […]
Discussion Forum Module 2 Activity – School Organisational Structure
I work at a NSW Department of Education K-6 public primary school. It is a brand-new school located in Western Sydney, which opened in October 2021. I was fortunate enough to be a foundational staff member and was entrusted with the lead role in establishing the library space. We opened with approximately 380 students and […]