ETL507: Professional Placement Report

Assessment 5: Professional Placement Report   Section 1: About the placement organisation Newcastle City Libraries (NCL) offers a comprehensive range of services to a growing number of communities, reaching from the bustling city of Newcastle, to scenic Port Stephens and the picturesque Hunter Region. NCL comprises of 13 branches and regional library partners, including: Adamstown,…

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INF533: Assessment Item 2 – Experiencing Digital Literature (Part B)

PART B: Critical Reflection of Digital Literature Experiences At the beginning of INF533, my view of digital literature at this time was naively narrow, having never heard of ‘transmedia narratives’ (such as the now dated, yet globally popular Inanimate Alice) and ‘interactive documentaries’ (such as tragically beautiful Firestorm). I was not aware that digital literature had…

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INF533: Assessment Item 2 – Experiencing Digital Literature (Part A)

PART A: Digital Literature Reviews   1. eBook Image 1: ‘Owl Babies’ screenshot. Retrieved from https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/owl-babies/ Title: Owl Babies Published by Candlewick Press, 1992 Owl Babies written by Martin Waddell and Illustrated by Patrick Benson is a best-selling ‘modern classic’ children’s book in its 29th year of publication. This eBook is an example of a static, digitised…

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