So, here I am again, at the start of another unit for Teacher Librarianship. Before I get too far into the throws of readings and discussion tasks, I wanted to take the time to frame my thinking about my first impressions of what ‘Resourcing the Curriculum’ means. My initial thoughts revolve around collaboration with classroom teachers to find out what they are teaching and then finding resources, both in the library and online, that would support both the teachers’ and the students’ needs. This could include creating pathfinders or providing teachers with a list of websites and a pile of books to use. I believe resourcing the curriculum requires the TL to have an overview of the curriculum areas being taught at the school by staying up to date with current curriculum requirements and syllabus documents.

I believe it is also the responsibility of the TL, through collaboration with teachers, students and the principal to select, procure and organise resources that will be of use to the school. The library is not the place for the TLs personal preferences regarding resources; selections have to be made based on the needs of patrons.

I think a big challenge is how to know where to find the right resources to support the school community. There are so many other challenges that feed into this overarching challenge; changes in technology, resource access for the school community, availability of resources and changes in curriculum. I am looking forward to learning more about how to best assist students and teachers in resourcing and how to select (and deselect) resources to keep the library catalogue and available resources relevant.