Part A – Statement of Personal Philosophy The teacher librarian (TL) plays a crucial role connecting key members of the school community working within and across many teams as a strong collaborator with effective interpersonal skills. The TL is an instructional partner, information specialist, curriculum administrator, digital expert, manager and leader who models best practice […]
Reflective Practice When considering the nature of a school library collection I first connected with the interpretation given by the NSW Department of Education (2015, p. 2) of collection development and collection management (Parker, 2020a). With no attempt to separate the two terms I reasoned that both development and management were part of a holistic […]
A reflection on Johnson’s 2018 methods of collection analysis Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management (Fourth Ed.) (Johnson, 2018) presents an apprised table (p. 288) that appears to contain a few updates including the consideration of e-resources. The aim of a collection analysis is essentially to asses a collection’s value not the quality (Johnson, p. […]