When first hearing the term ‘Collection development policy’ while undertaking this subject I was a little bit taken aback to realise that hard copies and written documents actually existed. After all, didn’t librarians just find out about new resources and make a judgement about them? Or order in texts because others had requested them? When… Continue reading →
Module 5 of ETL503 introduced a new idea to me – how to evaluate a library collection. In my head, I had always thought of a librarian’s role superficially with limited thoughts into the practicality of how to actually manage the collection. Johnson (2018) spoke about the importance of evaluation and assessment of library collections… Continue reading →
As a teacher, I always stress to my students the importance of putting information into their own words to avoid plagiarism and copyright laws. Only upon reading Module 4 of ETL503 did I realise the extent of the laws that exist… and I’m sure even some of these go further and deeper than I’ve researched.… Continue reading →
Author Alvin Toffler said that ‘The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.’ This statement ties in quite well with the definitions of literacy discussed in Module 5 of ELT401 – Information Literacy. How do you define a word like… Continue reading →
When studying to be a teacher, one has to familarise themselves with the AITSL standards. For me, when I was graduating, the final assessment required me to provide evidence from all placements of how I had thus far met the graduate standards of teaching. For this, I had to go through each standard carefully and… Continue reading →
Reading the third module and associated readings, for ELT503 about the Accession and Acquisition of the library collection, I found a few key ideas that jumped out at me that I wanted to reflect on. The first idea was the importance of the librarian being a negotiator and being able to advocate for the importance… Continue reading →
Looking at Bonanno’s 2011 speech and her 2015 work ‘A profession at the tipping point (revisited)’, her speech resonated with me and it is this which I have chosen to focus on A school librarian – someone whose influence is often seen as invisible. In her speech, Karen Bonanno explored a variety of ideas about… Continue reading →
Reflecting on your experiences as a teacher before you became interested in working in a school library, write a 500 word piece about your understandings of the role of the TL in schools. Margaret Atwood once said, ‘In the end, we’ll all become stories.’ In my story so far, I’ve grown up and studied in… Continue reading →
Hello all! My name is Tess and I hope you enjoy joining me on this journey, learning how to be a teacher librarian. I’ve been a passionate reader for as long as I can remember and I’m looking forward to having the chance to share this passion with others! I’ve been a teacher in Darwin… Continue reading →
