ETL503 Reflecting on the Subject and Assignment 2

So another subject is all wrapped up. Assignment 2 done and uploaded. Phew! But alas I didn’t blog for this subject at all. Over the Christmas and New Year time I found it hard to keep up with the work load let alone add blogging to it, but maybe I’ll be round to blogging on … Continue reading →

ETL503 – Assignment One results

As I was doing this assignment I seemed to have a lot of doubts and concerns about what I was actually supposed to include. The lecturer kept telling us not to include everything we had learnt, but then it’s hard to not feel proud of what you know and want to show the marker that. … Continue reading →

ETL503 Mod 6 – Weeding

Do you feel the use of the term ‘weeding’ unconsciously denigrates this process and adversely influences perceptions of its importance? Would it be more professional and appropriate to use the term ‘deselection’? No, weeding has a negative slant but in a good way! We want people to understand it is the weeding of unwanted/not useful … Continue reading →

ETL503 Mod 3 – Acquisition

Our lecturer says that many people get selection and acquisition confused or think that it is even the same thing. Selection is choosing which books you would like to get for the collection, while acquisition is actually getting or purchasing them, or finding out you can’t in some cases. In my mind I can clearly … Continue reading →

ETL503 Mod 2 – Selection Criteria

In this part of the module we were asked to compare the approaches to determining selection criteria by Port Lincoln Primary School, South Australia (from Choosing and using teaching and learning materials, 2004) and the alternative approach proposed by Hughes-Hassell and Mancall (2005, pp. 46-47) Results? Well, both have their faults: H-H & M doesn’t … Continue reading →

ETL503 Mod 2 – Selection Aids

Selection Aids should be used by TLs to help them select the most appropriate and up-to-date resources for their collection. Following is some of these selection aids and what I think are their strengths and weaknesses: Bibliographies – Strengths: One-stop-shop for info, “Bibliographies can be seen to have the advantage of clearly indicating specific resources … Continue reading →

ETL503 Intro to Collection Management

Getting Started… So I’m starting the third subject in my Teacher Librarianship journey – ETL503 Collection Management. It seems this subject will be more focused on the librarian side of a “teacher librarian” – as the name says, the building a collection and collection management side of being a teacher librarian. So what is Collection … Continue reading →