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Alison Hewett

Collection Weeding as Dendrochronology: Rethinking Practices and Exposing a Library's S... - 2 views

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ebooks Weeding library collection development fiction

shared by Alison Hewett on 18 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • aggressive weeding project for our entire collection.   This initiative was driven by two factors:
  • having a vibrant collection with titles of interest to teens is even more important.
  • We printed sections of the bigger report we generated with the weeding metrics we incorporated and had our student aids highlight all books that had not circulated in three years in that section and then pull the titles out to the edge of the shelf so we could more quickly identify candidates for weeding.
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  • I think there are just as many instances where weeding can reveal some of the larger and powerful influences that might hinder a librarian’s effort to continually craft a relevant and meaningful collection
  • As we Tweeted some of our weeding insights (we noticed that our teens did not seem to read many of the Printz winners), we involved thinking from our peers outside of our building and engaged in some truly thoughtful conversations and debates with other school and young adult librarians about the purposes and values of award winners and how to contextualize the purpose of those awards in purchasing decisions.
  •   We knew that every book had a “story” in how it came to be in the fiction collection, and it was important for us to weigh each book’s merits together—at times, we felt very uncomfortable about this as we questioned what “power” we might be wielding and if there were more democratic or more participatory ways to do so
  • Our intent was not to devalue the importance of a print collection, but instead, we wanted to rethink how we approach collection development to better meet the needs of our students and faculty and to better support the library as a learning studio.  We also felt that getting “knee deep” into the collection would allow us to see patterns of usage that sometimes aren’t readily visible with traditional reports
  • doing a wholesale weeding where you feel there is administrative level support to be aggressive with the weeding is a very different experience from weeding sections for the purpose of maintenance and updating.
  • I thought I knew how to weed. I was wrong. I’ve weeded this very collection several times, but this time was different. I guess I just never realized how powerful this process can be and how beneficial it is to intimately know your collection.
  • Carving out time to do this sort of work ultimately helps us contextualize the work of our other roles in our schools and the ways a library might function as a hub of learning.
  •  The rise and availability of digital content on a particular topic through web resources, databases, and eBook acquisition also are factors in the use (or lack thereof) of nonfiction print materials.  
  • We also were able to identify pockets of this part of the collection that needed updating and began a new book order to address these needs; in some instances, we decided to weed the print copy of the book and replace it with the eBook format in our Gale Virtual Reference Library.
  • Alison Hewett on 18 Mar 14
     
    A lengthy article and at first glance it seems heavy, but it has inspired me to relook at how I will approach weeding in the future as part of a shift to an emphasis on digital resources and bundled resources.
Tina Watson

Latest Study: A full-time school librarian makes a critical difference in boosting stud... - 20 views

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advocacy school libraries study

shared by Tina Watson on 09 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Tina Watson on 16 Aug 15
     
    Latest Study: A full-time school librarian makes a critical differen
PAULINE KUMAR

TLT: Teen Librarian's Toolbox: It's Time to Break Down our Reading Boxes - 3 views

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reading levels

shared by PAULINE KUMAR on 22 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • AR (accelerated reader)
  • Read for fun. Read all the time
  • PAULINE KUMAR on 22 Mar 14
     
    How do we encourage our readers to read books? Do we take into account level, age, gender or interest of the readers?
Lisa Salter

SLANZA Te Tai Tokerau invite you to | Smore - 1 views

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invite

shared by Lisa Salter on 25 May 13 - No Cached
  • Lisa Salter on 25 May 13
     
    Made my Smore and finally figured out how to share in the group.   Now I'm inviting you to our event, the weather is always lovely in Kerikeri and you can get great deals on accommodation this time of year.  I'll even throw in a Northland welcome pack!
Jan Clothier

A Bookless Library Opens in San Antonio | TIME.com - 6 views

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digital libraries Library 2.0

shared by Jan Clothier on 15 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Jan Clothier on 15 Sep 13
     
    The way of the future?
Lynette Oliver

TLT: Teen Librarian's Toolbox: Things I Never Learned In Library School: Changing Your ... - 8 views

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school librarian time money librarians advocacy

shared by Lynette Oliver on 09 Sep 13 - No Cached
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  • Lynette Oliver on 09 Sep 13
     
    So many of us are guilty of some of these things, though I hope none of us are spending our own money. 
vmchalick

Serious reading takes a hit from online scanning and skimming, researchers say - The Wa... - 2 views

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  • vmchalick on 14 Apr 14
     
    This article is about the way the digital age is changing the way students are able to read: "We should be simultaneously reading to children from books, giving them print, helping them learn this slower mode, and at the same time steadily increasing their immersion into the technological, digital age. It's both. We have to ask the question: What do we want to preserve?"
Miriam Tuohy

Best Websites for Teaching & Learning 2013 | American Association of School Librarians ... - 5 views

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teaching tools internet socialmedia digital storytelling

shared by Miriam Tuohy on 01 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Carole Gardiner on 09 Jul 13
     
    There is an awful lot of really excellent stuff here! Thanks for sharing. This would be an excellent list to explore for some self-driven PD.
  • Kay Greed on 26 Jul 13
     
    Spent some time in the holidays looking at this,it was really useful.
Ann Murphy

#LibChatNZ - Makerspaces (with images, tweets) · MSimmsNZ2 · Storify - 10 views

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makerspace

shared by Ann Murphy on 28 Aug 15 - No Cached
  • Ann Murphy on 28 Aug 15
     
    I know you will probably have this already, but it really is my most valuable resource I have used in the last two weeks. Thank you Michelle.
Carole Gardiner

This Is One Of The Most Vital Messages Gen-Y Needs To Hear (Video) - 9 views

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social media video poetry

shared by Carole Gardiner on 07 May 14 - No Cached
  • Carole Gardiner on 07 May 14
     
    Poem explaining why we need to disconnect sometimes, look up and see the real world.  Very moving and a great message.
  • denyse1952 on 09 Jun 14
     
    This was amazing. He was so right about missing so much because as head is down. It is wonderful to take time to smell the roses, look at the sky at night and see the sunset, or the stars.
Leanne Kennedy

6 ways to teach growth mindset from day one of school | The Cornerstone - 4 views

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growth mindset culture

shared by Leanne Kennedy on 18 Aug 15 - No Cached
  • their brains have the ability to change and grow through their experiences (neuroplasticity)
  • he human brain is like a muscle that can be trained through repetition and practice.
  • When students realize this, they develop a growth mindset: the belief that abilities can be developed through commitment and hard work
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  • respond in casual ways
  • Model growth mindset so kids can see it in action
  • Allow students see that you are willing to learn and try new things, even when they are hard for you, and be honest when you try things in the classroom that are out of your comfort zone.
  • Let students see that learning new things, taking on challenges, and rebounding after making mistakes are all a natural part of life and help train your brain to grow stronger over time.
  • Leanne Kennedy on 18 Aug 15
     
    We, too, can play our part and model a growth mindset.
anonymous

School Library Monthly - Curation - 8 views

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content curation joyce valenza professional reading

shared by anonymous on 30 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • Librarians are uniquely qualified to curate. School librarians are perhaps most ripe for this function, because they understand the curriculum and the specific needs and interests of their own communities of teachers, administrators, learners, and parents.
  • We school librarians are used to critically evaluating, selecting, and sharing content and tools for learning. We are used to taming information flow to facilitate discovery and knowledge building.
  • As school librarians we can think of digital collection curation as the selection and assembly of a focused group of resources into a Web-based presentation that meets an identified purpose or need and has meaning and context for a targeted audience.
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  • Unlike other Web curators, librarians are not simple one-interest enthusiasts.
  • Educators will also value help in gathering the tools they need for daily classroom activities. School librarians can gather lesson and rubric portals, nonfiction and documentary films, booktrailers, tools for regular classroom routines—online stop watches, classroom clipart, poster tools, game and quiz generators, etc.
  • School librarians might also curate for parents by gathering resources to support learning at home, explanations of new technologies, and instruction in transliteracy.
  • These learning artifacts can function as lasting tools for instruction as well as models for future learners.
  • Curation tools present an exciting new genre of search tool. Searchers can now exploit the curated efforts or the bibliographies of experts and others who take the lead in a particular subject area—those who volunteer to scan the real-time environment as scouts. They also present the opportunity to guide learners in new evaluation strategies. Who is the curator? Which curators can you trust? Is a curator attached to a team, publication, institution, organization? How can the quality of their insights, selections, sources, and feeds be judged? Do their efforts have many followers? Is their curation active and current?
  • anonymous on 23 Aug 15
     
    Content curation, subject based, collaboration, research tool,
  • anonymous on 24 Aug 15
     
    Trying to figure out why the shared date is wrong
Crissi Blair

Bedtime Stories for Young Brains - NYTimes.com - 4 views

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childlit book preschool development

shared by Crissi Blair on 22 Aug 15 - No Cached
  • all pediatric primary care should include literacy promotion, starting at birth
  • how important it is to read to even very young children
  • “When we show them a video of a story, do we short circuit that process a little?” he asked. “Are we taking that job away from them? They’re not having to imagine the story; it’s just being fed to them.”
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  • it is important that young children hear language, and that they need to hear it from people, not from screens.
  • serious disparities in how much language children hear
  • reading picture books with young children may mean that they hear more words, while at the same time, their brains practice creating the images associated with those words
  • Crissi Blair on 22 Aug 15
     
    Research into the benefits, indeed the necessity, of reading to young children.
jackiephillips

Senga White's Tertiary Prep Tutorials - 2 views

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information literacy digital citizenship research inquiry libraries tools

shared by jackiephillips on 06 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • jackiephillips on 06 Jun 14
     
    Oh for the staff time to be able to offer something like this to our students!
anonymous

Reading for pleasure builds empathy and improves wellbeing, research from The Reading A... - 4 views

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literacy Research Reading and empowerment

shared by anonymous on 17 Aug 15 - Cached
  • reading for pleasure can increase empathy, improve relationships with others, reduce the symptoms of depression and the risk of dementia, and improve wellbeing throughout life
  • strong evidence to show that reading for pleasure plays a vital role in improving educational outcomes
  • in the UK, reading levels are low among people of all ages: most children do not read on a daily basis and almost a third of adults don't read for pleasure
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  • reading for pleasure and empowerment
  • better parent-child communication
  • reduction of depression and dementia symptoms among adults.
  • people who choose to read, and enjoy doing so, in their spare time are more likely to reap all of these benefits
  • When I write a story I hope to beguile, to enchant, to bewitch, to perform an act of magic on and with my readers' imaginations.
  • The true aim of writing is to enable the reader better to enjoy life, or better to endure it'."
  • everything changes when we read
  • reading for pleasure has a dramatic impact on life outcomes
  • children who read for pleasure are happier, healthier and do better in life than those who don't
  • Crissi Blair on 17 Aug 15
     
    Research in UK into benefits of reading for pleasure
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