Librarians feel compelled to acquire eContent from only one distributor because it is too confusing – for them, for students, for teachers, for business managers - to purchase eContent from a variety of distributors, thus materials selection is driven by who they buy from, not what a
SLAV Wee Project - 19 views
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Web Elements Engaged is a joint project of the School Library Association of Victoria and ITmadeSimple. 'Students of today should be creators of ideas, not consumers of information'. Based on this premise, the project, Web Elements Engaged has challenged ten school teams, consisting of a teacher-librarian, a teacher and 15 - 20 students, from Year 3 to Year 10 across Victoria.
Bibliotech: 6 concerns about trends in digital collection development - 1 views
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igns with the curriculum. This is a classic example of the tail wagging the dog.
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It is our job to develop our collections, aligning them with our school/district’s curriculum – not to buy ready-made packages from vendors. It is our job to create, instructional materials, and to determine how to best assess our students’ learning. This requires granular knowledge of our patron base, our curricula, and our collections. You can't fake this. It takes a long time to build that knowledge base. If we relinquish these responsibilities to commercial interests, we literally sell out our own profession.
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