tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post2081307936939429722..comments2024-03-19T05:26:04.770-04:00Comments on A Year of Reading: A Vision for School LibrariesMary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-27773525227710854632009-05-20T06:28:55.071-04:002009-05-20T06:28:55.071-04:00HI Susan,
Thanks for the mention! Be sure to go b...HI Susan,<br /><br />Thanks for the mention! Be sure to go back and read ALL the comments. Some great stuff there.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Dougdoug0077https://www.blogger.com/profile/05051218236258080492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-1244534644828230232009-05-18T06:25:00.000-04:002009-05-18T06:25:00.000-04:00The other important thing about libraries is that ...The other important thing about libraries is that the librarian is an information specialist. That means we are trained in the specific processes of defining the research question, developing the right queries, choosing the right database/places to search, searching, refining the search, evaluating results, analyzing available resources and information, and processing the information to fit the needs. There is nowhere else kids or adults get that professional help but the library. Teachers need it, administration needs it, parents need it.... and most of all kids need to learn those skills to go on successfully. <br /><br />The world is bursting with raw data. Information streams into our faces and ears. Learning to manage it requires the skills librarians have developed to an extreme. <br /><br />The books and the spaces are delightful and I love being there. But that is not the most unique strength that we have in the library.<br /><br />I haven't been to kinkos much in the past ten years so I don't know how this information specialist fits in to the kinkos model. Is there such a trained, professional, personal research assistant/teacher at the kinkos down the street?Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-53841118062128846672009-05-16T08:52:00.000-04:002009-05-16T08:52:00.000-04:00As you continue to ponder this question, you might...As you continue to ponder this question, you might also want to read David Loertscher's latest book, "New Learning Commons: Where Learners Win". Some ideas are very out of the box thinking, but it has me rethinking my space (physically and philosophically).Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02291655342744679138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-8201899315406487572009-05-16T08:36:00.000-04:002009-05-16T08:36:00.000-04:00I love the blog, very interesting.
:-)I love the blog, very interesting.<br />:-)Rustikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06986787853834322787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-56174764889902139812009-05-15T22:36:00.000-04:002009-05-15T22:36:00.000-04:00I agree--books will (hopefully) always be the anch...I agree--books will (hopefully) always be the anchor of our libraries. I am trying to figure out how, as libraries, we can be all of these things...Frankihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00186802649034970935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-64788375752086484172009-05-15T22:29:00.000-04:002009-05-15T22:29:00.000-04:00We are debating in our district the role of a teac...We are debating in our district the role of a teacher-librarian and the library and this conversation and Doug's questions fit perfectly. Our district administrators thought we should be media integrators, which make sense because we want to provide teachers and students with lots of ways to find information and create new methods of accomplishment. It is a choice of keeping up-dated. If we only had laptops/Internet for information we would leave out my favorite part of my job; teaching students to be life-long readers and learners!Peaceful Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10265198438524420667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-66995113489614934192009-05-15T21:51:00.000-04:002009-05-15T21:51:00.000-04:00Susan,
I agree completely. For some, the library s...Susan,<br />I agree completely. For some, the library should always offer a quiet place to sneak off to. When I think about my ideal coffee shop, there are options. Places to think quietly by myself and places to chat and think with others. I think for libraries to work for everyone, I want to create lots of different spaces that serve individual's different purposes and needs.Frankihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00186802649034970935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-902311331303593632009-05-15T21:45:00.000-04:002009-05-15T21:45:00.000-04:00With all the busieness in our lives, I think many ...With all the busieness in our lives, I think many kids like the idea of the library as a quiet place to sneak off to, a sanctuary. I don't think they always want that from a library and I suppose it depends on where the library is (school, public, within another institution), but I know in the space I created, we are a place that is not loud, crowded, overwhelmed with activity. This environment suits many of my visitors because the rest of their day is full of structure, activity and demands.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14924982664582970754noreply@blogger.com