Teacher-librarian

sources. We use a database called Naviance which is probably our best resource, but students do not like using it for some reason. We allow them to use Google. However, the “facts” they come up with are often invalid. I am working with a couple of teachers this summer to tighten…

Long before Melvile Dewey came around and implemented his decimal system, personal library collections typically were curated and and managed to some degree by men. Considering that the form of public libraries that gave rise to the ones we have today, did not come into existence until the mid to late 19th century, it is surprising that women were allowed into these institutions. However, even from the birth of the field of librarianship, women had to assert their right to be there. In order to…

Library has always been a magical place to me since I was five years old, and it played a compelling role in my childhood development. How librarians know where to find what information from the temple of mystery was amazing to me at that time, and I get to understand comprehensively of library’s vital value to people and community when I studied in universities and visited libraries around the world, especially after few years’ involvement in library as a volunteer. A library is a place where…

age levels in order to develop my skill set to advance. I shadowed a children’s librarian for 3 months until I worked my way up to doing toddler and preschool-age…

It seems that as a librarian, I have participated in a somewhat watered down version of bibliotherapy. I had never heard the term before reading the articles. I am always in awe when teachers come to me and ask for books that deal with social topics for use in their classrooms. It seems a book is their first “go to” when addressing difficult issues. I quickly learned to search for books that dealt with topics that would help children cope with the challenges and difficulties of life to add…

shift and consequently serve their communities better. This culture shift, has a lot of impact to the library. When it is embedded, it will bring about certain opportunities that would not only help libraries improve their services, but also make librarians and patrons view each other from a different perspective. It would inspire a more open and more collaborative engagement among the community which would in turn produce compelling results like creative content and active and responsible…

Any resident of the school district may challenge items in the school library either informally or formally. Informal challenges may involve conversations with the school principal or school librarian in which the library’s selection policies are discussed. Those who wish to file a formal challenge must speak with the school principal, pick up and fill out a challenge form (see Appendix II), and return it to the principal within two weeks. The…

public library’s reading program during the summer. When I had my tonsils removed in the fourth grade, my school librarian (who was all too familiar with me at this point) delivered me a stack of books at home, knowing I would get restless without reading material while I was recovering. Unlike Stewart, my love of writing followed soon after as a natural progression. My mother was a teacher at my elementary school, so I would often stay with her after the class ended, waiting for her to finish…

I know as a student I did not enjoy reading what my teachers always picked for my class to read. Especially if the reading was from a text book. My experience with not being able to choose the book I wanted to read is the reason my students will be able to choose from different genres of books. However…

I would like to disagree why books are constantly being banned or censored but no one can person really have a good understanding why they are banned. People say that books influence our thinking a lot, well maybe too a little too much. Somebody assassinated John Lennon for being a phony which was a word used by the main character a lot in the Catcher in the Rye. When the police asked why well the assassins showed the book Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Maybe this is why this book was…