Back to basics. My primary interest area is integrating the school library into the curriculum more closely. This week, on LibraryThing, two books surfaced, each of which looked interesting. First, a reference such as The Whole School Library Handbook, a collection of articles on school librarianship edited by Blanche Woolls and David Loertscher, provides an overall background on being a school librarian. According to the review on Amazon.com from the School Library Journal it is a “useful reference tool” with articles by “in-the-trenches school librarians.” A review from Booklist on the same page is a bit negative, saying that literacy-building articles could have been included but still describing the book as a useful reference.
The tag cloud suggests that a limited number of LibraryThing members have read or reviewed this book:
Chapters(1) education(2) irls(1) libraries(1) library(1) non-fiction(2) office(1) Orange County Public Library(1) professional(1) Professional Library(1) school library(1)
The second “Book of the Week” is Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning published by the American Association of School Librarians. According to the Amazon.com page, the book offers 12 lesson plans on guiding student research and talking with fellow teachers. The review speaks of a student-centered learning program, exactly the type of library I’d like to promote in the future.
Its tag cloud is a bit more extensive, perhaps indicating that the book is more useful for school librarians:
aasl(2) advocacy(1) apt(1) ed(1) education(6) education standards(1) info literacy(1) information literacy(11) information literacy standards.(1) information power(1) information science(1) irls(1) learning(1) lib(1) lib services(1) librarians(1) Librarianship(2) libraries(3) library(6) Library Administration(1) library literacy(1) library media specialist(1) library science(9) library standards(1) library text(1) library textbook(1) lms(3) location-harvey(1) nf(2) non-fiction(11) outstanding school library resource(1) own(1) read(2) reference(3) school(2) School Librarian(1) school library(5) school library media(3) school library media standards(1) school media(2) schoollibraries(1) standards(2) teaching(3) text(1) textbook(3) wishlist(1) work(1)
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The use of tags to "describe" these two books is simultaneously peculiar and instructive. Something like "non-fiction" is not very descriptive for the first book, and it is unclear what "location-harvey" is for the second. Perhaps, to echo the sentiment on this week's Discussion Board, tagging is potentially a useful social networking tool but can be limited if the tags are too obscure or general to help in the information search.
Nevertheless, each book seems to be worth a look, potentially handy references for graduate students and for the practicing school librarian. Sounds like a summer reading project…
The tag cloud suggests that a limited number of LibraryThing members have read or reviewed this book:
Chapters(1) education(2) irls(1) libraries(1) library(1) non-fiction(2) office(1) Orange County Public Library(1) professional(1) Professional Library(1) school library(1)
The second “Book of the Week” is Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning published by the American Association of School Librarians. According to the Amazon.com page, the book offers 12 lesson plans on guiding student research and talking with fellow teachers. The review speaks of a student-centered learning program, exactly the type of library I’d like to promote in the future.
Its tag cloud is a bit more extensive, perhaps indicating that the book is more useful for school librarians:
aasl(2) advocacy(1) apt(1) ed(1) education(6) education standards(1) info literacy(1) information literacy(11) information literacy standards.(1) information power(1) information science(1) irls(1) learning(1) lib(1) lib services(1) librarians(1) Librarianship(2) libraries(3) library(6) Library Administration(1) library literacy(1) library media specialist(1) library science(9) library standards(1) library text(1) library textbook(1) lms(3) location-harvey(1) nf(2) non-fiction(11) outstanding school library resource(1) own(1) read(2) reference(3) school(2) School Librarian(1) school library(5) school library media(3) school library media standards(1) school media(2) schoollibraries(1) standards(2) teaching(3) text(1) textbook(3) wishlist(1) work(1)
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The use of tags to "describe" these two books is simultaneously peculiar and instructive. Something like "non-fiction" is not very descriptive for the first book, and it is unclear what "location-harvey" is for the second. Perhaps, to echo the sentiment on this week's Discussion Board, tagging is potentially a useful social networking tool but can be limited if the tags are too obscure or general to help in the information search.
Nevertheless, each book seems to be worth a look, potentially handy references for graduate students and for the practicing school librarian. Sounds like a summer reading project…
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