Something New

I have been playing around with Jing--creating screenshots and screencasts.  Click the link below to hear/view my book talk about Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes.

Ninth Ward Book Talk

Day in the life and how do I get there

The blog assignment is coming to an end, which has me reflecting on the end—the goal of the class, or all the classes I am taking.  What would it be like to be a youth services librarian?  

Abby the Librarian has recently posted a couple of ‘days in the life of a children’s librarian.’  See how her days went here and here.  

Since Abby works at a public library, I searched the Internet for a couple of days in the life of a school librarian.  I found a couple of interesting days, one at Heart of the School and the other at Support School Libraries (teacher-librarian).

Caitlyn posted a snap shot of a day at a public library on her blog that made me smile.

Now, how do I get there?  Finish up with classes, go on the market, interview, etc.
Abby the Librarian posted some tips for applying and interviewing for positions.  She had recently been interviewing for positions at her library.

"Cool--I can get my sister to check it out for me"

So that is what I heard today from one of my students.  We were going over homework at the end of the day and the students were talking about book report books.  One young man mention the book he wanted to read and another told him that it wasn’t at our school library.  I seized the opportunity to teach them how they could find out where they could check it out in our area.  I asked if they knew where they could look online.  They knew that they could go to the public library website to see if the book was available there and sites for purchasing the book.  My interactive whiteboard was on and connected to my computer so I loaded up the WorldCat site.  We put in our zip code and the title of the book.  Sure enough you could find it at our public library but it was also ‘on the shelf’ at two of the local high schools.  You can search WorldCat from the public library site but it requires some setting changes.

Hopefully, I have given my students another tool they can use when looking for specific books…. and this young man’s sister checks something out for herself too.