The Library is My Happy Place

Image created by Holly Broadland for LIBE 462 using WordSwag app As I am currently a classroom teacher anticipating my first days as a teacher librarian, I look at the role of the teacher librarian with idealism and optimism. In past courses towards my teacher librarianship diploma, I have focused on the relationships a TL develops with students, teachers, admin, parents, and other teacher librarians as one of the major aspects of the role. I see the TL as the connector between people and knowledge. Teacher librarian as connector, image from FotographieLink on Pixabay I continue to believe that being able to develop relationships with the school community is an essential aspect of the job. If no one likes the librarian, people aren't going to want to go to the library and collaborate! Chocolate chip cookies, photo by Holly Broadland I created a Padlet in LIBE 462 entitled Collaboration in the Library . It includes my thoughts on how to encourage collaboration, and...

University Hill Library reference section, photo by Holly Broadland Additional area of University Hill Elementary reference section, photo by Holly Broadland At University Hill Elementary, we have a well-stocked reference section that includes both print and digital resources. As our digital resources are purchased on a district level and teacher librarians don't make the decisions about which online resources we select, I have chosen to look at our school's print materials. The resource I decided to evaluate is The Nystrom Atlas of Canada and the World . When I assessed our collection this resource stood out as an outdated book and our teacher librarian agreed that it would be a priority to update our atlases. At our library, we have a class set of the 2005 edition of this atlas. As Reference Skills for the School Librarian by Riedling states that "a world atlas that is five years old portrays enough obsolete information to be considered only for historical pur...