Collection Evaluation. 5.1 forum

As the readings suggest I would be looking at using both quantitative and qualitative methods of evaluation to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the collection regarding, teacher’s needs, student individual learning needs and wants and curriculum requirements.

Evaluating a library’s collection to highlight strengths and weakness that can assist in satisfying the needs and wants of client and the goals of the library is the major consideration when conducting an evaluation. Therefore, evaluating the collection will outweigh the difficulties associated with performing an evaluation and the most appropriate method outweighs the selection of the most simple method.

With time restraint I believe the best method would be to complete an evaluation of a section at a time, focusing first on the section in need of a clear change.

I do recognise that there are barriers associated with collection evaluation such as experienced staff, collecting data, deciding what to do with the data and of course time, that will greatly affect who, when and how a collection evaluation is done.

Creative Commons. 4.3 forum

 

Locate at least 3 Creative Commons licensed resources. Write a short description of each, and create a label containing the correct attribution for the resource.

 

University of Oxford

World War 1 Centenary

http://ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/

Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Description

This Creative Common licenced resource is an educational collection of WW1 learning resources. Expert article, audios, lecture videos, interactive maps and ebooks.

Harvard Kennedy School

Journalist’s Resource

http://journalistsresource.org/

Attribution

3.0 Unported license

Description

This creative common licenced resources in a data base of credible scholarly articles relevant to educators, students and general readers

M. Mendell

Mr. M's 4th Grade Wiki

http://mendell.wikispaces.com/Spelling

Attribution

Share-Alike

3.0 License

This Creative Common licenced resource provides explicit spelling activities for primary school students.

Two Quiz Questions on Copyright 4.2 forum

1.      While students are working out in the fitness lab, can a teacher use their laptop to play music in the background?

2.       A teacher hires a DVD from the video store to play for students on the bus of a school excursion. Are copyright laws being infringed?

Wheeler Platform. 3.4 forum

Can I use this in a school? (Is a school a non-commercial enterprise?)

Yes this is appropriate

 Can I copy this content and distribute to multiple devices? How many copies?

No

Can I convert this content into a different format?

No it will be illegal

Can I share it with another school, eg interlibrary loan?

Yes, this is possible within the college structure I work in. Students from other two campuses can borrow  books through this platform

Will I own this content if I stop subscribing?

No

What if the publisher removes it from sale?

It remains in your virtual library

Can I preview this content, or receive a refund if it is not what I was led to believe?

Can preview content no refund

School Library Suppliers checklist. 3.3 forum

Draw up a checklist of the desirable qualities that you would look for in preferred school library suppliers.

School suppliers need the following qualities;

Australian

Provide the option of hard copy and ebook able to be downloaded on different platforms

Reasonably priced

Array of non-fiction and fiction

Array of teacher resources that are linked to curriculum needs

Easy and accessible costumer service

Contact is made if new resources come out

Prompt delivery

Key issues in funding. 3.1 fourm

What are the key issues in funding a school library that you are familiar with?

As I’m not currently working in a library I’m somewhat vague on any issue associated with budgeting in a library, in fact I have no experience with budgeting in any area of a school. Reading Lamb and Johnson (2007) 'Program administration: Budget management' eduScapes, revealed many aspects of budgeting that I have never thought of. Other than collaboration, this reading provide many insights on how to budget with aspect such as formats, needs based, fetes, fundraisers, including students in the process, categorisation of formats and services. What I believe to be most important highlighted by Lamb and Johnson is the need for the librarian to be credible and to justify every purchase and monies spent in the library budget. Another thought to be considered is the value placed on resourcing the National Curriculum and how to budget using the procedures explained in this article.

How would you calculate the cost per student of this library's collection?

Collate the cost of all resources (book, clickview, DVD’s, magazines etc) to for the year and divide that number by the total number of students. Additionally, wages and other technology (laptops, cameras) could be included into this calculation.

Covert Censorship

Moody, K. (2005). Covert censorship in libraries: A discussion paper. Australian Library Journal, 54(2), 138-147.

How does Moody's discussion relate to your experience in school libraries?

Reading Moody’s article has revealed to me many aspects of censorship that I would not have ever thought of. This was a thought provoking article that has highlighted censorship issues that I may have been guilty of if working in a library. It appears that there is no escape from commercialism and politics as they continue to challenge the freedom of uncensored information through policy, repetition and bright fancy advertisements.