Teacher Librarian

Young Children's Encyclopedia  Part 1: Current Reference Resource In My School: Young Children's Encyclopedia Young Children's Encyclopedia Retrieved from Google Purpose An Encyclopedia is a book of knowledge or academically refereed to as a reference resource. The purpose of a Young Children’s Encyclopedia is to provide information to children in a kid friendly format. Often Encyclopedias come in volumes usually in alphabetic order. An Encyclopedia has a variety of topics and articles dealing with a range of knowledge. This specific anthology comes in alphabetical order in volumes 1 to 16. Relevancy The intended audience in the Young Children’s Encyclopedia is for primary students (grade one to grade four). The table of contents is set out very clearly with bolded subtopic with a title and page number.   This provides the audience easy access to find information in the anthology efficiently. Unfortunately the information in this set is not appropriate for

As Teacher Librarians it is our job to help teachers, students and the school community with gathering information, planning, and researching. With my schools slow transition from a Traditional Library to a Learning Commons the role of a Librarian has changed, yet still just as important.  Capstone Publishers video “School LibrariesMatter: The Changing Role of the School Librarian” goes into detail about the changing roles of the librarian.  Video Retrieved from You Tube Ann Rielding also believes that a “Learning Commons model envision libraries as information hubs supporting learners by providing library resources, technology tools and support, tutoring, and other academic support services, all in one central location” (pg. 116). This will be very difficult to obtain in my school since we do not have an actual certified Librarian. With that said I think it is even more important to teach students the skills to be successful at searching, accessin