Competency #5

adult non-fiction (1) informational (1) librarians (1) librarianship (1) libraries (8) library (4) library information (1) library school (1) library science (8) Library work books (1) literacy (2) LMS (1) non-fiction (4) policies (1) professional (3) programming (1) programs (2) reference (3) reference core collection (1) services (1) slis library young adults pat feehan literature (1) teen (1) teenagers (1) teens and libraries (1) teens services (1) YA (3) young adult (1) young adults (4) youngadults (1) youth services

www.librarything.com/work/46375

For my resource, I chose Connecting Young Adults and Libraries by Patrick Jones. I think that getting the young adult demographic and the library on the same page will be a real challenge that I will face in my future career. It is important to be aware of all of the resources that are out there to help me.

Competency #4

I choose to add the Association for Library Service to Children RSS feed to my blog. This organization is a division of the American Library Association and serves as a platform for children's librarians to share information with each other. The section of the site that i found particular helpful is the advocacy section. This are of the site offers free tips and materials for librarians to use to help promote libraries to kids and their parents in their communities.

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/index.cfm

Competency #3

I used www.podscope.com and searched "children's literature". Out of the results, I chose NPR's All Things Considered podcast called "Kid's Books with Lessons for Life". This podcast is great because it includes interviews with people in the children's book industry describing their picks for books to help children. Even better, many of the picks are followed by sample readings by children of the chosen books. At the bottom of the page, NPR lists podcasts that it thinks are also related to children's literature, which makes browsing so easy. I often listen to NPR's All Things Considered, but my commute is only about 30 minutes, so I miss alot. It's great to know that many of their programs are preserved for free playback as podcasts.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story.php?storyId=4160838

Competency #2

I decided to look for a blog that would give me some good ideas for community activities to use in the children's department of a public library. I found oplkids.wordpress.com which is a blog run by the librarians at the Ossining Public Library Children's Room. I used blogsearch.google.com to locate this blog.

Here is an excerpt from their blog:

January 15th, 2010

The Children's Room Needs Your Legos

In anticipation of our newly developed Friday afternoon Lego Club, we are looking for donations of new or gently used Legos. Please feel free to drop them off in the Children's Room. Details about Club dates and meeting time will follow once we have collected enough Legos to insure a fun time for all. Please help us out in this fabulous new endeavor.

My vision for a children's library is one that focuses not only on providing access to great books for children, but focuses on bringing children and their families into the library and forging a relationship with them for life. A child that is already comfortable with the library system is one who is more likely to turn to it for information later in life.

I think that a lego club is such a clever idea. Its a healthy activity, easy for librarians to store, and something that a lot of people have to donate. The activity can also be as quiet or as social as you want.