It has been a while now since I finished assignment 1 for ETL503. As soon as I finished it I had to move onto the ETL401 assignment 1, and then once that was finished I just ignored uni stuff completely for a while... I felt I deserved it... (I probably didn't).
I found the assignment experience rather a stressful one (not unusual at all for me). But I did learn from it. I learned about the selection and acquisition processes that I will need to utilise as a teacher librarian. Actually, I really only learned about the selection process, I am worried that I did not talk about the acquisition process enough... but that is not important now (at least not until I receive the assignment back with scribble all over it...).
Selection:
I learned that I need to make sure I get information from a variety of sources. When I am working in a school I will ensure I get ideas from students and staff, but I will also rely on some of the resources I started to discover when doing this assignment - bookshops/websites, reviews and bibliographies. I now have access to a few of these, and I am sure I will learn about more as time goes on. I know how to use them. I learned to check resources on multiple sites to ensure they are suitable. I learned that suitable means suitable for the context it is being acquired for - this needs to be taken into account at all times. Just because a book has a good review or is in a bibliography does not mean it is suitable for the age-group you are buying for for example.
The assignment allowed me to imagine what it will be like as a teacher librarian, having to be aware of what is lacking in the school's collection, and to carefully work out what resources will address that deficiency. It was quite exciting even imagining the collection I came up with, and the difference it could make - how good would it be to do it in real life one day!
I look forward to it....
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