Susan Waterworth's List: TIS Library Ideas

Using Google forms - very comprehensive guide.

scoop.it

Australian curriculum scope and sequence. Good one.

Alternative to library-centric information literacy scope and sequence from the divine Kim Cofino.

databases, etc., offered by Cengage

Talks about how to build a space where kids can do what new media researcher Mizuko Ito calls  "hanging out," "messing around" and "geeking out."

Possible template for our use.

slides

The National Yearof Reading launch is this week. To celebrate reading and make our fiction more user friendly we are rearranging it into popular genres. We already have an extensive Graphic novel collection which is housed separately and which has proved to be very popular both for casual in house reading and borrowing. It is brightly labelled and easy to find and browse so we decided to extend this idea to the rest of the fiction collection.

We started this process towards the end of last year and after much discussion and definition decided on a range of genres to suit our student population of Year 7 -12 boys.

My colleague Tabatha Paterson researched various definitions of genres and we took advice from June Wall and Dianne Mackenzie both of whom had reorganised their fiction collections.

Genres
Our initial focus is on these areas.

Other Worlds
Fantasy
Action and adventure
Crime and Mystery
Horror
Short Stories and 
Humour
This leaves a general section which then encompasses 
a. Historical fiction Story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting. Some facts may be true, but story is usually fictionalised.
b. Realism A story which, although untrue, could actually happen. Some events, people, and places may even be real.
c. Classics
d. Literary A story that delves into the human condition in some way. It is character driven and emphasises elegant language.

My next post will cover the logistics of the process and a further explanation of each of the genres.

Happy reading to all!
What are you doing to promote reading this year?