library leadership
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The Third Teacher by OWP/P Architects
The Third Teacher by OWP/P Architects My rating: 4 of 5 stars Upon finishing The Third Teacher, I immediately catalogued it and put it in our professional development resource section. The versatility of the experts that speak out for design in education in this book make it a rich read. It isn’t a how to,…
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Tuned out: Engaging the 21st century learner by Karen Hume
Tuned Out: Engaging The 21st Century Learner by Karen Hume My rating: 2 of 5 stars If you want a quick snapshot of all that’s happening in educational theory, this is the book for you. At the risk of sounding over-confident, this is exactly why this book was not for me. It’s a basic primer…
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Comprehension & Collaboration: Inquiry Circles in Action by Stephanie Harvey and Harvey Daniels
Comprehension & Collaboration: Inquiry Circles in Action by Stephanie Harvey & Harvey Daniels My rating: 3 of 5 stars A bit 101 for my taste. It was so busy trying to be all encompassing that I’m not sure it presented any new information…. It outlines the phases of the inquiry process very well, but doesn’t follow…
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Becoming a Great High School by Tim Westerberg
Becoming a Great High School: 6 Strategies and 1 Attitude That Make a Difference by Tim Westerberg My rating: 3 of 5 stars Westerberg manages to combine a whole whack of educational theorists work in this short book. We read it as a conversation starter for our department heads/administration/directions’ team day away which falls between…
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The collection dilemma
The seasons in the library always seem to be either weed and acquire, weed and acquire and then I found myself wondering about these collection questions: The Collection Dilemma
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Testing the limits of my catalogue
I am concerned about the availability and accessibility of our catalogue. Our catalogue is completely online and in 2012 we moved from the Horizon software to Workflows Symphony software for our circulation. While there are certain advantages to our new software, the cataloguing is still primarily controlled and managed at the board level. Maybe they’re…
threadbare beauty 