Or the instructors could post to LM-Net that students are doing xyz
assignment. Like the public librarians always ask us to inform them (and
I always forget and am putting in as a professional goal this coming
year).
Or have part of assignment to ask another libriarian, AFTER doing steps
a-g, for personal example, etc. And explain that in the post to the
lib/LM-Net.
Not that we are unqualified, but my personal experience of dealing with
_Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark_ is probably not the same as
another's experiences with _Catcher in the Rye_. So the student would
need to be doing a big chunk of resource evaluation (and/or getting a
lot of responses).
For the EdTech list, which is moderated, we will send back requests that
sound too much like assignments. With a request to note what research
has been done, and/or narrow focus, etc, or point to archives and a
couple of resources. Hmmm, sounds a bit like steps 1&2 of Big6.....
But, going back to the original post,(OT-Need censorship challenge From:
Kathy Cool July 1), it sounds like she hadn't found info like ALA's
Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom but was relying on a newspaper
database search. I wonder what resources were mentioned in class.
Robert Eiffert, Media Specialist
Pacific Middle School
Evergreen SD, Vancouver Washington
beiffert@egreen.wednet.edu
beiffert@crypticmachinery.net
> Hello;
> The request by this student is a particular frustration to me. I am an
> adjunct instructor at the SUNY Albany School of Information Science &
> Policy. I also give my students assignments about materials challenges
> in schools. The class I teach is titled Administration of School Media
> Programs. The students are aspiring library media specialists. I am
> not against the personal interview as a form of information gathering.
> However all decent sized libraries have materials on this issue.
> Before answering this question, as a librarian, I would ask this
> student "Where have you already looked?" As an instructor of future
> librarians, I expect my students to emulate a librarian and do an
> exhaustive search locally before going beyond the region to find
> information. Graduate level assignments and projects are not meant to
> be scavenger hunts. I would respectfully ask LM_Net members to refrain
> from providing information to library media students for their
> projects. Please don't do their homework for them. There is a lot to
> be said for students getting directly to the content without doing a
> search ( and we know that location skills are often on the bottom of
> the hierarchy). However, I do believe that there is a lot of learning
> in the search. You know, getting there is half the fun. Searching for
> resources themselves provides LMS students with an example of the
> frustration their students might feel one day, an opportunity to hone
> their location skills and finally, an awareness of the availability of
> local resources on a particular content area. BTW - this is not meant
> to be personally directed at the individual who posted the request.
> She has exhibited good management skills by delegating her work - to
> you! Thanks for letting me vent!
>
>
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