Thank you Barbara, what a good response. I too try to keep things as
similar to other libraries as possible. I decided right from the start
that Reading Counts books needed to be shelved with the other books, but
should be marked to reflect they are Reading Counts books. I am the one
who said I put mine in special containers, but put that container on the
shelf or close to the shelf. I to found my students are reading these
books more. They are easier for them to find and once they find they
like a series they can easily find the other books in the series.
Sometimes we do have to do what makes access to books easiest for our
students. After all, encouraging reading and fostering a love of
reading is as much part of our jobs as is information problem solving.
Barbara Braxton wrote:
>Dear Ruie
>Of course you are not the only one in the world who thinks we should be
>teaching our students information problem solving skills - every one of us
>does that and just because we make some things easier to access, especially
>in the elementary school where most of the respondents so far are from, does
>not mean we are neglecting that aspect.
>
>I believe that effective and efficient information literacy skills are built
>on an ability and a desire to read, and if we can develop this through
>attracting students (especially boys) to the library in the first place, and
>then to books through easier, non-discriminatory access, then we are more
>likely to have success in other areas.
>
>Since I made my Select-A-Series section, my boys (the majority under 11
>years old) have been its main users. Before, they would get a Guinness Book
>of Records or a Where's Wally and while away their borrowing time with their
>mates and not take anything home. (In my school, each class as a borrowing
>time independent of my lessons with them - it's a timetable thing over which
>I have little input.)
>
>Barbara
>
>Barbara Braxton
>Teacher-Librarian
>Palmerston District Primary School
>PALMERSTON ACT 2913
>AUSTRALIA
>
>T. 61 2 6205 6162
>F. 61 2 6205 7242
>W. http://www.palmdps.act.edu.au
>E. barbara@iimetro.com.au
>Together, we learn from each other.
>
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