Competency #5: Tagging/Indexing/Cataloging

Resource: Reading Magic: Why Reading to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever by Mem Fox

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Tag URL: http://www.librarything.com/work/361027

Description of Resource:
I chose this book because I am interested in being a children's librarian and in promoting literacy among children. Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever by Mem Fox looks like a good resource for anyone interested in promoting reading. As an elementary librarian, I need to learn effective ways to read aloud to children and to promote story hour with the teachers and the school. Two aspects of this book caught my eye: 1) Mem Fox discusses three secrets to reading (I am curious about what they are), and 2), she provides tips on finding good books to read aloud.

Competency #4: RSS Feed

Name: Share a Story--Shape a Future (Building a community of readers, one person at a time.

RSS Feed Link: http://shareastory-shapeafuture.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Blog Link: http://shareastory-shapeafuture.blogspot.com/

Rationale: This blog feed contains valuable information about the topic of children's literacy and how to bring up readers. The site is for librarians, parents, teachers, writers, and avid readers. It even has a link to Scrub-a-Dub-Tub, which was the related blog that I featured in Competency #2. Included in this blog are recommended reading lists for young children to young adults. Other features in this site include the following: "Literacy Resource Sites," "Read Aloud Resources," "Share a Story 2009: The Complete Index," "News," "Creative Literacy Resources," and more. This is a useful resource for those interested in promoting literacy and in becoming a children's to young adult librarian--and in my case, an elementary school librarian.

Competency #3: Podcast

Name of Podcast: Reading Rockets Presents Meet the Author

Link to Podcast: http://www.readingrockets.org/podcasts/authors

(Note: I found this site through ITUNES, so if you have an ITUNES account you can access many of these audio interviews, but I am including the actual website, which will have video podcasts in addition to the audio.)

Description: This is a podcast that interviews the crème de la crème of children’s book authors and illustrators. The podcast is geared not just towards children but towards adults as well. The interviews can be accessed as audio or video, and you can also find transcripts on the interviews. The following list is just a taste of some of the authors interviewed: Laurie Halse Anderson, Mem Fox, Avi, Janet Wong, Nikki Giovanni, R.L. Stine, Jon Scieszka, Laurence Yep and many more. (Caveat: The actual website provides you with links to access the video podcasts through Google or videostreaming and most of the audio podcasts through ITUNES. However, I found that I could not access all of the videostreaming links, but I had no problems with the Google links.)

Rationale for Inclusion: I chose this podcast because it meets my library type and topic. I am interested in Elementary School Libraries and/or specialized Children’s Libraries, and the topic I am interested in is promoting literacy. I think this is a great resource for librarians and educators because it uses media in an interesting way and can generate an interest in children to read new authors and encourage them to keep reading the authors who are already their favorites. I also chose this podcast because the customer ratings on ITUNES gave it five stars, which is the top rating.

Search Engine Used: ITUNES

Competency #2: Related Blogs

Name of Blog & Link:
I found a great blog for promoting literacy among children. When I did my search, I found this site under the name "Children's Literacy and Reading News Roundup," but when you go to the website, the title is "The Reading Tub," and the link is http://childrens-literacy.com/

Description (copied and pasted from the blogsite):

About
The Reading Tub is a nonprofit that promotes literacy by encouraging families to read together. This blog is our way of enjoying and engaging in the conversation about raising readers.

If you’d like to chat about books or literacy, please send an email to thereadingtub [at] gmail [dot] com.

If you’re interested in a book review, check out the Book Review Policy page or visit our website to read our book review policy.

Rationale (and My Description) of the Blog:
I chose this blog because it is professional and engages in the topic of raising readers and promoting literacy, which is something that I want to learn more about. It has a lot of great features, such as a Weekly News section, links to author blogs, links to booklists, book networking, librarian and teacher blogs, etc. I like the layout of this website and the content and look forward to exploring it because it appears to have a wealth of information on the subject of children's literacy.

Search Engine Used:

GoogleBlog
http://blogsearch.google.com/

ISAR Competencies (LS 5013-22)

Competency #1: Blog's Purpose

The purpose of this blog is to meet competency requirements for my Information Storage and Retrieval course (LS 5013-22). The library types that I am interested in are Elementary School Libraries or specialized Children's libraries. The topic area I am most interested in at this point is the promotion of literacy for emerging, struggling, and/or reluctant readers.