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Boston College Libraries contain a great number of resources useful for the study of children's literature. The Educational Resource Center (ERC) has a rich collection in the area of children's literature in both fiction and non-fiction. The collection includes titles ranging from teaching with children's literature to outstanding titles in children's literature. In addition, the collection contains classic titles in children's literature, award winning titles, reviews of children's literature, picture books, concept books, big books, best books for children and information about authors and illustrators. New books are added monthly to the collection and are evaluated for their quality. The reference collection at the ERC features many useful print bibliographies to assist patrons in selecting specific titles based on a child's age, subject interest or genre. The entire collection may be accessed through Quest, the online catalog.

#4 Tagging/Indexing/Cataloging

After I created my Librarything account, I found it difficult to navigate and do what I wanted to do. I practiced navigating the website by doing the tutorials. It helped me go through the website.
Here is a sample of the tagging for Nightmare at the Bookfair by Dan Gutman.
http://www.librarything.com/work/5332594/book/47093369


Tags
(1) advance proof JUV fiction(1) advanced copy(1) Adventure(1) Angela(1) books(2) boys(1) children's(1) comments(1) dec08(1) dreaming(1) dreams(1) educational(1) Fantaasy(1) fiction(3) genres(1) goodreads(1) grade 4(1) grade 5(1) grade 6(1) Grades 4-6(1) hb(1) j(1) jFIC(1) jrF Gut(1) juvenile(1) Juvenile Fiction(2) nightmares(1) quick read(1) read(1) reading(2) reading bookfair(1) reluctant readers(1) school(1) school book fair(1) school stories(1) science fiction(1) tbr(1) Unreviewed(1) wk(1)
▼Recommendations
LibraryThing recommendations
Lost and Found by Andrew Clements
Masterpiece by Elise Broach
Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look
My One Hundred Adventures by Polly Horvath
Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Writing Thank-you Notes (Moxy Maxwell) by Peggy Gifford
All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn
Canned by Alex Shearer
Oggie Cooder #1 (Oggie Cooder) by Sarah Weeks

Elementary Podcast

http://polandcs.4vqzl21.remote.schoolcenter.com/education/components/docmgr/default.php?sectiondetailid=9675&PHPSESSID=c971210cf156384d11a153ff0c315a8e
Poland Elementary Library
Podcasts created by Mrs. Mary P. Sundberg, MLS

I searched several different places to get elementary library podcasts. Using Google searching under podcasts Elementary Library, I came upon many elementary schools that had podcasts in the library.
I chose this Elementary because it had books reviewed by students. This will be something I can challenge my students to do.

Competency #2

Here is a short entry from a related blog I chose to print. I'm interested in understanding students who are reluctant to read. This was a powerful blog to me because I never thought of empowering students to pick up a book and drop it if they are not interested reading it. This will have a significant impact on those students who feel bad about not liking a book that other students are interested in.
http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/?p=572
The search engine I used was Google. I used several search engines that were recommended from our class. However, this blog really captured my interest.
I had difficulty pasting it into my blog so I'm going to submit this for the time being and then work on cutting and pasting.



A (Reluctant) Reader’s Bill of Rights
I’m a big fan of Daniel Pennac’s Readers Bill of Rights. As a librarian- but mostly as a reader- it comforts me and has often empowered me to put down a book I wasn’t enjoying. In case you haven’t seen it in a while:
1. The right to not read
2. The right to skip pages
3. The right to not finish
4. The right to reread
5. The right to read anything
6. The right to escapism
7. The right to read anywhere
8. The right to browse
9. The right to read out loud
10. The right to not defend your tastes
I often find myself invoking these rights when encouraging reluctant readers. The right to skip pages, the right to browse, the right to reread (and reread and reread) are all tenets that have helped me begin to unite young (often reluctant) readers with books they will enjoy. A few months ago, however, I found myself wanting more. I began positing the creation of a Reluctant Reader’s Bill of Rights. I posted the idea on my personal blog and encouraged visitors to add their own additions. Here’s what we came up with:
The right to read at your own pace.
The right to choose whatever book you want.
The right to read graphic novels and manga.
The right to read magazines.
The right to read non-fiction.
The right to not like a book.
The right to read books published for different age levels

First Time Blogging

HD - This is the first step in fulfilling my class for LS 5013-22 at Texas Woman's University.
The purpose of this Blog is to help me learn different competencies associated with being able to be a better librarian. Staying on top of the newest and latest technology available for libraries is what is vital to becoming a librarian in the new millennium.
I'm interested in elementary librarianship. The focus of this Blog will be working on a class project in Collection Development with Dr. Akin on reluctant readers grades 3-5.