Assignment - due Sunday, Dec 5

Welcome back from our unexpectedly long Thanksgiving break. I hope you had a great time!

This week's assignment refers to the two articles that you were assigned to read two weeks ago. They are entitled "The Struggle for Human Rights" from the book Bill of Rights, and "Judicial Review," from The U.S. Constitution.

For each article, you must do the following:
1. Reread the article
2. Log in to Noodle Tools (we set it up a long time ago! See me if you need help)
3. Create a new project in Noodle Tools entitled "Constitutional Issues."
4. Create bib cards for each of the books that the articles came from (use the OPAC to get publishing information). Include an annotation that summarizes the article and tells how it might be useful in your research.
5. Create 3 notecards for each article. Each notecard will include: an important quotation from the article (3 sentences max); an explanation of its meaning in your own words; your ideas, connections and thoughts about its importance. The notecards will provide fields for each of these parts.
6. Share your project with me. The name of my dropbox is Constitutional Issues
7. Add a comment to this blog posting to let me know that you have completed the assignment. Please include any questions or problems that you have.

Welcome to Quarter 2 - November 15-19, 2010

We are off and running on the new quarter. This quarter we will concentrate on research skills and the library resources that can support you in your studies. I want you to continue to develop your library skills (circulation, organization, patron assistance), while becoming an expert in one or two databases. You will have a responsibility to teach that information, through a webcast, brochure, fact sheet, or live lesson. In order to work on research skills, we will do some research. We will focus the research on constitutional issues, thereby giving you some background for your CBA.

This week:
1. In a blog response, write about your SLA goals for the quarter. Take a look at your evaluation from last quarter to get some ideas. Set three goals for circulation, organization, and patron assistance in the library.
2. Read the two articles provided: "Judicial Review" and "The Struggle for Human Rights." These are your background articles for the research on constitutional issues. Keep these articles as we will annotate them on the blog next week!

yun mi's quarter goal review

this quarter goal: 1. know more about the library
2. improve skills on shelving
3. improve helping skill
4. know how to run circulation desk

1. i defiantly achieved this goal. since i started to work on library, i learned more a bout the library every single day.
2. i think i got the goal achieved but not completely. i know how to do a basic shelving and know how to read Dewy decimal but sometimes shelve book on the wrong area if there is lots of book by same author. but, i m getting my shelving better and better every day and getting faster and accurate.
   
3. well, there weren't lots of people coming to the library in the morning so there wasn't lots of people to help out but i helped the one who came in the morning best as i can.
4. defiantly nailed this goal. now i know how to run circulation desk without problem. ( but i still know how to out hold on items.)

next quarter goal:

• nail dewy decimal
• don't screw up on copier
• know where all the available resource belong in the library
• more helping

Madelines Quarter One Review

My goals for this quarter were:

•work on shelving Dewey Decimal stuff

•improve my people skills, in terms of helping patrons

•know the layout of the library and where all the books go



I have gotten a strong understanding of the Dewey system, and i don't screw up the order when the numbers get all specific (e.g. 601.6650). I actually find Dewey shelving easier than fiction shelving, because numbers are easier for me to think about, I guess.

I wouldn't say I have achieved this goal. I have been helping more people in the library, but I'm somewhat of a social misfit, so I think I better work on this goal in second quarter as well.

I know the layout of the library very well now, and shelving books is not a challenge. Though I haven't shelved books in the office, and I would like to be doing that more often

Goals for Next Quarter:

• keep improving my ability to help patrons

•be able to shelve books in the office bit of the library

• CONSISTENTLY put the little date stamp thingy in the back of the book! (I often forget when I am checking out a book to myself)

Quarer One Review

My Goals Were:
1.Learn where every type of book is shelved and how to shelve them.
2.Improve my ability to help patrons.
3.Improve my knowledge of the circulation desk.

I achieved my goals this quarter and am very happy with what I have learned. I now know where to shelve all kinds of books, even the ones in the office. I have been able to help patrons with more things as the quarter progresses. I have added many skills about the circulation desk to collection and now I can successfully accomplish the things I need to.

Patron Assistance:
I think I have been able to efficiently help the patrons who have come into the library this quarter. I have been able to answer questions and requests from patrons about the library. Also, I have asked questions when I needed to, and now have greatly increased my knowledge.

Library Organization/Administration:
I have been working really hard to keep the library in good shape this quarter. I was a little bit nervous with all the things that we were learning at the beginning of the year. Now I am able to keep the books neat without a problem.

Information Literacy Skills:
I am now fairly good at shelving books of all sorts. I understand that "nothing comes before something" when I am shelving nonfiction books. Also, I know that fiction books are shelved by the authors last name. I learned that if there are several books by the same author that you then move to alphabetizing by the title of the book. In addition, I learned why you might put the fifth book in the series before the first or second book in the series.

Possible Goals for Next Quarter:
1. Be more confident in the skills I have.
2. Increase my abilities to help patrons.
3. Start to be more independent.
4. Learn new information about research tools and the research process.

My goals were:
-to work on shelving the non-fiction books through the dewey decimal way.
-Become more familiare with the library and how it works.

Yes I have achieved my goals because I used the do you know dewey link on one of the blogs helping me better understand the dewey decimal system. Also, I shelved some non-fiction books too. And so far throughout learning all that I can about the library this quarter, I have figured out how it works.

A -patron assistance: I feel that I have been doing very well with patron assistance. I've been helping everyone with all of their questions and If I did not know the answer, I would ask Mrs. Merrigan or Mrs. Trumm. I've done very well in learning how to check in/out books for people also.

B-library organization/administration: I have done very well in the care and keeping of the library and its resources. I have to admit that when I started I was a little nervous when I started learning about the dewey decimal system, but now I'm very confident in it and shelving the non-fiction books and fiction books.

C-Information literacy skills: I have definitely increased my learning in being able to find books and information. When I started, I had a lot of trouble finding books in the library, but now I can find them very easily and also help others find them too.

Goal ideas for second quarter:
-further develop my learning with organization of the library.
-work more on the dewey decimal system.

Q1 Penultimate week assignments - Nov 1-Nov 5

Wow, it's November already!  We have several things to finish up before the end of the quarter.  All of you have done a great job of jumping in with both feet to learn about the library, its organization, and how to help our patrons and each other.  Being a "teacher" and "adviser" is a big part of what we ask you to do.  Within the next two weeks, we will meet for your quarter-end evaluation.  In order to prepare for that meeting, please do the following:

1. Look back at your goals from the beginning of the quarter (on blog). What were they? Did you achieve them? Describe this process in a blog comment.
2. Reflect on your achievements this quarter. In a blog comment below, write about your performance in these three areas: (a) Patron assistance (b) Library organization/administration (c) Information literacy skills. You might include stories about specific times when you really shone in these areas.
3.  Log in to your library account.  Under Catalog, go to "Resource Lists."  Create a new resource list called Q1 Reading Record.  Look up the books that you have read from our library this quarter in the catalog and click "Add to this list."  After you have added all your books, go back to "Resource Lists."  Choose the option "email this list" and send it to me at smerrigan@osd.wednet.edu.  Good job! 
4. Look forward to your goals and plans for next quarter. The focus will be the research process and research tools, while strengthening your SLA and library skills. What ideas do you have for 2nd quarter goals?

P.S. If you don't already know the meaning of "penultimate," look it up in a print dictionary and report in to me or Ms. Trumm.  :-)