1.
Subject Guide
- (Group project) Select your group (2 groups of 3 students) according
to your interest - Subject Guide #1 or Subject Guide #2. Would like to
have one group select Subject Guide #1 and the other Subject Guide #2,
but I could be convinced to have both groups select the same one. Examples
of Subject Guides. Also,
we have some students from my Reference Course in which we did a Subject
Guide project and they will be an excellent resource for us!!
Choice of Subject Guide Project:
1. Create a Subject Guide
For Your School Library Staff on beginning cataloging.
Ideal situation: Interview school librarians (preferably, however,
can interview non-school librarians. Also, can use research from successful
sites or both.
If you can't interview school librarians the DT comes into play as you
become more experts from the research. (Not limited to scholarly resources
but emphasis on trade library sites, library websites, blogs, etc.This
is a collection of resources of various media - articles - videos - webinars
- illustrations - blogs - etc.
2. Create a Subject Guide for students
that re-defines Dewey.
(This could be used to educate students to make book selections easier.
Ideal situation: Interview students and school librarians following
DT guidelines. Sometimes ideal is not possible and we will discuss that.
If you can't interview students and school librarians the DT comes into
play as you become more experts from the research. (Not limited to scholarly
resources but emphasis on trade library sites, library websites, blogs,
etc. This is a collection of resources of various media - articles - videos
- webinars - illustrations - blogs - etc.
In the planning
and Design Thinking phase we will use the 5 categories:
1. Empathize 2.Define 2. Ideate 3. Prototype 4.Test. For
more info refer to
Design Thinking. The planning
for your project can be done on your Blackboard Group section.
The final project can be done in MS Word, Powerpoint, websites such as
Blogger, Wix, Weebly, WordPress, Classroom Wiki, or others....
Field Visit Reflection - Visit an academic or public library to observe the cataloging process of entering new material into the library's collection. Write a reflection experience (keep names confidential) and post it on the designated discussion forum. Post a response to another post each post (We have a small class and should respond to each post (6 posts).
3. Cataloging in MARC - (Group Project)
Participation within your assigned groups - role playing - group/peer project consulting and critiquing - Design Thinking exercises - Weekly Bb discussion postings from readings. (Bb discussion detailed): On the discussion board, post message by the deadline that is specified in your course schedule. Comment on readings. Your review should be long enough to make your point and to the relevance of the material I've avoided word counts, etc on this.
Make one response to another students posting with your reaction/discussion to the material. Clarify your rationale. The purpose of the discussions is to promote information exchanges and develop content expertise and build a learning community of sharing.
Project