Librarians the Information Specialists; What is a Reference Collection and How to Build Them
Role of a Teacher Librarian The role of a teacher librarian is a big one. They must connect with colleagues and students to curate an up to date and relevant selection of references, they must guide students through the inquiry process to help them find proper resources and ultimately help them become critical researchers, they must also also working cooperatively and collaboratively with classroom teachers in planning units and providing resources when needed as well as constantly researching resources while weeding older irrelevant material and budgeting to add new resources into their libraries. All this can only be done with proper knowledge of the library media collection, effective communication skills as well as a strong capability to evaluate resources. What is a reference source? Riedling states that a reference source " can be defined as material...