Mrs. Welsh's Reading Nook

Introduction At the start of this course I wasn’t really sure what to expect. At first, I was thinking well Reference material is Reference material, not much else to it. Boy was that a misconception. I knew right from defining some of the introduction terms that I would be learning a lot about Reference resources. My first stop was to my school's current Teacher Librarian (TL). Personally I had not really thought about using reference resources, as I usually jumped right on google to find the answer to my questions. I found that our current Library Learning Commons (LLC) had a reference section that was tucked away in the teacher area and all the resources were more than 20 years old. Our school isn’t even 20 years old. My takeaway from this theme is that Google is not the only place to get information and that there is still a need for students to be exposed to physical reference materials. I am not currently a TL but this course and many of my others have done a fabulous job on

  Introduction The transition from a traditional school library to a Library Learning Centre (LLC) is allowing students and teachers to use the space in a whole new way. The re-designed curriculum needs the LLC to be a place where the school community can come and do inquiry, collaborate and feel supported in their learning journey. Is our current LLC ready and able to guide the community to answer their burning questions? Analysis Our current LLC has not seen any changes to the reference section for over 5 years. All of the physical reference materials are in a back room that students do not have access to. The resources are outdated by more than 15 years and the reading accessibility would only be suited for our more proficient readers in the school. Our district subscribes to many digital reference resources such as, World Book Kids, National Geographic Kids, EbscoHost, Canoe and Tigtag. The school community has full access to these resources while at school, and some of them even h