LIB 101 Introduction to Library Services for Paraprofessionals
Fall
2011 -- Instructor Krista Goguen
Week 2 (9/6/11) Focus on School Libraries and Special Libraries
Discussion and review of reading and reading response 1
Turn in the names of the libraries you will visit for assignment 1.
School Libraries
Lecture Notes: School Libraries (correction: current link California Model School Library Standards)
Guest Speakers: School librarians
Betsy Kahn, Librarian, South Pasadena Middle School School bkahn@fc.spusd.net
South Pasadena Middle School LIbrary Pasadena Area Book GroupSheila MacDowell, Librarian, Crossroads School, smacdowell@xrds.org
Summer Reading Guide 21st Century Literacy Guide
School Library links
Special Libraries
Lecture notes: Special Libraries (pdf)
Special Library links
- Special Library Association
- Special library examples: Library of Congress; National Library of Medicine; Los Angeles Law Library
Creating your Special Library Brochure: Using a Word Brochure template (3 fold)
#1: Compare and Contrast Public, Academic and Special Libraries (45 points) Due 9/27
#2 Special Library Brochure (20 points) - bring your text to work on in class 9/20. Brochure due 10/11
Reading: Textbook chapters 1 and 3
Reading Response 2: Ch. 3 (due 9/13): Select one type of library in chapter 3 that interests you as a workplace, describe the characteristics of this type of library and why it interests you. List 2-3 things you learned about this type of library from reading chapter 3.
Next week: Academic Libraries, Information Literacy, Public Libraries
9/6/11