It starts with a Teacher Librarian...

Last week, I got an email from the OZTL_NET list serve that really got me thinking.

Barbara Braxton wrote a lovely thought provoking piece about how the "chain starts with the librarian".

 She explained how some of the biggest recent movie franchises got their start from a series of books and that these books would have been recommended to children by their teacher librarians.  From there these books spiralled into such overwhelming popularity that thousands of people's livelihoods now depend upon the  word of a teacher librarian.  These people being "the actor to [the] theatre usher, not to mention all the side-shoots like those in the publishing and printing industries, the manufacturers of the commercial spin-offs; the employees in the theme parks or even the cleaner/nanny/driver the author, agent or bookshop owner might now employ."

It truly is an amazing thought that the word of a teacher librarian can be so powerful.  Goes to show that we are not as redundant as many people seem to think we are becoming. 

Currently Reading: Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (book 1 of A Song of Ice and Fire)

ETL 401 Attempt Number 3

Hopefully this year, life won't get in the way. Teaching, nannying, having a life of my own and studying. It is quite a lot to juggle.

I am back again for another attempt at ETL 401, the second subject of my Masters of Education (Teacher Librarianship) at Charles Sturt University.  After a year of withdrawing from subjects I have finally completed ETL 503 over the summer session.  ETL 503 was an immense challenge and the assignments were very challenging for someone who was not working in a library.

This year though, things are looking up and I have found myself in a primary school library at least 2 days a week.  I am acting as Teacher Librarian in a small sized primary school in the ACT and find myself teaching all of the students in grades 3 to 6 and undertaking all of the admin tasks in the library.  The schools normal TL is working in an executive position within the school and is taking all of the junior grades for their library sessions.

I have also been lucky enough to work a relief day in a library at another school and it was great to get the chance to compare and contrast the library set up and organisational methods. It has given me a few new ideas.

To round off this post before I get back into my study this rainy weekend, I wanted to share this beautiful video that has been going around, particularly  after it has done so well at the Oscars. Looks like it is soon to be turned into a picture book!

The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore by Moonbot Studios

Currently Reading: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (book 2 of The Hunger Games trilogy).