3.1 Efficient and Ethical Information Seeking Behavior
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Reference resources and information seeking have changed dramatically in the media center in recent years. My artifacts for this standard reflect this change. I selected my Database and Reference Website evaluations: web based reference tools designed to better meet diverse student information needs. Students visit the media center not only for pleasure reading and a love of literacy, but also to learn information seeking behavior and develop reference skills.
The strengths of these artifacts are in the variety of resources detailed. For these assignments, my classmates and I were working to explore resources for an assortment of subject areas and grade levels. Although these resources could be now more specifically aligned to my current school’s grade levels and needs, I use my original assignments as a starting point. From these documents I can add updated tools and new websites as my colleagues and I discover them. As reference content creators we work to provide greater accommodations for all students, I can use the critical skills developed with these evaluations to best spend my budget on web based subscription databases. Supporting students with audio based options, interactive text features, and high quality reference texts can ensure that all students are able to get the information they need in the format that best meets their needs.
Although these documents are older examples, I plan to use this same format to continue to advocate for media center needs. Budgeting and policies often take time to catch up to educational trends. I currently work with a small subscription budget, with the logic that our print subscriptions are declining in use. A document like this one that clearly outlines updated web options with reviews for their outstanding features could be the evidence our administration needs to make changes. These artifacts represent one means of ensuring student information needs are met.
The strengths of these artifacts are in the variety of resources detailed. For these assignments, my classmates and I were working to explore resources for an assortment of subject areas and grade levels. Although these resources could be now more specifically aligned to my current school’s grade levels and needs, I use my original assignments as a starting point. From these documents I can add updated tools and new websites as my colleagues and I discover them. As reference content creators we work to provide greater accommodations for all students, I can use the critical skills developed with these evaluations to best spend my budget on web based subscription databases. Supporting students with audio based options, interactive text features, and high quality reference texts can ensure that all students are able to get the information they need in the format that best meets their needs.
Although these documents are older examples, I plan to use this same format to continue to advocate for media center needs. Budgeting and policies often take time to catch up to educational trends. I currently work with a small subscription budget, with the logic that our print subscriptions are declining in use. A document like this one that clearly outlines updated web options with reviews for their outstanding features could be the evidence our administration needs to make changes. These artifacts represent one means of ensuring student information needs are met.