4.1 Networking within the Library Community
Click on the image below to visit my Media Center webpage
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The artifact that best represents my work as a part of a social and intellectual network of learners is the website I created during my Administration and Leadership course. During the course of our modules, my classmates and I had time to explore a variety of school library resources: websites, handbooks, and parent tools. This was a great learning experience: not only with the content of these sites, but also with the ease of access for users. This website is my own recreation of what I saw from other media centers. It also is a representation of what I found that needed improvement in accessing other county’s policies. This website contains a wealth of information for visitors to easily access. Many networks of learners can benefit from this site: curious administrators, parents, librarians from other counties, or even SLM students can find what they need here.
The strength of this web-based platform is in its accessibility! Not too many years ago, our county still shared much of this information via paper copies. A paper handbook is hard to share and harder to update. The experience of creating my own library website just as my county moved to a digital format was a meaningful one. I was able to see how change in access can make all of the difference for media center stakeholders, and I was also able to add personalization where necessary. I will strive to create a welcoming, friendly atmosphere in my physical space, and a website that mirrors that atmosphere.
One weakness for the site is the initial work it takes to make it meaningful to stakeholders. Website creation takes a lot of time! Much of the information on this site is from my prior McDaniel classes, so it will need slight updates in order to be relevant to current media users. I know our county’s next step is to update our school websites, so I’ll have this example ready when the opportunity comes along. Thanks to this experience, I feel comfortable and confident with creating an online representation of my media center for any network of learners to benefit from.
The strength of this web-based platform is in its accessibility! Not too many years ago, our county still shared much of this information via paper copies. A paper handbook is hard to share and harder to update. The experience of creating my own library website just as my county moved to a digital format was a meaningful one. I was able to see how change in access can make all of the difference for media center stakeholders, and I was also able to add personalization where necessary. I will strive to create a welcoming, friendly atmosphere in my physical space, and a website that mirrors that atmosphere.
One weakness for the site is the initial work it takes to make it meaningful to stakeholders. Website creation takes a lot of time! Much of the information on this site is from my prior McDaniel classes, so it will need slight updates in order to be relevant to current media users. I know our county’s next step is to update our school websites, so I’ll have this example ready when the opportunity comes along. Thanks to this experience, I feel comfortable and confident with creating an online representation of my media center for any network of learners to benefit from.