Librarian's Blog from a School Near Me

I used http://blogsearch.google.com/?ui=blg to search and decided to use the keywords 'elementary libraries,' and I got a result for this librarian's blog. Her name is Keri Thrift and she is at Old Town Elementary School in Round Rock, TX. A link for her blog is included below the entry I have pasted here.

I really like her site because it lets parents and students know what's going on and ways they can be involved. She posts ways parents use the library as well as their child. She seems to use the library as an extension to the classroom. One of her posts was about the school science fair and the information she had provided 5th graders about conducting research. I find that fantastic! 

I like this particular blog post because it demonstrates how she interacts with students outside of their scheduled library visits. It can include students from different grades and classes because they join based on a book they have all read and completed an on-line survey about. She not only had them engaged in conversation about the book, but also had an extension activity that they were able to complete.  

The blog does have an RSS feed, which I have subscribed to. I'd like to continue to follow her blog to see other ways in which she utilizes her blog to involve and interact with students and parents. Here is an example:

“Found” Lunch @ the Library

October 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment
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Fourth and Fifth Graders had a great time coming to the lunch today to talk about the book Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix.  All students who have finished the book were invited to come talk about the book at lunch.  I provided discussion questions about the book and they ate and talked.  It was so great to see them excited about the book and about the Read it Forward program.  After they ate lunch, they went to the story pit to work on a wanted poster.  They got to pretend like they were one of the missing, decide which time period they would have been taken from, and design a wanted poster.   Much fun was had by all!
Check out the video!
Found Lunch

http://oteslibrary.edublogs.org/2009/10/15/found-lunch-the-library/

Initial Post

This is my initial blog post for the LS5013 course for the Spring 2010 semester. The purpose of this blog is to post work and evidence of learning throughout the semester.

I became interested in Library Science because I love books and discovering new authors. I know that I would like to have the option to not stay in the elementary classroom, but I still want to be in the elementary environment and work with students. So being an elementary school librarian will enable me to do just that.

To be honest, I am not sure about my "topic" area of interest, however, elementary school librarianship is my library area of interest. I am concurrently enrolled in "Information Professions," so perhaps as I go through that course my "topic" area will become lucid.