LIBE 477B

The Reference Interview and Collaborative Planning When I look back on my learning from module two, I have changed my mind about some things. I was  originally critical of the reference interview because of how challenging it is to do with the limited time I have. I realise now that by collaborating more closely with my teaching colleagues, I will be  better able to anticipate the general needs of the class and so have more time to devote to their  specific needs of individual students..   On the other hand, after reading my colleagues' blogs, I have a new criticism of the reference  interview. This is informed by a negotiations course I took from Misha Glouberman entitled “How to  Talk to People about Things”. In the course, he said one thing that has really stuck with me - before  any negotiation takes place, one needs to ask the other person whether they are ready or willing to take part in this negotiation. Or, as business consultant Galen Emanuele...

Introduction   The “Children’s Atlas of the World” and “The Indigenous People’s Atlas of Canada” will be reviewed based on criteria suggested in Riedling’s “Reference Skills for the School Librarian” (Riedling, 23).     Content Scope   The “Children’s Atlas of the World” states that “Maps show us what places on Earth look like from above”, and that “Different symbols, lines, and colour are used to show the features on the earth’s surface”(Picthall, 6). The atlas does an excellent job of showing maps from each region of the world, as well as teaching how to read a map e.g. that colour is used to show elevation on a map.      Authority, Accuracy, and Bias   Authority: Chez Picthall spent the 25 years prior to creating the “Children’s Atlas of the World” as an Art Designer of the Cartography Division of the Publisher Dorling Kindersley (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/chez-picthall-0891318). The atlas also employed Encomp...