A Chat about Curation with Mrs. Long
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay An area of librarianship that I wanted to learn more about through this internship is curation. I wanted to have firsthand experience seeing how a school librarian chooses how to purchase and weed titles, as well as how the librarian helps students with research and curating information in that aspect. My interview with my supervising librarian, Mrs. Long taught me a lot about how you can structure this domain in the elementary school setting. As I had already gained experience in selecting books and how weeding works throughout my internship, this interview I wanted to focus more on curating information. However, one thing that Mrs. Long said stuck with me about reading and that was she pairs reading with a visual of some sort. For example, when she reads for a lesson, she might pair it with an informational video or an image that correlates with the story. I found that powerful because I learned this semester that elementary school ...