New class starts tomorrow!

Where does the weekend go? If there was ever two days in the week that just fly by, it has to be Saturday and Sunday. I tried to relax a little bit this weekend and unwind after seven straight days of classes. Today it was time to shift focus onto the upcoming class this week - IST 612 - Youth Services in Libraries and Information Centers.

Although there has been a lot of classwork that was necessary to complete (or at least get a good start on), there will still be assignments to refine and complete as the week progresses. I do feel a little bit more comfortable with these class assignments than I did for last week's classes. I'm sure that it helps that I have worked in elementary school libraries for the past 14 years! I'm certain there will be additional information learned in this class - things that I can put into place immediately when I return to my library in September.

One of the assignments was to create a library collection of 200 items. It would seem that this would be an easy thing to do. I thought so until I started working on it. I have added, deleted, and tweaked this collection more times than I care to count - and I'm fairly confident that I'll be making further changes before the end of the week.

Booktalking is another assignment required. This I am looking forward to - I've actually brought some great props to use, including a ladybug cape that I made.