Hi again,
Thanks for your response and glad to know that you are very active and doing great job as librarian.
I thing Tina Ambani is the owner of your school. Anyways! Information Literacy is part of IBMYP programme(Approaches to learning). Mostly IGCSE school's never encourage to teach IL above all,for senior classes there is no library period in most of the schools. So how do you manage to take classes for teaching Information Literacy in the Higher Grades.Do you follow any IL scope and sequence? Keep going and you are doing great job. Keep in touch
Tenzin
Hi Mr.Tenzin , Sorry for replin so late , I work for IB school in Ahmedabad the name of the school is Spring Field International School , It is having PYP and IGCSE both, It is a good experience to work in IB. Yes I take lectures for classes , I teach information Literacy for higher grade and do different activity with primary classes , I work with the teachers and their unit make according to the unit when their library classes are there i help them out by giving resources they want, For smaller children i do read aloud stories and make them see maximum visual things so that they take interest and enjoy.
Thank you Tenzin for that valuble information. The librarian at woodstock is a good friend of mine Mrs Sue Swanson, They were using Libsiys but now they have changed into some american software system since the company was not able to upgrade and backup service which is not upto the mark.We are now installing an integrated software system from the school Campus care by Entab infotech which has a library module.They have supplied the software in many leading schools in India and abroad.We are now trying out this software and seems to be quite ok.We are in the process of barcoding books and barcoded Id for students and staff.
Nice to hear that you are now working in Ecole Mondiale World School(IB) Mumbai. I hope it must be a great school. As you have mentioned Iam here at Wynberg allen past 21 years.I will share your regards to Champa and Ruma sen who are still here.We are also now installing an integrated campus soft ware in the school and progressing with the bar coding and other works in the library.You can note my e mail id kurianarackal@hotmail.com
kindly send me your e mail id so that we can be in touch.With regards.
Kurian
Hi Tenzin,
I was surprised that you are teaching these concepts to such young children. great! well, I have finished with reference sources and now doing Dewey Decimal with my students - aiming at teaching them how the library is organized in a simple assignment form. At school we are busy with Zyfest an annual cultural festival in which 18-20 schools are participating in various events.
keep in touch! there is so much to learn from you!
bye for now.
Rashmi