tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721414781276748902024-02-22T07:31:41.241-08:00Interlibrary LitaniesSarah L. Rowlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02313970405735628835noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72141478127674890.post-79398413615627306452013-09-16T21:20:00.000-07:002013-09-16T21:30:54.288-07:00Learning Philosophy<div class="MsoNormal">
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had to define our learning philosophy and how do we define learning. Do we need
to be able to explain? apply? Is it a change in knowledge? Capacity? The
following is what I wrote, however this topic really has me thinking about how
from the time we are born we never stop learning. There are just different levels
and depth of learning or as I compare it to building blocks. Some people want
to collect as many building blocks as they can while others are happy with just
a few. Here is the following forum post I did:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Learning to me has always been a moving, dynamic,
continuous progression. I am a visual learner, so I like defining learning by
thinking of wooden building blocks. We learn by doing, reading, or having the
"experts" (teachers, mentors, etc.) give us the tools or language
that we need to succeed by engaging in the material that eventually form our
building blocks. However, it is through reflection and inquiry that we
strengthen our knowledge of the material. This is similar to the portion of the
"Theory in Context" lecture in which the professor explained,
"Building understanding through inquiry" where she discussed her own
personal theoretical position. She also goes on to talk about providing the
tools and language and building on the prior knowledge of the person who is
learning. Therefore, I believe a transfer of knowledge does take place because
when one is born they know nothing, but as they learn one builds on that
previous knowledge. As the book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">How
People Learn</i> states, "All new learning involves transfer based on
previous learning, and this fact has important implications for the design of
instruction that helps students learn" (2000, p. 53). Once somebody has
been able to apply what one has learned the transfer of knowledge has taken
place and the person can embrace that building block into their collection of
knowledge to build upon. Therefore, by adding that block to one's collection one
can build different things with the knowledge they have collected and that past
knowledge will help them learn future things. By taking it one step further if
the person is able to explain the concept or whatever is being taught to that
person, they have taken another transformation. They have become an expert in
that field and are now able to transfer that knowledge to others through
mentoring and teaching.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My personal example of this transfer of knowledge
would be going back to my learning map with Government Documents. (My learning
map will be a post for another time) Even though I am self taught and need to
spend more time reflecting and learning from experts, I have learned enough to
have the basic learning blocks. My boss at work now wants me to explain and
transfer that knowledge to train a co-worker how to process Government
Documents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In summary learning to me means one has gained
enough knowledge to increase their number of building blocks and can apply
these building blocks to accomplish what they set out to learn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So, how do you define learning? Is it a transfer of
knowledge? Does my building block metaphor make sense? Is there a difference
between application and explaining?</span></div>
Sarah L. Rowlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02313970405735628835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72141478127674890.post-40977467623429990792013-03-15T17:39:00.002-07:002013-03-15T17:39:29.202-07:00Elevator PitchI’ve heard it from a few different professors and others
professionals, that for networking and other purposes we should have an
elevator pitch ready to go. Basically, no matter what profession we’re in this is
something we should think about and have it ready. Do I have one? Nope.<br />
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However, when talking with my classmates a couple of weeks
ago it was brought up that if librarians had better elevator speeches then
maybe we would have a better image and people would realize that we’re not
outdated and not useful anymore because of the Internet. (This came from a
couple of us that work in libraries that we had trouble telling people what we
do for a living. I have also noticed that even some librarians I know have
trouble telling people. I’ve also seen that people tend to call anybody who
works in a library a librarian, so that might be its own issue.) The biggest
thing I get when telling people that I’m in library school is, “Isn’t that a
dying profession”. I think in this case an elevator pitch would be perfect. </div>
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For those who don’t know an elevator pitch is simply, what
you do and why it’s important in 30 seconds or less. It’s mainly selling
yourself in the time it takes an elevator to go from one floor to the next because
you never know who or when you’ll run into potential employers. I have meet
people on the airplane or waiting for the train or airplane. To make it in any
career field we need to constantly be on our toes and at the ready because
interviews could happen anywhere.</div>
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So, do you have an elevator pitch? What do you think is
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Sarah L. Rowlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02313970405735628835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72141478127674890.post-47537059590283880922013-02-15T14:23:00.001-08:002013-03-04T09:50:42.446-08:00Group Projects for School<style>
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</style>The one thing everyone warned me about before starting
library school was that I would be required to work in teams or do group work a
lot. For my Library 203 class I had to listen to two lectures about teamwork
and how to be successful when it comes time to work in teams. It was quite
interesting I learned that the basic reason for people to fear or worry about
teamwork is lack of control. Every reason given came back to the lack of
control people feel. I can understand this feeling as that is what my concern
usually is. I worry about others affecting my grade and wasting my time.
However, learning to work as a member of team is an important skill to have to
be successful in most career fields. One of the lecturers was Enid Irwin and he
said, “You start your career when you start your classes”. Which I think a lot
of people don’t think about, when entering grad school, you want to do well in team
work and in your classes because your classmates and professors are potential colleagues
or people who are doing the hiring. So, how to be successful in a team?<br />
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Both lecturers, Dr. Ken Haycock and Enid Irwin addressed
ways of being a successful team member. The first is making sure you approach
teamwork with a positive attitude; they both mentioned how this is important
and can set the mood for the group and help a lot. Dr. Ken Haycock went into more
detail by outlining questions you can ask yourself to prepare. I thought this
was very important to figure out what you bring to the team. The following is
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He didn’t list it, but he also mentioned knowing your
weakness is a good thing. For example I know my strengths are I’m comfortable
with technology and have a lot of good ideas. One of my weaknesses is that I’m
a procrastinator, but really good with deadlines. So, I would inform the group
that putting deadlines at least for my projects would be a really good idea.
Behaviors that “push my buttons” would be if were scheduled to meet and your
late. I think it’s important for you to know what you’re bringing to the team,
so you can contribute in a helpful way.</div>
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The second strategy for success is planning and so many
things fit under this. A lot of times teams will just jump into the assignment
without thinking. It’s important to step back, get to know each other,
determine what your goals are, how you’re going to accomplish what needs to be
done and clearly define roles and responsibilities. Planning is a major step
that most teams forget because they’re so eager to just get the assignment over
with or they have a poor attitude about doing teamwork. I’m grateful that San
Jose State University has everyone go through this because than hopefully all
my classmates and I will be on the same page. Hopefully. Still nervous about
the whole teamwork aspect, but not as nervous.</div>
Sarah L. Rowlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02313970405735628835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72141478127674890.post-16757640255791035302013-02-12T20:44:00.000-08:002013-09-16T21:22:31.297-07:00Skills for Online Success<style>
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</style><span>In my library 203
class, Online Social Networking, one of the units we cover is if online courses
are right for you and how to succeed in the online classroom. Some people think
online learning is easier and just requires the right computer. This is not
true especially if you want to be a successful online student. I took a quiz to
see if online learning was right for me and the quiz said I was ready. However,
when I started reading over the skills required to be successful, I could
pinpoint exactly where my weakness and strengths are. </span><br />
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would be I’m very comfortable with technology. Technology has been a big part
of my life for a long time, so it’s basically second nature to me. I’m
comfortable with interacting with people online and feel that I have strong
communication skills. I’m self-motivated because library school is something I
have wanted to do for a long time. I will admit that sometimes after a long day
it’s hard to muster up the motivation. I can be self-discipline when I want to
be it just hard to come up with it unless there is deadline coming up. I’ve
never been good at getting things done early. I always get them done on time.</span></div>
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or what I consider my gray area would be time management and organization. I
have both of these skills it’s just I get busy or lazy and forget to use them.
When I do use them (and I’ve been getting better at using them) I’m very successful
with accomplishing things. The biggest weakness I have is procrastination<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have tried beating it out of me, but it’s
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of my strengths and weakness I’ve started implementing things I learned from
this unit and things I figured out on my own to be successful. Three tips that
I have used for success are: designate regular intervals, create a desktop
folder and create a browser folder. I created a folder in my Dropbox that is separated
out into a folder for each semester, with a folder for each class. I took my netbook
and made my classroom (D2L – Desire to Learn) the homepage along with
bookmarking all the other important San Jose State library pages. The one thing
I still have to do is set-u p a calendar. I also have learned that my house has
to many distracts and have a designated library I go to for studying. </span></div>
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putting all of this into practice, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and organizing
myself a bit more the first semester, I will be on my way to being very
successful in school. I’m always looking for tidbits on improving my time
management and organization skills along with battling the procrastination bug,
please share in the comments any tips.</span></div>
Sarah L. Rowlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02313970405735628835noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72141478127674890.post-28975658694899155592013-01-14T16:42:00.000-08:002013-03-04T09:56:00.853-08:00A New Adventure: Library School<style>
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</style> Well, next week begins my adventure into grad school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s hard to believe I made it to this point.
As some of you know after about a year, definitely two years, of working at the
UND’s (University of North Dakota) Chester Fritz Library I was sure that
Library Science was for me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life got in
the way and finally last year I finished my Bachelors of Science in Public
Administration which paved the way to start library school. I will be attending
San Jose State University online starting on January 23 although one class has
already started. I’m excited and nervous all at once and just this ball of
energy.<br />
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My goals while in grad school is to keep improving my
organization techniques and to hopefully defeat my procrastination and of
course learn all about libraries, information and all sorts of awesome things
because I love to learn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I have
improved some of my study habits, but suggestions are always welcomed. Although
studying does sometimes lead to this:</div>
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But I don’t think that can be helped. I will be blogging along
the way about things that excite me, things I learn, papers I’m writing and
anything that strikes my fancy about libraries. (And sometimes general life
type things)</div>
Sarah L. Rowlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02313970405735628835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72141478127674890.post-50445222907716419212011-03-14T09:38:00.000-07:002013-03-04T09:58:51.075-08:00Processing...Working on my next talking point. In the meantime enjoy this informative library video on what a library contains.<br />
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I’m addressing the name of this blog and not naming in general. I would like to tell you that after hours of brainstorming trying to decide what name would work for talking about general library things and then occasionally going off on a rant about something else here or there. And something that would work for me to post reviews on and something I could use in the years to come, it just popped into my head and I thought to myself you’re a genius! But nope it didn’t happen that way…</div>
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I had a list of library jargon and attempts at different names took it home and showed to my husband as I was laying there babbling on about what I want to do, a smile came across his face as he was looking at my brainstorming, the kind of smile that says I have what you want. He said, “Interlibrary Litanies” and my immediate thought was I love it. Then he wanted twenty dollars and I told it wasn’t going to happen, but I will give him credit.</div>
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For those of you who may not know it’s a play on Interlibrary Loans (ILL), which is a great way for libraries to make accessible a lot more books and information to their patrons.</div>
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So, thanks Rob for the name to get me started on this journey of blogging! Although this makes me wonder since I was waiting for my muse to inspire me and it was Rob who did, does that make Rob my muse?</div>
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