'The richness of the schools information services will influence and may even determine whether or not teachers and students are empowered to be independent learners both today and for the future" ASLA, Learning for the Future: Developing Information Services in Schools,Curriculum Corporation ,2001. P.3 Overview, Educational Context. On first reading I thought this quote could be influential in convincing school staff the value of having a T/L., especially here in Vic where many primary schools are only staffed by Library technicians. Or would it be?

ASLA provides a good framework for T/L's to create and implement policy for the library to be
a centre of information literacy in a school community . It is a good source of quotes in support of ILSC, however the research data included in the tables and the 'information and Literacy matrix of student learning ' presented date back to the 1990's. I need to review more current research figures and student learning models due to the rapid rate of change in new technologies since ASLA was published in 2001.

Read, Read ,Read....Feb 19th

Read forums, blogs, emails, change email address to csu post office address. It's good to see some other samples of blogs, but I am not feeling inspired yet re my own.
Am I getting behind already? Prioritise -read ASLA book "Overview" and study guides again before res. school sessions.

Sunday Feb 15th

My experiences in a secondary school library were floating round my mind ready to record my plan for first assignment for ETL 401 re "the role the T/L should play in creating an information literate school community". Jotted down a couple of possible issues for 2nd part of assignment re a major obstacle. I feel better about having a plan down on paper .
I would like to discuss the obstacles /issues with a mentor -i.e. librarians at the secondary college where I worked or the lecturers at the residential school.
I have decided to attend the residential school sessions in Sydney. I think Iwould really benefit from some personal contact with lecturers and other students. I feel I need someone to talk to re
expectations, assignments and all those readings!

a draft for the first assignment

Friday Feb 6th
Downloaded book list and checked forum messages re 2nd hand resources. checked out on -line Bookstore, prices etc. Explored the "Library" section of the website and tried to update or reduce forum options selected. My study guides have arrived -I need to get started! Tomorrow

Feb 13th -Smart study session

Can you see a halo shining above me ?I completed some Smart study units on the Library website re using databases for research. You can learn something new everyday.