Flash back ..semester 2..2010

Semester 2,was very busy but it opened up many new opportunities for me to gain greater experience in librarianship. After my work placement at Chisholm, I gained some casual work at Dandenong High School (DHS) library which had two campuses and services 2100 students. This library runs literature programs with year 7 and 8 students, Premiers’ Reading program and a Reader’s Cup Challenge. It was interesting to be involved with these programs and to use the Web 2.0 technologies such as ‘wordle’ and ‘wall’ with the students.Some other websites we used were "worldbookonline", "storiestogrowby.com." and International Childrens Digital library (http://en.childrenslibrary,org.au. I also participated in team teaching classes in humanities with year 7 & 9 students. I conducted year 11 an 12 student orientation sessions, using a wordpress wiki  and SLV and VCAA websites to support the development of their learning and time management skills, and to make them aware of plagiarism and correct citation practices. DHS is currently amalgamating two schools into one, where students are organized ‘in “SWIS’s or seven houses which cater for year 7 to 12 students. Each house has it’s own Coordinator, teaching and administration team. During term four, one campus library was closed and all the resources moved and processed ready to merge in to one library at the Dandenong campus. The process of checking all catalogue records and modifying them to comply with local preferences gave me practice applying DDC 14 Abridged classifications and National library records. This experience helped to reinforce what I had learned about bibliographic standards in education this semester. It was great to achieve one of my 2010 goals to gain more experience in a variety of library environments.