http://edubuzz.org/blogs/libraryblog A librarian's perspective on Dunbar Grammar School life. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:03:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I like Alan Gibbons. Follow the link to see why http://alangibbons.net/ http://edubuzz.org/blogs/libraryblog/2009/07/01/hurray-for-alan-gibbons/ Since November I have been on secondment two days a week job-sharing with the Senior Librarian Young People's Services of East Lothian Library Service. I was pleased to discover just how much similarity there is between both posts. It has been mind-boggling at times job-sharing two posts with three people ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/libraryblog/2009/07/01/two-places-at-once/ The scene: a busy issue desk this lunchtime. Enter student with question : "Miss were you in Orkney this summer?"  Turns out I was spotted on Stromness main street in July. The student didn't come and say hello at the time because she wasn't sure if it was me. Fooled ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/libraryblog/2008/09/09/no-hiding-place/ This was taken by Anne  Zarinnia at a lunch in Gracemount High School for the student librarians from Wisconsin who visited the Lothians in June this year. They were placed in various schools in the area, including Dunbar Grammar, to gain experience of school libraries in Scotland. I am with Chris ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/libraryblog/2008/09/03/librarians-who-lunch/ I mentioned in my previous post that there was a School of Ambition event at the end of term. It was called "Around the World in 80 minutes". The audience journeyed round the school to various performance areas which represented each of the continents, culminating in the Polar Lands. For ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/libraryblog/2008/08/15/the-whole-world-in-the-library/ At this time of year I am getting the Library organised and ready for the coming school year. Part of this process involves me reviewing what has taken place in the previous year. Last session seemed very hectic towards the end of the year with the School of Ambition event ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/libraryblog/2008/08/13/review-of-the-year-2008/ I spent yesterday on a course which did what it said on the tin - "considered the pedagogy of collaborative learning, the on-line tools available and the practical techniques needed to engage learners." The course delivery method was in the style of e-learning we would like to encourage ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/libraryblog/2008/04/26/webquests-treasure-hunts-hotlists-and-subject-samplers/ A couple of weeks ago I attended two days training for Glow mentors. It was good to actually start to build things on Glow. By the end of the two days my head was buzzing (pardon the pun!) with ideas we could try in schools. I am now trying to ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/libraryblog/2008/03/20/spring-has-sprung-nearly/ I recently visited the new Queen Margaret University Learning Resource Centre, together with several of the East Lothian school librarians and two of the librarians from Loretto. I enjoyed the look around the new campus and was particularly impressed by the use of thin clients instead of desktop PCs to ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/libraryblog/2007/12/03/transition/ I have been spurred into action again by two events recently. Firstly we have begun to work on putting together a team of students, staff and parents to run our school website. If I can show those who think they need to be able to write in "techie stuff" how easy ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/libraryblog/2007/09/23/return-of-the-binge-blogger/