Who else finds reading lists exciting? If you do start one for your learning community! In ours, we value the creation and curation of reading lists most especially of books and resources found in our library's collection.
Last week, as our school community prepared for the opening of classes, I presented the new library OPAC to the faculty. Powered by Koha and supported by Tulong Aklatan, the OPAC has a clean design making the navigation easier for users to search, locate and access information on sources. One of the features of the Koha-BALibOPAC is the "Your List" that allows readers to make one - and more! After creating an account, teachers explored the new OPAC and created reading lists.
Here is the line up of reading lists made public on our OPAC.
Teachers creating reading lists for their classes have many advantages.
1. Library resources are being promoted to readers which are the students.
2. The reading list reflects the course work or the unit of the subject for a given semester. This serves as reference to students who need guidance in their reading and study of the topics in the unit at hand.
3. Reading lists makes us see connections and integration of concepts accross subject areas.
4. This is a validation of how the library collection, resources and instructional materials acquired by the library supports the curricular offering.
5. Creating a reading list is a strategy to manage knowledge. Knowledge is fluid, dynamic and constantly challenged by truths and changing beliefs.
I am such a library nerd!
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