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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2013
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1040232 |
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- Curating the Shelves Schiano, Deborah Library Services Library Development Organizational Change Change Strategies Library Materials School Libraries Middle Schools Classification Innovation Access to Information Curation: to gather, organize, and present resources in a way that meets information needs and interests, makes sense for virtual as well as physical resources. A Northern New Jersey middle school library made the decision to curate its physical resources according to the needs of its users, and, in so doing, created a shelving system that is, without question, a winning scenario. In this article Lounsberry Hollow Middle School librarian Deborah Schiano describes the inspiration and procedure that created the foundation for renovating the library shelving organizational system. She concludes that the goal is for students to become information curators themselves: to effectively and confidently search, evaluate, and aggregate quality resources that meet their information needs. The shelving organizational system at Lounsberry not only makes finding resources easier, it also allows fifth- and sixth-grade students to witness the art of curation, exemplified in a physical and visual manner.