Competency 9: Internet

I chose the website About.com: Babies & Toddlers for the internet site that supports my blog on emergent literacy. The website includes useful tips on calming fears in preschoolers, early symptoms of ADD/ADHD, good toys for preschoolers, and facts about research on emergent literacy and how "the foundations of reading begin in early childhood and follow a development pattern." I fund it using the meta-search engine dogpile.com.

The link is:

http://babyparenting.about.com/od/preschoolers34years/index.htm

Competency 8: Multimedia

I found this chart using the google search engine images. It shows perfectly how emergent literacy begins as one thing and branches out to become so many other things. It is from the following article:

Gunn, Barbara K., and Deborah C. Simmons. "Emergent Literacy: Synthesis of the Research." National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators.

http://idea.uoregon.edu/~ncite/documents/techrep/tech19.html

Competency 7: Social Networking Sites

My blog focus is the effect of library programs for preschoolers on emergent literacy.

Social Networking Site: ParentsConnect.

Although this site is not connected with a public library users have profile pages with photos, links, messaging, a bio and a blog. There are forums for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kids, preteens, and teens. I had a difficult time finding social networking sites for preschoolers so I found one for parents of preschoolers.

There are several search sites. The following is the learning and school search site's question and answer forum:

Question: My son is child is struggling with silent reading. How can I tell if he has a learning disability?
Answer: There are several symptoms that are common among children with learning disabilities or dyslexia. If you see a pattern of these symptoms in your child, you may want to seek help. I always recommend that you first set an appointment with the child's pediatrician in order to determine if a medical problem (hearing, vision, etc) might be compromising his learning progress.

The link is:
http://www.parentsconnect.com/home/index.jhtml

Competency 6: Browsing in DIALOG

Search Strategy:

Dynamic Search: Library Literature and Information Science
Search for: emergent literacy in all subject words
Published from 2003 to 2007

I tried both copy and paste and print screen to duplicate DIALOG's search screen but couldn't reproduce it exactly so I've typed my search strategy.

Records retrieved:

Records 1-4 of 4	Price

1.

Observations of Babies and Toddlers in Library Settings, 20060600, Library Lit. & Info. Science (File 438)

$0.00

2.

Urban Player Award to BCPL's Lockwood, 20060501, Library Lit. & Info. Science (File 438)

$0.00

3.

The Need For Emergent Literacy Events in Schools, 20041100, Library Lit. & Info. Science (File 438)

$0.00

4.

Book a Play Date: The Game of Promoting Emergent Literacy, 20030900, Library Lit. & Info. Science (File 438)

$0.00

Best hit:

0446366 H.W. Wilson Record Number: BLIB06111114 Observations of Babies and Toddlers in Library Settings McKechnie, Lynne E. F Library Trends ( Libr Trends ) v. 55 no1 (Summer 2006) p. 190-201 ISSN: 0024-2594 Language: English Record Status: Corrected or revised record Abstract: Participant observation, unlike the more traditional approach of querying adults about children's experiences, is identified as an appropriate and effective method for studying babies and toddlers in public library settings in order to explore these experiences from the children's own perspectives. In an observation study of eleven, thirty-minute baby storytimes conducted at two branches of a large public library system, the naturally occurring behavior of the children captured through observation field notes and audio-recording and transcription of the program successfully revealed numerous incidents of emergent literacy activities and social interaction. This article discusses the practicalities of implementing participant observation in storytime programs for very young children. Special requirements related to informed consent, the need to protect baby and toddler participants, and the challenge of gaining and maintaining access are addressed. Included is an appendix of recommended observation, child development, and research methods texts. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Descriptors: Children's library services -- Services to pre-school children; Storytelling; Research in librarianship -- Evaluation Library Lit. & Info. Science (Dialog® File 438): (c) 2007 The HW Wilson Co. All rights reserved. Searching in DIALOG was very frustrating. I don't understand the logic behind paying to search in databases I can search for free. The best hit I found was one I had already found in one of the TWU databases. It is a good hit but I can get it for free elsewhere. Perhaps it's because I am a rookie and I will see the purpose of DIALOG as I get more experienced at searching.

Competency 6: Citation pearl-growing in LibLit

I searched in LibLit using best hit # 8 citation I found in the successive fraction search in ERIC.

Search strategy:
find: A Shared Responsibility as Title
AND Kupetz, Barbara N. as Author, personal
AND School Library Journal as Journal name

Search result:
1 hit
Title:
A shared responsibility: nurturing literacy in the very young
Personal Author:
Kupetz, Barbara N.
Journal Name:
School Library Journal
Source:
School Library Journal v. 39 (July 1993) p. 28-31
Publication Year:
1993
Physical Description:
Illustration; Portrait
ISSN:
0362-8930
Language of Document:
English
Subject(s):
Children's reading/Educational aspects; Literacy; Children's library services/Services to pre-school children; Public libraries/Services to parents
Document Type:
Feature Article
Database:
Education; Library & Information Science
Accession Number:
199318200763004
Persistent URL:

I clicked on the Children's library services/Services to preschool children subject heading and got 282 hits.

Of the first 10 hits # 8 was the best.

Title:
Early literacy storytimes @ your library: partnering with caregivers for success
Personal Author:
Ghoting, Saroj Nadkarni; Martin-Diaz, Pamela
Publisher:
American Library Association
Publication Year:
2006
Pages:
265
Physical Description:
Illustration; Table
Language of Document:
English
ISBN:
0-8389-0899-3 (paperback)
Subject(s):
Storytelling; Children's library services/Activity projects; Children's library services/Services to pre-school children
Document Type:
Books; Book review
Fiction Indicator:
Nonfiction
Update Code:
20060413
Accession Number:
200641014512000
Review:
School Library Journal v. 52 no. 5 (May 2006). Minkel, Walter, reviewer

LibLit has full text articles from more than one-hundred publications, charts, graphs, photos, and is a great addition to a library's periodical collection. It also includes hotlinks to to Web. User-friendly and a valuable recourse especially for beginner librarians who are just learning to search.