Reading - My Reflection on Chapter 2 Teacher Librarians and the School Library

This chapter certainly gave me a different aspect of a teacher librarian.  Whilst I only have had my degree for 3 years and in that time I have only been doing relief teaching I have not given much thought to the role of the teacher librarian until I read this chapter.  Whilst I have always enjoyed the library and thought working in a library would be interesting I always was under the impression that the TL just ordered books, shelved the books, took control of borrowing and returning and read books for the library.  How wrong was I!!!!  A Tl is much, much, much more than that as James Herring pointed out in his chapter.  The library is the focal point of a school where much learning happens.  I certainly did not reliase that there were school library mission statements or standards for school libraries.  I certainly have much to learn and hope that through this degree I will gain that extra understanding.