2. What do you expect to see, hear, learn? At the library, I expect to see many kids (between ages 5-18) and adults (18 and older) reading, surfing the web, playing games, or attending one of the events that the library puts on. I anticipate hearing whispers and quiet conversations between kids and adults. I expect to learn the different parts of the library, the procedures of checking out the books or signing up to use a computer, who comes to the library in Walled Lake, and their reasoning for coming.
3. How do your visits confirm or disconfirm your expectations? So far, the majority of the people that have been at the library have been adults. I haven't seen many kids at the library (probably due to the time that I'm going...after 6pm). This has surprised me. I would've expected more children to be at the library at that time. Other than that, my expectations were correct. There were a lot of people reading and using the computers. There were not any events taking place at the time, but there were small reading groups scattered throughout the library.
4. Relate 1,2, and 3 about specifically to literacy. A library is one of the few locations where you are able to see just about every aspect of literacy taking place. It is very common for a person to read, write, speak/communicate, listen, and watch/look in a library. This is one of the reasons why I chose this location. I was able to witness every aspect taking place in the Walled Lake City library. I witnessed people taking notes from a book they were reading, have conversations with another person, and listen to another person read a story out loud.
Emily,
ReplyDeleteThe library is truly a great literary resource. I visited the Novi library and I was blown away by all of the information and technology. Were you able to find out what type of activities the library puts on? It would be interesting to observe what activities children visit the library for, aside from checking out books.
I am also surprised that you did not see many children at the library in the evening. You would think you would actually see more children there during the early evening as opposed to other times. I unfortunately do not visit the library as much as I would like to, but when I do go I typically see many children around checking out various books and using the computers. I think that libraries are bringing in a lot more young people by adding more new and interesting technology.
It sounds like you have a great start to your project! The library was a great choice- you get to experience multiple forms of literacy all at once.
Amy