CLASS IX: DIGITAL LIBRARY CLASS

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21st September 2020 Tuesday
How to Review a Book

Book reviews are assigned to allow students to present their own opinion regarding the author’s ideas included in the book or passage. They are a form of literary criticism that analyzes the author’s ideas, writing techniques (style of writing), and quality. A book analysis is entirely opinion-based, in relevance to the book. They are good practice for those who wish to become editors, due to the fact, editing requires a lot of criticism. Points to consider when writing a book review: # Select the book you wish to review. # Create an outline which includes all of the main points you wish to summarise in your book analysis before writing the review as follows in your mind: (a) Understand the plot, and theme of the book, (b) Think whether you enjoy reading the book, is it your taste? (c) Is/Are the characters logical and realistic? (d) What could have been better about the book and the writer(criticise)? (e) Would you like to recommend it to others? Step 1: Introduction: To begin, mention the Book title, Author’s name, Publisher, Pages of the book, ISBN(if it has), and place of Publication. Talk about the cover of the book. Step2: Summary & Body: Here, try to analyse the main theme of the book, and summarise it. Include important events, and points worth mentioning in the Book . Write your own views or opinions about the Book. Step 3: Conclusion: It is the last part where you have to present your feelings about reading the book. You have to write whether it is worth reading or not, and write if it is recommendable to others. Step 4: Ratings: Rate the book that you've just read. Rating tells others about the taste of the book.

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14th September 2020 Monday
NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY OF INDIA
National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is a virtual repository of learning resources which is not just a repository with search/browse facilities but provides a host of services for the learner community. It is sponsored and mentored by Ministry of Education, Government of India, through its National Mission on Education through Information and CommunicatioNDLI is designed to hold content of any language and provides interface support for 10 most widely used Indian languages. It is built to provide support for all academic levels including researchers and life-long learners, all disciplines, all popular forms of access devices and differently-abled learners. It is designed to enable people to learn and prepare from best practices from all over the world and to facilitate researchers to perform inter-linked exploration from multiple sources. It is developed, operated and maintained from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.n Technology (NMEICT).

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7th September 2020 Monday
STORY REVIEW II

Dear students, today you will review any one story from the given two short stories, please consult the previous class material from the library blog https://librarykvudalguri.blogspot.com/p/class-ix-digital-library-class.html (17th August material-scroll down). 1. The Gingerbread Man 2. The Shoemaker and the Elves The story links are given below. Click on the STORY REVIEW link after you read any one story. You can also review both, as well as other stories from your book.

To Review story CLICK HERE

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31st August 2020 Monday
OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES(OER)

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation provides the definition of Open Educational Resources, "OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge"
Open Educational Resources (OER) are a learning resources that are freely available for users. Any one who has internet facility can use the study materials that are provided. For OER collected in our website please CLICK HERE


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24th August 2020 Monday
LEARNING APPS: Diksha & BYJU'S

Due to Covid-19 pandemic educational institutions are closed since the past five months. However, learning process should not be stopped by this situation. Instead one should take advantage of this pandemic while staying home to keep him/her safe by studying and acquiring new knowledge from different sources. So, there are so many applications which can be used to self assess, self taught, etc. provided by different educationists. Only two apps will be discussed today:

1. DIKSHA: National Digital Infrastructure for Teachers and students is a customizable platform. The portal is accessible in many languages for easy understanding for the user. The DIKSHA platform offers teachers, students and parents engaging learning material relevant to the prescribed school curriculum. To download in google play click: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.gov.diksha.app&hl=en_IN


2. BYJU'S: Byju's is a learning app which is developed by several educationists. You have to register by giving your details like name, class, mobile, etc. to get free access of the resources. To download in google play click: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.byjus.thelearningapp&hl=en_IN


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17th August 2020 Monday
STORY REVIEW

Short story review is a critical analysis, and evaluation by an individual or a reader. Review help other readers to know the taste of a reviewed story. Reviewing a story does not include the whole story, instead the reader/reviewer: 
  • Summarise the story,
  •  Give his/her personal point of view or opinion of the story,
  • Suggest any point/character to change or critics upon them,
  • Give recommendation whether the story is worth reading or not,
To review a story, reader or reviewer must include at least the followings, apart form his personal detail:
  • The title of the Story
  • Author/writer
  • No. of pages
  • Genre
  • Summary of the story
  • His/her (reader) personal views/opinion
  • Conclusion
  • Recommendation
To read short stories from this blog, please CLICK HERE

Please fill in the following Review form to submit your reviewed story:



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10th August 2020 Monday
Quiz on 'Terms used to describe books'

Dear Students attempt the quiz based on your understanding from the previous class. You may consult the previous class by scrolling down this page to answer the questions. All the best.👍

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27th July 2020 Monday

TERMS USED TO DESCRIBE BOOKS

There are some terms used to describe books, some materials have specific meaning. They will be discussed here. It is important for students to know what is what in a library. 


FICTION & NON-FICTION BOOKS

Fiction: Literature in the form of prose, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people. In simple words, fiction is an event, stories, circumstances, etc. in which the author composed using his imagination.

Examples: Novels, Poems, Stories, etc.


Novel: An invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with human experience through a usually connected sequence of events

Gulliver's Travels (Genre: Adventure)

Sherlock Holmes (Genre: Detective/ crime)

(GenreGenre is a style or category of art, music, or literature.It describes the style and focus of the novel. Genres give you blueprints for different types of stories.)


Poem: A composition in verse. Songs and lyrics are also poem in simple words.



Story: Story is an account of incidents or events. In other words, story is a fictional narrative shorter than a novel.
Short stories for Children


To read story books: CLICK HERE


Non-Fiction: Informative or factual rather than fictional. In simple words, non-fiction means something that is true, based on facts which is not composed by someone.

Examples: Science, History, Travel books,Manuals, Newspapers, Encyclopedia, Biography, etc. which are based on facts.


Science: Science is the study of the nature and behaviour of natural things and the knowledge that we obtain about them.



History: history is an account of events that have happened in the past.


Biography: biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else. (if a person/author is writing his/her own life story, it is called autobiography)
Biography of Abraham Lincoln, written by Anthony Moss

Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, written by Himself

To read Biography: CLICK HERE



REFERENCE BOOKS

Reference books are those intended to be consulted for information on specific matters. In other words, a library book that may be used on the premises but may not be taken out

Examples: Encyclopedia, Atlas, Dictionary, etc.


Encyclopedia:  A work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or treats comprehensively a particular branch of knowledge usually in articles arranged alphabetically often by subject. Encyclopedia can be of Science, History, Space, Animals, etc. dealing with different subjects.

Science Encyclopedia

History Encyclopedia




Yearbook: a book published yearly as a report or summary of statistics or facts, such as Panorama yearbook, India Yearbook, etc.

YearBook: India 2020

Manorama Yearbook 2020


To Read (online) Encyclopedia & Yearbook: CLICK HERE





Atlas: A bound collection of maps often including illustrations, informative tables, or textual matter.  In simple words, it is a collection of maps of different countries. Atlas can be of world, country, state, and so on.

World map


Dictionary: a reference book listing alphabetically terms or names important to a particular subject or activity along with discussion of their meanings and applications. Eg. Oxford Dictionary, Collins Dictionary, Illustrated Dictionary, etc.

There are different types of Dictionary such as Bilingual dictionary (eg. Hindi to English, English to Hindi, English to Assemese Dictionary, and so on), Etymological dictionary (dictionary dealing with words development/origin), Glossary (list of words for a particular subject or field, mostly found at the back of a text book), and so on.


Oxford English Dictionary


Bilingual dictionary ( Hindi to English Dictionary)


 Glossary ( mostly found at the back of a book for some particular words)


To browse online dictionary, click on the following links:

Merriam Webster Dictionary: https://www.merriam-webster.com/
Oxford Learner's Dictionary: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/

How to use: After you click on the above links, you will be redirected to a dictionary website where you will find a place to write your WORD(S) which you would like to search the meaning.  It will give you the meaning, synonyms, antonyms, etc. of any word.


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20th July 2020 Monday
INTRODUCTION TO LIBRARY BLOG

Library Blog
It is a web blog or website designed for a particular library. The blog collect information i.e., important learning material from different websites, and arranged in such a way that students and other users can easily retrieve information of their needs.

Our Library blog (https://librarykvudalguri.blogspot.com/) compiled so many useful materials such as story books, magazines, etc. which will be helpful to students.

Advantages
1. Useful links are collected together for easy access.
2. Students do not have to search different websites and wasted their time for their needs.
3. Useful web portals such as NDL, PISA, NCERT, CBSE, etc. which are useful for students are collected and made easily available.
4. Different type of stories are available.
5. OER: Open Educational Resources is a learning platform in which the study materials are available to users for free. 

Apart from the above mentioned points, there are so much information collected for the users. Library blog is mainly used to collect different useful websites, and arranged systematically for easy access and retrieval.

N.B: Important web portals which are useful for students will be discussed and demonstrated in the coming classes.


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13th July 2020 Monday
INTRODUCTION TO LIBRARY

#Dear friends, please write the definition of Library, School library, and types of library (in your note book). You have to first clear with the concept of library, after which you will be introduced to different terms used in Library, book/story review, and so on.

Library: 1. A building or room containing collections of books, periodicals, and sometimes films and recorded music for use or borrowing by the public or the members of an institution.

2. A place set apart to contain books, periodicals, and other material for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference, as a room, set of rooms, or building where books may be read or borrowed.

3. In simple words, a library is a storehouse of knowledge, a treasure place of literature organised in a specific manner.

School Library: 1. a library within a school where teachers and students have access to books and other resources

2. A school library (or a school library media centre) is a library within a school where students, and staff members (teaching and non-teaching) have access to a variety of resources. The goal of the school library media centre is to ensure that all members of the school community have equitable access "to books and reading, to information, and to information technology."


TYPES OF LIBRARY

Libraries are broadly divided into four mainly types:

  1. Academic LibraryAcademic library is the library which is attached to academic institutions like schools, colleges and universities. School Library, College Library, and University Library are called Academic Library.
  2. Public LibraryA public library (also called circulating library) is a library which is accessible by the public and is generally funded from public sources (such as tax money). Any one from a community can use the library for learning purposes. 
  3. Special LibraryA special library is one which serves a particular group of people. Hospital Library, Library for handicapped people, Army Library, etc. which are used by particular group of people are called special library.
  4. National LibraryA national library is a library specifically established by the government of a country to serve as the preeminent repository of information for that country. National Library, Kolkata in India is the National Library of our Country. Library of Congress is the National Library of USA

KV UDALGURI LIBRARY INTRODUCTION

KV Udalguri library is located between the School Office and Class 1 Room. It is near the Volley Ball court of the School.

Timing of the School Library: 07:50 am – 02:30 p.m.

 

MEMBERSHIP

Every student and Teachers (Teaching and non-teaching staff) are the members of the Library by default.

 

BORROWINGS

All the members can borrow books from the Library within the specific period assigned to them, i.e., during library period only.

Each Student can issue books for a period of two weeks i.e., 14 Days.

 

BOOK COLLECTIONS

Our Library has more than 3000 books comprising both HINDI & ENGLISH Language.

The details of which can be seen from the notice board of the Library.

 

TYPE OF BOOK COLLECTIONS

There are different collections of Books such as Fiction and Non-fiction, ranging from Novels to Poems, Biography to History and Political Books.

(The details of these book collections will be discussed in the next class. That is the terminology of different resources, their meanings, type of subject concentration, library terms, etc.)

 

LOCATION OF RESOURCES (BOOKS)

Books are kept/located in Almirah/ Book rack with a number such as ‘A’, ‘B’…and 1,2… assigned to each rack so that location of books to a particular subject or similar/related categories can be kept together.

Q. Why books are kept separately (in different book shelf/almirah)?

Ans: If different subjects are kept together in a similar book shelf/almirah/rack, users will find it difficult to search books of the desired ones. So, similar genre books are kept together.

 

Q. How do they know that books are of different types/subjects?

Ans: Different books deals with different subjects or areas of concentrations or genres. Books can be separated into Fiction (Composed books such as poems, novels, stories, etc.) and Non-Fiction (Books of Facts such as History, Science, etc). (these classifications of books will be discussed after wards when basic concepts are cleared)

 

BOOK STORAGE

In our Library, we have 6 (Six) Almirah. In these almirah, books of different subject areas are classified and kept. (These classifications will be taught next time)

Q. Why are Books kept in Almirah?

Ans: It is because Almirah can be closed, and prevent the books from dust, weather, water, insects, etc.

Q. How are Books classified?

Ans: Books are classified according to DDC (Dewey Decimal Classification) system, by using decimal number.


Please fill in this google form.

 

 N.B.: The information provided are based on the context of KV Udalguri Library. Some terms are used here, they will be discussed later on in the coming classes.

If anyone wants to know more about the above points, you may kindly go through the References:

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/school-library

https://www.slideshare.net/Vasanthrz/library-orientation-program-for-students

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/library

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_library

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_classification

https://reference.yourdictionary.com/books-literature/different-types-of-books.html

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kez1Jvk3XmAr6cTaaghI92bLgc1m_naZ/view?usp=sharing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification

http://www.lisbdnet.com/types-libraries-academic-public-national-special-library/

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