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Home
& Personal Philosophy
Last
update: October
14 ,
2006
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Pulelehua
RuthMarie Quirk
MLS, MEd
Manager of Operations
Sinclair Library
University of Hawaii
at Manoa
Welcome
Philosophy
My philosophy in the area of libraries and educational
technology centers on providing the correct tools for the individual learner.
In some cases the correct technology or tool might be a pencil and paper, in others
it may be a flash tutorial or interactive website. Although I personally am
very attracted to the latest, newest, computer oriented technology my work as
a librarian has proven to me that everyone learns at their own pace and tools
must be selected based preferences of the individual and on the job that
needs to be done and the environment where it is taking place. My
final project for the Educational Technology Masters Degree, has really
demonstrated the truth of this philosophy. I examined the use of a particular
web-based resource that I helped create and found that although the content
was valued universally they preferred method for accessing the content varied
greatly. The range goes from one person who requested a co-worker to print
out the materials so that they did not have to deal directly with the
computer system used to people who eagerly used all that was there and wanted
us to implement more current tools such as Blogs or RSS feeds and have the
informational easily formatted for use over a PDA or phone. As a Librarian, I want to help library users by providing access
to information using all kinds of technology. Learning and staying current
with the latest tools helps me as an innovator monitor what tools are being
used and accepted and then encourage their implementation in library and
information systems. However, I try to always remember that we need to make
sure we can provide a wide variety of tools so that users can enjoy and
thrive in their journeys into the world of learning and research. More info: Vita
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