Curate Domain and Competencies Interview with Emily Baccomo
I interviewed Emily Baccomo (personal communication, April 16, 2024), a librarian at Lugoff-Elgin Middle School who has been a wonderful mentor to me for the past four years. I decided to interview Baccomo (personal communication, April 16, 2024) based on the curate section in the shared foundations/domains and competencies. From the “Think” domain Baccomo (personal communication, April 16, 2024), “[models] the response to a need to gather and organize information, [designs opportunities for learners to explore possible information sources, and [guides] learners to make critical choices about information sources to use” (National school library standards for learners, school librarians, and school libraries, 2018).
From the “create” domain, Baccomo (personal communication, April 16, 2024) “[shares] a variety of sources, [encourages] the use of information representing diverse perspectives, [fosters] the questioning and assessing of validity and accuracy of information, and [provides] tools and strategies to organize information by priority, topic, or other systematic scheme” (National school library standards for learners, school librarians, and school libraries, 2018).
From the “share” domain, Baccomo (personal communication, April 16, 2024) “[facilitates] opportunities to access and evaluate collaboratively constructed information sites, [devise] pathways for learners to contribute to collaboratively constructed information sites by ethically using and reproducing other’s work, and [directs] learners to join others to compare and contrast information derived from collaboratively constructed information sites” (National school library standards for learners, school librarians, and school libraries, 2018).
From the “grow” domain, Baccomo (personal communication, April 16, 2024) “[engages] learners in ongoing analysis of and reflection on the quality, usefulness, and accuracy of curated resources, [formulates] tasks that help learners to integrate and depict in a conceptual knowledge network learners’ understanding gained from resources, and [makes] opportunities for learners to openly communicate curation processes for others to use, interpret, and validate” (National school library standards for learners, school librarians, and school libraries, 2018).
Baccomo (personal communication, April 16, 2024) shared that one way in which she promotes information gathering and curation at Lugoff-Elgin Middle School is by working one-on-one with teachers to create HyperDocs of varying information types for students to use to find information. The type of resource organizes the information. Baccomo (personal communication, April 16, 2024) shared with me a curated list of 6th-grade science
On another note, she continues to create resource lists for teachers and students in Destiny. Along with curating resources, this does require her to collaborate with teachers. Most teachers approach her about doing a Breakout Box or doing a research lesson in the library classroom. As proof, she has curated resources that are ready in advance for teachers and students. However, one challenge in implementing these competencies is getting teachers to collaborate with me to promote inquiry and research. Also, the teachers in the building utilize Google over other resources.
My reflection on this interview with Emily Baccomo (personal communication, April 16, 2024) is that she goes above and beyond to ensure the resources are readily available. Baccomo (personal communication, April 16, 2024) is recognized for being on the SCASL Board and is the editor of the SCASL Messenger. This proves that she is great at organizing and curating resources in the library. Having worked with her, I have learned the importance of curating resources for students and implementing these competencies in the library.
Reference
National school library standards for learners, school librarians, and school libraries. (2018). ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association.
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