Final+Assignment

** Reading Autobiography **
 * Final Assignment **
 * Due May 9th **



We all have a history as readers, even those who don’t like to read. As librarians, our reading history influences our work every day. What books do we read? How does this influence what we purchase? What do we recommend to students? The relationships we build with our student readers through our library program and collection are directly influenced by what we read.

For your final assignment, I’d like for you to reflect on yourself as a reader. Share with me your reading history, from childhood, through your teen and college years and into today. Most of the assignment will be a “paper,” but feel free to include images, photos, weblinks, etc. to liven it up!

· What memories do you have of reading as a child? Of being read to? Do you remember favorite books? Do you remember learning to read? · Did you visit the public library as a child? The school library? What recollections do you have of your early library experiences? · Were you a reader as a teen? Why or why not? What did you read for pleasure? For school? How did your assigned reading shape you as a reader? · Do you remember using a school or public library as a teen? What stands out in your memory about these experiences? · What did you read in college? Did you have time to read for pleasure? If so what did you choose? Did you read a lot for your major? If so, what? · What kind of reader are you as an adult? How has being a teacher affected your reading? What do you read for pleasure now? For school? For work? · How has this class influenced you as a reader? · What kind of a reader do you think you’ll be as a librarian? How do you think (or hope) you’ll impact your student readers? · What do you still hope to learn or discover about reading and about what you like to read? Do you have any reading-related goals?