I plan on visiting the Novi Community Public Library. I chose to visit the library because it was recently renovated- and from what I have learned about the Novi school district and community is that the parents and community are very supportive of education. Since I have heard such positive things about the support of the community, it drives me to want to see the learning facilities that the library has to offer, and to get an idea of the facility itself and what it offers to the residents of Novi, especially since it was recently renovated. Another reason I chose to visit the Library is because the actual building and surrounding is intriguing. Every time I drive to my field placement school I pass the library and Novi’s huge high school. Surrounding the library and in between the two buildings is a park that looks like it was recently built. I also plan on visiting the outdoor park to see what it is, from what I can see when I drive by it seems like there is a path and some artwork to look at- but I feel like when I am on foot I will get to see a lot more than I have already.
I feel that within the community, different types of literacy will be all over. Just from doing some of the exploration of the community for math- it was obvious that mathematics can be found in virtually anything. So for sure, mathematical and numeric literacy will be found in the library and the surrounding community. I think it is obvious that a visit to the library, especially equates many traditional literacy to be found. Within the library, all sorts of books in different genres can be found which elicits opportunity to achieve literacy in many different topics of interest. For community members to have the resources and ability to understand, interpret and use materials of different contexts- encourages traditional literacy. I expect to see that because the library has been newly renovated—that the number of new resources and new literacy will be very large. A great deal of new literacy incorporates concepts based on technology, global, media and visual understanding. I expect to see resources that encourage this type of learning and understanding all over the library. From computers, new software, databases, etc.
From what I already have learned through my field placement and prior knowledge of the Novi community, I can imagine seeing literacy in many aspects of the community- since the support of education is extremely high among Novi residents. I feel that I will see many examples of people in the community trying to educate others and encourage learning. When thinking about visiting the library and the connections I could explore between reading, writing and oral language- I envision that the library will have specific resources with an addition to cater to the interactions of these different contexts. I think because it is a community with a lot of support and resources, the library will be equipped with different types of computer software, programs and areas to learn and access different kinds of equipment and resources that cover a wide range of new and old types of literacy.
I really found your post interesting, as a lifelong Novi resident. The new library is really a huge addition to the literacy of the community, as the old library was no where near as high quality a resource as it is now. Its also interesting to me that these are the things that you noticed, but these things are all brand new to the community and weren't utilized until recently. Your perspective of seeing the community as incredibly involved in education is interesting to me as well, since I never really considered how much the community is really involved. On retrospect however, I am really able to see that you are correct in this analysis, and we really do have a high level of involvement.
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