Curriculum: Library Media
Monday, January 25, 2010, 2:09 pm
School Library Information and Technology Programs for 21st Century Learning
Mission: To ensure that students are effective users and producers of information and ideas
Three essential functions of Teacher–Librarians:
- Information and Technology Instruction
- Reading Advocacy
- Information Management and Services
The scope and mix of these functions will depend on the program priorities and goals of each local school district and school building
Information and technology instruction
- Leads information literacy instruction including evaluation and analysis of the credibility, relevance and currency of information
- Coaches instructional staff in support of curriculum, information technology and information management Teaches students to be critical consumers and producers of information
- Teaches students and staff to use emerging learning technologies for school and lifelong learning
- Teaches students to be safe, ethical and responsible digital citizens
Reading advocacy
- Establishes and models a powerful, relevant and ubiquitous culture of reading in the school community
- Motivates and guides students to read for enjoyment and understanding
- Develops a relevant collection of fiction and non–fiction in a variety of formats, ensuring quality reading choices for all students
- Manages resources in support of established curriculum and student passions
Information management and services
- Provides open and equitable access to resources, technology and information services for the entire school community
- Develops and administers inviting and effective physical and digital library environments
- Manages resources to support teaching and learning
- Administers information management systems to support student learning and school and district programs.
How will you measure your own progress toward meeting these core responsibilities?
This will be a major theme as we continue to work on implementing the revised Information Literacy/Library Media and Technology Content Standards.
One program assessment strategy that I encourage each library to consider is collection analysis. It is amazing how effectively collection analysis data can help guide collection development, planning for instruction and meeting students' reading and research needs. Average copyright data, Dewey coverage, percentage of fiction in the collection and other data sets provide a clear picture of a library collection.
One collection analysis tool for automated libraries is Follett's Titlewise. While it is free to use the Titlewise service, even to non–Follett libraries, you must first sign up in Titlewave (www.titlewave.com) Non–Titlewave users will need to go to http://www.titlewave.com/login/ and go to the "New to Titlewave" link to request an account. Schools are encouraged to call the Titlewave Help Desk at 1.888.511.5114 if they need assistance. Follett Library Resources has offered a chance to win $500 worth of books for any Montana school library that completes a Titlewise Collection Analysis before the Montana Library Association Conference in April 2010.
Bound to Stay Bound also offers a collection analysis service. If you are interested in this service, please visit the Bound To Stay Bound Books Online Bookstore. Go to www.btsb.com and choose Collections.
I would like to encourage as many libraries as possible to perform a collection analysis. It is not required for school libraries to participate in this opportunity and the opportunity is only for libraries that have automated library systems.
Please be in touch.
Informationally yours,
Colet (rhymes with Olé)
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Curriculum: Professional Development
Monday, January 25, 2010, 2:25 pm
Montana Library Association Offline 2010 – February 19–20, Billings, MT http://www.mtlib.org for details and registration
NCCE 2010 – March 2–5, Seattle, WA http://www.ncce.org for details and registration
Montana Library Association Annual Conference – April 7–10, Bozeman, MT http://www.mtlib.org for details and registration
Resources
Information Literacy Resources
Big6™/Super 3Web site: This is the official web site for all things Big6™. This is one of the most widely used and successful inquiry methods for teaching information literacy K-12. Find web seminars, lesson ideas, publications and other resources on this information-rich web site
Association of College and Research Libraries IL Standards
Route 21, created by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, is a one-stop-shop for 21st century skills-related information, resources and community tools.
S.O.S for Information Literacy
TRAILS (Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills)
PBS Frontline – Growing Up Online
Bloom's Taxonomy Blooms Digitally
Reading Advocacy Resources
Go for the Gold! I Love to Read Month February 2010
International Reading Association
Library Media Endorsement Programs
Library Media Programs Resources
Policy and Guideline Samples
Montana State Library Collection Management Policy Guidelines for School Library Media Programs
California Department of Education K-12 Selection Policies
Resources for School Librarians
AASL Professional Tools & Resource Guides
