The librarian's goals are to teach information seeking skills and encourage pleasure reading. An exemplary library collaborates between teachers and librarians on curriculum planning and instruction. It integrates the library program and teaches information literacy skills that are relevant to the classroom curriculum. The librarian acts as a resource specialist working with teachers, and provides flexible scheduling and resources to support student learning.

1. Librarian
Goal:
To teach information seeking skills
To encourage pleasure reading

2. How to Make the Library More
Effective aka Exemplary Library
• Collaboration between teacher and librarian
– Team plan units of instruction
– Prepare task cards (Blooms Taxonomy)
– Librarian is involved with curriculum planning
• Major Unit on organized theme
– E.g. Oceans
• Varied activities that appeal to all learning styles
– Mini units or subtopics
• Weekly “Discovering levels of the ocean”
• Librarian helps select resources
• Uses technology

3. Exemplary Library
• Integrate Library Program into class
curriculum
• Teach children how to be information
literate
– Child needs to interact with information
sources (texts, online)
• Teach information skills, teaching
strategies, research methods, information
sources

4. Exemplary Library
• Only teach skills that fit naturally into the
curriculum and have a need to use them
• The librarian becomes an extension of the
classroom… integrated … the students
learn to apply skills immediately
• Do not teach skills in isolation… need to
learn how to apply what they are learning
in the classroom

5. Roles
• Role of classroom teacher as content
specalist
• Role of librarian as resource specialist

6. How to work together
• Brainstorming Session
– Generate ideas
– Information Literacy is the target
• Librarian brings resources
– Refining process begins
– Decide objectives
– Plans activities

7. Scheduling
• Flexible Scheduling
– Fits with students needs rather than a 30 min.
block of time
– Open access to library to the point of user
need or desire
• Simultaneous Use
• No rigid schedule
• Music/Art and PE are disciplines, Library
is a service

8. Ideas
• Collection Development Committee

9. What I can offer
• Search Strategies
– Big 6
• Problem-Solving
• OPAC
• Databases
• DKC Electronic Resources go to
http://dkc.esc20.net
• Book Talks
• Puppet Shows

10. Ideas
• Latino Heritage Month
• Black History Month
• Children’s Book Week
• Cesar Chavez
• Evaluate Websites
• Web scavenger hunt
• How to make a newsletter on Publisher
• Plagiarism/Copyright
• Bibliographies

11. Ideas
• PowerPoint
• Newsletters
• Dewey