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Hoppe, Kelly M. – Library Media Connection, 2011
To gain a fresh perspective as a librarian, go back into the classroom for a year. In reality, this is not possible or even desirable for librarians. Library jobs are hard to come by, and no school would hold someone's position while they ventured off into the classroom. However, a year ago, the author found herself in exactly this situation. In…
Descriptors: Librarians, Middle School Teachers, Teaching Experience, School Libraries
Moorefield-Lang, Heather; Anaya, Gabriela; Shirk, Dawn – Library Media Connection, 2010
Like middle school students, adults would never want to go into a new school not being able to speak the language. Most teachers aren't signing up to teach in Mexico or China unless they know how to speak with their fellow educators and their students. But English Language Learners (ELL) don't have the choices that teachers do. They have been…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Second Language Learning, School Libraries, Foreign Countries
Considine, David M. – Library Media Connection, 2011
A report for the British Library concluded that despite access to information provided by contemporary technology, there had been no increase in the information literacy of students. Major publications from the National Middle School Association, including "This We Believe" and "From Rhetoric to Reality," recognize that the mass media is a…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Media Literacy, Middle School Students, Learning Activities
Dix, Suzanne Liacos – Library Media Connection, 2010
As advocates for reading, librarians cannot help but love a reading program. In this article, the author talks about the Battle of the Books, a reading enrichment program that had been in place since 1996. Battle of the Books promotes reading among middle school students by offering interesting books and a trivia-type competition. The author…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Enrichment Activities, Reading Programs, School Libraries
Dalston, Teresa; Pullin, Michael – Library Media Connection, 2008
Twenty doctoral students from the School of Library and Information Sciences at the University of North Texas met in the summer of 2005 to complete a seminar and online course on "Online Information Services." The class offered the perfect research settings with 10 practicing school librarians and 10 practitioners from other areas of the library…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Seminars, Case Studies, Reference Services
McCune, Bonnie F. – Library Media Connection, 2008
The announcement of the mandate for Constitution and Citizenship Day shortly before September, 2005, probably led to groans of dismay. Not another "must-do" for teachers and schools already stressed by federal and state requirements for standardized tests, increasingly rigid curricula, and scrutiny from the public and officials. But the…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, School Libraries, Media Specialists, Librarians
Fellerer, Sue – Library Media Connection, 2009
Brandon School is a small pre-K through 8th grade school serving approximately 327 students. It does not have the funding that a lot of larger school districts have. When the special needs teacher approached the author a few years ago about high-interest, low-level books and asked for ideas to help her students read more, they came up with the…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Audio Books, Media Specialists, School Libraries
Collins, Joan – Library Media Connection, 2010
Today's graduates will live and work with people from unknown places and backgrounds. Through the world of story students can journey through unfamiliar cultures, gaining knowledge and understanding of challenges faced by their contemporaries around the world. By selecting fiction books with a global focus, school librarians broaden student choice…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Grade 7, Fiction, School Libraries
Jones, Pamela S. – Library Media Connection, 2007
In this article, the author describes five lessons which focus on skills that students will need in any library. The following lessons should be taught during first semester to first-year middle school students: (1) Locating books at the library; (2) Locating databases at the library; (3) Locating encyclopedias at the library; (4) Locating…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Instruction, Middle School Students, Teaching Methods
Chessin, Paula; Romanowski, Ellen – Library Media Connection, 2009
The authors' professional standards used to be pretty straightforward and specific. Not exactly works of literary creativity, but they served the purpose of giving them structure and direction, and let their principals know what they actually did all day. Then came along a new buzzword called "dispositions." They heard it for the first time when…
Descriptors: Media Specialists, School Libraries, Librarians, Behavior Patterns
Sproul, Betty – Library Media Connection, 2006
Today's schools place a great emphasis on encouraging community service. At Raytown South Middle School, Library Helpers and community service go hand in hand. As of the beginning of April, 34 sixth, seventh, and eighth grade Library Helpers have come to the library media center 427 times and given 185 hours of community service. They have shelved…
Descriptors: Library Services, School Libraries, Middle School Students, Student Volunteers
Cameron, Gerry – Library Media Connection, 2004
Engaging students and teachers in middle school media center programs is often challenging. By the time students enter middle school, they often feel that they are "too old" for media center activities. The challenge for media specialists is to find meaningful ways to make lifelong readers out of kids who would rather do anything but read. A good…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, School Libraries, Library Services, Outreach Programs
Dumas, Elizabeth P. – Library Media Connection, 2005
As a former elementary library media specialist now in a new middle school library media center, it was frustrating for the author to not have enough time to assist students and discouraging to see the apathy that so many of the students displayed toward books and reading. Middle schoolers are busy with social activities, sports, and schoolwork.…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Services, Fiction, Classification
Schipman, Mavis – Library Media Connection, 2006
The Student Library Aide Program provides real-world work experience to students in a safe learning environment. Students who are interested in working in the library complete an application form similar to a real job application listing their classroom teachers as references, telling why they want to work in the library, and any experience they…
Descriptors: Work Experience, Media Specialists, Job Application, School Libraries
Johnson, Mary J. – Library Media Connection, 2006
As one natural disaster after another seemed to define the year 2005, library workers across the nation generously donated money, materials, and labor to help victims and damaged institutions recover. Some librarians donated to specific institutions, while others donated to more general charities. Many worried about media reports of fraudulent…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Donors, Oral History, Natural Disasters
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