This individualized program developed for students in grades 4-6 at Herman Hesse Elementary School in Georgia, is designed to provide the students with the basic library skills needed to make them independent learners in the media center. Activity sheets for student use comprise the major portion of the document. (Author/AWP)

This guide provides a curriculum outline for teaching elementary and secondary students to become independent and resourceful users of libraries and media centers. The text is divided according to grade level (K-3, 4-6, junior high, and high school). For each level, behavioral objectives are spelled out, instructional activities are suggested, and…

This handbook provides guidelines for orienting kindergarten through eighth grade students to school libraries and media centers. Included are units covering: (1) orientation and care of materials; (2) parts of a book; (3) card catalog, classification, and arrangement; (4) research and reference; (5) magazines and the Readers Guide; (6) non-print…

This curriculum guide is designed to assist the librarian and classroom teacher in providing a program of essential library skills for all elementary school students, and designing learning activities which will reinforce the use of these media skills. The outline is divided into sections on locating, using, searching, appreciating, and producing…

Compiled for the professional and paraprofessional personnel in grades K-8 of the Toledo Public School library/media centers, this guide suggests methods for teaching skills needed in locating, using, appreciating, and understanding all kinds of print and nonprint materials. For each of the three grade level groupings (K-3, 4-6, 7-8) appropriate…

The skills necessary to enable a student to use the print and audiovisual materials normally found in a media center are outlined in this guide. The guide recommends a list of reference sources and suggests instructional hardware and software that students should be familiar with and able to use at the primary, middle, upper middle, junior high…