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Henry, Robin – Library Media Connection, 2010
Evaluation is important. As the sea of information grows ever larger, educators must be able to teach their students to evaluate what they find and decide its relevance and accuracy. In the American Association of School Librarians' publication "Standards for the 21st Century Learner," evaluation is a skill (1.1.4, 1.1.5), a disposition in action…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Online Searching, College Libraries, Access to Information
Hart, Amy – Library Media Connection, 2010
Resource Description and Access (RDA) represents both a revised set of cataloging rules and a completely new framework in which to catalog. It aims for backward compatibility with AACR2 at the same time that it seeks to facilitate moving library data to the Semantic Web. Given these competing goals, it's not surprising that RDA's implementation…
Descriptors: Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Cataloging, Internet
Johnson, Tom – Library Media Connection, 2009
School library websites enhance and explain the services provided by the library. Most schools have a library website. Jurkowski (2004) reviewed thirty-four school library websites and ranked the most common features: website links, databases, policies, Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC), and websites by subject. These features give patrons a…
Descriptors: Access to Information, School Libraries, Online Catalogs, Internet
Brooks, Laura K. – Library Media Connection, 2008
Media specialists are never done learning technology. They can't truly learn in isolation and they are not ever settled in their roles as collaborator and teacher. Selecting literature and managing collections is an "old school" role. Just like language evolves, just like the town grange has evolved from a listserv, forum, to a wiki, media…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Media Specialists, Librarians, Library Services
Valenza, Joyce Kasman – Library Media Connection, 2008
Citing the website "43 Things" (http://www.43things.com/) and derivatives Learning 2.0 (http://plcmcl2-about.blogspot.com/) and California's School Library Learning 2.0 (http://www.schoollibrarylearning2.blogspot.com/), the author suggests other activities to help librarians and teacher-librarians train themselves for leadership in new information…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Technological Advancement, Internet, Library Services
Burger, Shannon; McFarland, Mary Ann – Library Media Connection, 2009
Action research can be an efficient means for busy library media specialists (LMSs) to assess problems or situations to determine the best course of action in their libraries. According to Jody K. Howard and Su A. Eckhardt, action research is different from traditional scientific research. For example, action research can be used for the analysis…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Action Research, Media Specialists, Web Sites
Panter, Suzanna L. – Library Media Connection, 2009
On October 10, 2008 the "Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act" was signed. This law requires schools receiving federal E-rate discounts on Internet services to educate their students on appropriate online behavior. Many states including Virginia have mandated Internet Safety education in all grade levels as part of technology education.…
Descriptors: Safety, Internet, Technology Education, Safety Education
Church, Audrey – Library Media Connection, 2006
According to a November 2004 Pew Internet and American Life Project survey, "87% of those between the ages of 12 and 17 are online...and half of them say they go online every day" ("Teens Forge" 1). They prefer the Internet to traditional libraries because they consider the Internet to be easier to use, more convenient, open 24/7, and full of more…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Services, Internet, Web Sites
Brisco, Shonda – Library Media Connection, 2006
Teaching students the difference between good and bad information has become increasingly more difficult for librarians and other educators. While tools exist to help students to understand how to determine good and bad online information (Web site evaluation forms, techniques to link back to Web site owners, etc.), the reality is that most…
Descriptors: Databases, Internet, Web Sites, Evaluation
Johnson, Mary J. – Library Media Connection, 2009
Nothing comes closer to "the truth" than a primary source, even a primary source with wart--biases, narrow-minded interpretations, and historical inaccuracies. Students who learn to apply critical thinking to the analysis of primary sources also learn to situate sources within the broader historical context, test hypotheses, form their own…
Descriptors: Primary Sources, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Internet
Gustafson, Chris – Library Media Connection, 2008
There are plenty of reasons why teaching students to set up their own blogs should not be taught by school librarians. But the truth is, not all students have access to that out-of-school technology world. ELL students and kids from lower-income homes are unlikely to have the Internet at home. As much as school librarians promote and encourage…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, School Libraries, Educational Technology
Johnson, Doug – Library Media Connection, 2005
The role of web hate sites on the tragedy that occurred in Red Lake School and its community on 21 March 2005 is discussed. Library media specialists and technologists should make sure that students find communities with values that are life-affirming and socially responsible, as even a small thing can make a huge difference in a student's life.
Descriptors: Media Specialists, School Libraries, Library Role, Crime
Franklin, Lori L. – Library Media Connection, 2006
This article is based on a series of lessons prepared for a class of third graders who were going to research specific planets. With so many Web sites on the Internet, there is a need to be concerned about information overload for the audience. The NASA site (www.nasa.gov) is filled with lots of sites providing factual information about the…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Web Sites, Evaluation, Information Literacy
Darrow, Rob – Library Media Connection, 2005
The advent of Internet has lead to increase in the number of available sources in the library media centers, which earlier depended on reference books, encyclopedia and a nonfiction book. The advantage of the web includes easier access to primary sources, original journals, interviews, TV transcripts, video interviews, and newspaper articles.
Descriptors: Reference Materials, Search Engines, Information Seeking, School Libraries
McElmeel, Sharron L. – Library Media Connection, 2004
Multicultural books are popular with library media specialists and teachers who feel the need to include a diversity of cultures in the materials young people have available to them. It must include titles that are authentic and respectful works from a Native American perspective. A list of the Web site addresses and names of books that deal with…
Descriptors: Books, Cultural Pluralism, American Indians, American Indian Culture