Focuses on the student-centered "Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning" mission for school library media programs, and the corresponding information literacy standards. Discusses examples of content-area standards; instructional roles; and three strategies for developing an integrated library media program--collaborating with…

Discusses building collaborative teacher-librarian relationships, focusing on team-building experiences at Lincoln Elementary School (Hawaii). Highlights include: building trust; cooperating on curriculum; creating leadership teams; planning interactive meetings; valuing strengths; varying roles and responsibilities; and viewing planning as…

Focuses on collaboration for authentic learning. Describes an assignment that was collaboratively planned, constructed and implemented by one high school's teacher-librarian and chemistry teacher. Discusses outcomes of the assignment; assessing authenticity; higher-order thinking; depth of knowledge; and connectedness to the world beyond the…

Discusses changing from fixed to flexible scheduling for school libraries and describes the process of change at two elementary school libraries. Highlights include the difference between information and learning; information literacy; problem-solving models; curriculum integration; collaboration between teachers and librarians; student needs; and…

Describes one district's collaborative approaches to literacy development for all students. Highlights include: author visits; reading incentive programs; projects using creative expressions of information; literacy collaboration in high school; development, by teacher-librarians, teachers, and administrators, of a guide to integrated information…