This publication provides guidelines designed to assist Maryland library media administrators and specialists in planning, developing, and implementing kindergarten through twelfth grade library media programs. It provides a broad outline from which local systems may construct library media programs integrated with other curricular units. The…

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…

Describes various approaches for the media specialist to use in getting teachers involved in library media activities: the Traditional Approach; the "Keeping up with the Jones" Approach; the "Sneak up on Your Enemy" Approach; the "Element of Surprise" Approach; and the "Kill Them with Kindness" Approach. (MES)

Discusses several topics of interest to school media specialists: (1) writing for publication about projects and ideas; (2) activities of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL); (3) an AASL position statement on flexible scheduling; and (4) some suggested resources. (MES)

Describes the CLIC (Connecting the Library with Instruction in the Classroom) program in the Henrico County (Virginia) Public Schools, a pilot program designed to investigate the concept of flexible scheduling in school library media centers. The discussion covers the areas of planning (selection of participants, literature review, and teacher…

Discusses the main goal of this workshop, which is to show how the use of information literacy and instructional design theory and skills have been easily integrated into the normal classroom routine in one Ohio school district. (LRW)

This booklet provides a framework within which information skills may be taught. Four broad categories of information skills--identifying and locating information sources, information intake, organizing information, and communicating information--are described. The development of an information skills policy which includes a sequential list of…

Presents a program planning process for cooperative planning by teachers and media specialists. Planning elements described include objectives; content; organization; methodology; activities; and evaluation. A planning checklist is included. (MES)

This guide is designed to be used as a planning tool in the development of library media and information skills curricula that will teach students in grades K-12 how to make effective use of information both in the classroom and throughout their lives. The matrix organizes competencies and skills described in Wisconsin Department of Public…

The Kansas Association of School Librarians (KASL) developed and tested a model that enables library media specialists to work with all grade levels and most subject areas to plan units of integrated information-skills instruction and to assess this instruction. The "Handy 5" Model (using Big Six framework) is explained, and research…

Explains 10 concepts that school librarians can use to incorporate information literacy concepts into the curriculum through collaboration with teachers. Highlights include how libraries are organized; how information is arranged and accessed; setting criteria for the acceptability of information; and benefits of voluntary reading. (LRW)

Provides seven fully developed library media activities to be used in conjunction with specific curriculum units in mathematics, music, science, and social studies. Grade levels, objectives, curriculum objectives, resources, instructional roles, activities, and procedures for completion, evaluation, and follow-up are described for each activity.…

Discusses flexible scheduling in school library media centers and describes strategies to initiate scheduling that allows library media skills to be integrated into other curriculum areas. Topics discussed include collaboration with classroom teachers, becoming familiar with the curriculum, changes in learning strategies, and changes in the media…

Reports research based on an ongoing three-year investigation of changes that have taken place in two Library Power schools in a large urban school system in the southeastern United States; the Library Power initiative emphasizes that library media specialists integrate information literacy skills throughout the curriculum. (AEF)

This paper examines the choices that Stow Public Library in Stow, Ohio made to respond to the needs of home schoolers. Home schooling is when parents choose to educate their children at home instead of following the traditional method of educating them at public or private schools. The objective of this research is to create a model of potential…