This book shows how the high school media specialist and the English teacher can work together to integrate research and library information skills instruction. Emphasizing the importance of teacher-librarian cooperation and curriculum match, this book offers media specialists and teachers practical ideas to explore and implement. The book draws…

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 five models for instructional design, including the ASSURE Model (analyze learners, state objectives, select methods, media and materials, utilize media and materials, require learner participation, and evaluate); the Learning Cycle; Instructional Analysis Model; Integrated Model for Teaching Library Skills; and Instructional…

Study units integrating library skills into the day-to-day teaching curriculum were cooperatively developed by classroom teachers and librarians at The King's Christian Junior and Senior High School in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Teachers filled out forms to express their preferences for study unit subjects. Librarians then met with teachers to: (1)…

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)

Describes a school library media project for teaching poetry in which fifth-grade students write and illustrate a poem and produce a poster using the PosterPrinter machine. Suggestions for additional activities are included. (EAM)

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…

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…

This book presents a systematic approach to integrated library and information skills instruction that is based on six broad skill areas necessary for successful information problem-solving, otherwise referred to as the "Big Six Skills." It begins with definitions and explanations of the Big Six Skills approach, moves to a discussion of…

This report describes a program proposed by a library media specialist at the Titusville (New York) Middle School to encourage the use of the media center by teachers. The media specialist recognized that, although she spent a great deal of time and effort thoroughly orienting and instructing student patrons, no formal mechanism existed for…

Describes a project sponsored by a grant from the American Association of School Librarians and the Highsmith Corporation that focused on elementary curriculum integration of the library media program, collaboration between teachers and media specialists based on roles suggested in "Information Power," and flexible or fixed scheduling of…

Focuses on the planning process described in "Information Power," recently published guidelines for school library media programs. Topics addressed include: (1) the rationale for program planning; (2) benefits and risks of planning; and (3) the steps in planning a curriculum-integrated program. An instrument for assessing preliminary conditions…

Provides fully developed library media activities for use by elementary school students with curriculum units on art, health, reading and language arts, science, and social studies. For each activity, the objectives of the exercise, appropriate grade levels, resources, instructional roles of librarians and teachers, procedures involved, and…

Describes a collaborative curriculum program developed by the library media specialist and classroom teachers for a sixth-grade unit on space exploration at a North Carolina elementary school. Staff development, shared activities of teachers and the library media specialist, and special activities in the library media center are described. (LRW)