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Clark, Penny – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1995
Describes a library media center activity for elementary and secondary grades where students use reference materials to find the answers to a travel game based on a "Where's Waldo" format. Clues for a worldwide version and a U.S. version are included. (LRW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geography, Learning Activities, Learning Resources Centers
Young, Laura – Book Report, 1998
Describes a research project for 10th-grade students that was developed to produce independent researchers who had a clear understanding of the research process and a knowledge of some of the research materials available in the school library media center. Independence was emphasized by discouraging help from the teacher or librarian. (LRW)
Descriptors: Grade 10, High Schools, Information Sources, Learning Resources Centers
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1994
Suggests an activity for the evaluation of students' information skills learned through the year that involves cooperation between teachers and the library media specialist to provide students with questions to be correctly answered for extra privileges. Questions on particular subjects, using specific reference sources, and with time limits are…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Information Literacy, Learning Resources Centers
ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources, Syracuse, NY. – 1984
Nine articles published between 1981 and 1984 and cited in "Resources in Education" and "Current Index to Journals in Education" are listed in this bibliography on uses of microcomputers in library instruction. Emphasis is on how school libraries are using the microcomputer as educational media and library management tools. Topics include the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education
Burke, Dorothy J. – 1979
Designed to help junior high school students improve their school citizenship and realize their responsibility for school library materials, this guide outlines a teaching unit for seventh graders which consists of four content areas: (1) media center facilities and services, (2) appropriate library behavior, (3) responsibility toward materials…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Citizenship Education, Course Descriptions, Junior High School Students

Stockton, Betty Jo; DuChateau, Marie C. – Catholic Library World, 1984
Discussion of role of the school library in the academic life of the gifted/talented student highlights characteristics of gifted students which relate to library services, teaching library skills and research techniques, and other library activities (author interviews, library aides, reading encouragement). A 95-item bibliography of library…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Learning Resources Centers

Sexton, Kathryn – Top of the News, 1983
Describes instructional methods and resources used by school librarians in meeting responsibility to teach students steps of an information search, validity and kind of sources, why a particular book was used, and value of reference tools. Examples are given of reference tools and situations in which they might be used. (EJS)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Design, Learning Resources Centers, Librarians
Bacon, Pamela S. – 2000
This book contains tips (author's suggestions), tools (ready-to-use lifesavers), and talk (quotes from practicing media specialists) for school librarians at all grade levels. A total of 100 lifesavers are included, covering areas such as inventory, motivation strategies, disciplinary approaches, library checkout, Internet searching, the traveling…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Internet, Learning Activities, Learning Resources Centers
Martin, Ron – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1994
Describes two reference books suitable for middle/junior high school library media centers that present information about African-American women and suggests activities for Afro-American History Month. Library media skills objectives, social studies and art objectives, grade levels, resources, instructional roles, activities and procedures,…
Descriptors: Art, Blacks, Females, History
Maine Educational Media Association, Old Town. – 1984
This document presents a list of general skills for a school library skills curriculum. It is recommended that the skills be adapted for individual schools, age groups, and skill levels as are deemed appropriate by teachers and media personnel when planning and instituting a library skills curriculum. Skills and activities/objectives are reported…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Urbanik, Mary Kay – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1991
Arguing that utilization of the school library media center program and its accompanying resources is an essential part of the total curriculum planning process, this article discusses a set of "generic" educational principles used by the teacher and the media specialist to form the basis for their cooperative communication and planning…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Prince George's County Public Schools, Upper Marlboro, MD. – 1987
Developed so that teachers may become more aware of the areas of teaching and provision of resources that are a part of the Prince George's County Public Schools school library media program, this chart indicates broad areas where the library media specialist, using specialized knowledge and a collection of multimedia materials, may teach skills…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Behavioral Objectives, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of School Media Programs. – 1982
Intended for use as a guide in the preparation of a locally approved media skills continuum, this publication lists skills appropriate for grades K through 12 within five competency goal areas: (1) orientation and organization--the learner will demonstrate a working knowledge of the media center's organization and of procedures required to use the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Check Lists, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education
Morante, Rosemary; And Others – 1984
This guide, a supplement to the 1982 "Guide to School Library Media Programs," is intended to help library media specialists, teachers, curriculum specialists, and administrators improve instruction and school effectiveness by providing an organized approach to teaching information skills in particular content areas. It is divided into…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
Anderson, Mary Alice – MultiMedia Schools, 2002
Discussion of cuts in school library media specialist positions focuses on practices that need to change. Highlights include operating in isolation rather than being integrated into the school; isolated traditional library skills rather than integrated information literacy; unhelpful statistics; protecting resources rather than sharing them; lack…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns, Information Literacy, Labor Market
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