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van der Meulen, Ann – Library Talk, 1999
Offers ideas for activities that elementary school library media specialists can use in the beginning of the year to welcome students back and reacquaint them with library rules and procedures. Describes songs, group activities, treasure hunts, games, and poster design for older students. (LRW)
Descriptors: Art Products, Educational Games, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Howard, Melanie – Library Talk, 2001
Describes the use of video technology in elementary schools, particularly for social studies activities. Explains iMovie, a nonlinear editing software program for digital video nonprofessionals; discusses the possibilities for cooperative projects between library media specialists and teachers; and offers video production tips. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Elementary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Librarian Teacher Cooperation
Reeder, Pam; Sowers, Karen – Library Talk, 2002
Discusses the importance of family literacy. Highlights include daily reading at home before children go to school; the home/school connection; examples of successful programs implemented by school library media specialists; and ideas from the National Center for Family Literacy for starting family literacy programs, including community needs,…
Descriptors: Community Needs, Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Johnson, Doug – Library Talk, 1998
Discusses how to write assessment instruments for student performance skills with computers that cannot be evaluated by standard paper and pencil tests and considers the library media specialist's role. Highlights include assessing content and the container, or format; using examples of high quality work; giving criteria; revisions; and using…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Content Analysis, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Hauptman, Robert; Buesseler, Carla; Graff, Peter; Hendrickson, Julie; Huddy, Paula; Jensen, Christina; Kirk, Elizabeth; Knaeble, Carol; Lee, Wendy; Marchand, John; Michaelson, Christopher; Pesta, James; Quinn, Amy; Schoeneck, Michael; Tetzlaff, Todd – Library Talk, 1999
Discusses censorship by librarians and media specialists and considers clashes between professional obligations and theoretical values. Considers the distinction between selection and censorship in both print and electronic sources of information and presents a variety of scenarios dealing with censorship issues. (LRW)
Descriptors: Censorship, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Dempsey, Ann – Library Talk, 1999
Discusses the benefits of collaboration between teachers and school library media specialists. Topics include teaching information skills, lack of planning by teachers, time constraints, public relations by the media specialist geared toward teachers and administrators, and promoting library resources. (LRW)
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Skills, Learning Resources Centers
Maxwell, D. Jackson – Library Talk, 2000
Discusses the role library media specialists can play in promoting community-school interaction through use of the media. Highlights include newspapers; television and radio; electronic media, including Web sites and electronic publishing; newsletters; journals and magazines; conferences and workshops; and honors and awards. (LRW)
Descriptors: Conferences, Electronic Publishing, Learning Resources Centers, Library Role
Repman, Judi – Library Talk, 1998
Discussion of the connection between reading and writing focuses on use of the World Wide Web by librarians and teachers to publish students' writing. Considers publishing on other Web sites versus the school's or library's home page; and discusses sites that suggest different roles for teachers, school library media specialists, and students.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Electronic Publishing, Elementary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Penn, Matthew – Library Talk, 2000
Suggest ways that elementary school media specialists can encourage reading. Highlights include personal attention; students reading aloud; book bibliographies; a comfortable reading corner; competition; student suggestions for titles; contests and games; teacher recommendations; booktalks; displays; and author visits. (LRW)
Descriptors: Authors, Bibliographies, Competition, Display Aids
Futch, Lynn; Asper, Vicki; Repman, Judi; Tschamler, Addie; Thomas, Melody; Kearns, Jodi; Farmer, Lesley S. J.; Buzzeo, Toni – Library Talk, 2002
Includes eight articles that address the role of the elementary school librarian in developing information literacy, focusing on collaboration between media specialists and classroom teachers. Highlights include student research, including a research planning sheet; Web resources on information literacy and assessment; and helping students use…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Information Literacy
