How are AASL's (American Association of School Librarians) new learning standards, the "Standards for the 21st-Century Learner," incorporated into the school library media program? This publication from AASL takes an in-depth look at the strands of the "Standards for the 21st-Century Learner" and the indicators within those strands. It also…

Teacher-librarians have implemented collaborations, becoming facilitators of literacy development throughout their schools as library research moves into multimodal forms. For instance, Wolf & Jordan (2006) studied teacher-librarian collaboration with third grade students researching and writing within a unit on severe weather preparedness. The…

There has been much talk about libraries, including public libraries, being uniquely positioned to act as key agents for developing the critical skill of information literacy in their communities. Yet there is a notable lack of literature addressing information literacy and the public library, especially when compared to the volume of material on…

In this article, the author describes how the tragedy of a fire at Shikellamy High School in Sunbury, Pennsylvania helped her, together with Ellen Boyer, Shikellamy High School Drama/Communication Arts teacher, light a fire under their students. They were able to launch the new Information Literacy curriculum with an 11 period introduction to the…

In this article, the authors discuss how the University of Rochester's two-year ethnographic study reveals what students do on campus and how the library fits in. Under Nancy Fried Foster's guidance, teams of librarians and staff conducted a two-year investigation. The goal: to improve the libraries' reference services, facilities, and web pages…

Instruction in use of the library at the elementary and secondary levels needs to be improved. (9 references) (SJ)

The effectiveness of simultaneous and delayed video modeling when used by three middle-school students with moderate intellectual disabilities was examined. Alternating between modeling systems, students were taught to use the public library computer to locate specific book call numbers and use the Dewey Decimal Classification System to locate…

Designed for use by foreign students, this guide to American library terminology lists 27 common terms in English, Chinese, Spanish, Korean, and Arabic with definitions in English. (MES)

A Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians workshop produced this inventory of library orientation and instruction methods. It covers program development; orientation methods; instruction methods such as classes, point-of-use methods, handbooks and guides; and programmed or computer assisted instruction, and evaluation. (LS)

An explanation of the mechanics of preparing a young film-makers' festival is presented. Directed toward media-naive librarians, the pitfalls and rewards of the Los Angeles Public Library Young Adult Services experience are outlined. (21 references) (Author/KE)

How to go about using the public library in learn-it-yourself experiences. (WL)

This paper introduces the ESL Information Literacy Project (ESLILP) at the University of Ballarat. It describes the development, implementation and evaluation of a library orientation course designed in a TAFE context for adult, non-academic students who speak English as a Second Language (ESL). The paper seeks to raise awareness of an apparent…

Suggests the in-house creation of graphics for orienting users to the library. (PF)

Operative assumptions about librarians as teachers and the concentration of instruction on technical rather than conceptual skills are questioned. The importance of teaching a conceptual framework for development of library researching skills is stressed, with reference to ideas about the learning process. (Author)