How can you library media specialist and the library on your campus add value to the content you teach and enrich learning for all?

1. LIBRARY &
MEDIA
RESOURCES
Added Value for EVERY
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2. Frame of Reference
When you were in the classroom, did you use
the library media center?
If so, in what ways?
If not, why not? (Be honest – I can take it.)
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3. PARADIGM SHIFT
PAST PRESENT
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4. “The problem isn’t finding information, the
problem is sorting through the mass of
information that’s out there to find what’s
really valuable.”
-Joe Goetz, University of St. Thomas Librarian
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5. Why this session?
“Most of our students want to do Google searching for everything. My
staff even wants to do that. So when I show them what better results
they get from the databases, I can even get the teachers to buy in to
using them. Teachers are well educated and we shouldn’t have to talk
about the databases, but my experience is they don’t use them. I feel
like librarians are needed more than ever because we are bombarded
with information but so much of it is biased or wrong. Students need
the skills to navigate this mass of ‘junk information’ to find the gems.
We do that. However, the lay community sees all the answers as being
on the web, so they think ‘why do we need libraries at all.’ Instead of
needing librarians less, we need their skills more than ever to teach
our students how to find reliable, accurate, and balanced information.”
-Chris Gill, Katy Junior High Librarian
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6. School Libraries Work!
“Like elementary schools, high schools tended
“Direct correlation can be made between
to have better test results where teachers
student achievement and school library
reported that they initiate collaboration with
programs led by library media specialists whose
the library media specialist on the design and
dual teaching certification uniquely qualifies
them.” of instruction at least weekly or
delivery
monthly.”
—Keith Curry, Marcia J. Rodney, and Becky Russell
The Indiana Study (2007)
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7. School Libraries Work!
Based on a 2001 study, over 10% more students
in Texas schools with librarians than in schools
without librarians met minimum Texas
Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS)
expectations in reading.
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8. STAAR
Improved Reading = Improved STAAR Passing Rates
Libraries can provide exposure to different genres:
poetry, nonfiction, drama.
Collaboration! Teach together as a team.
Embed research skills into curriculum year-round
rather than having a research “unit.”
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9. Alignment
District-wide lessons that match curriculum!
Examples:
• When 1st grade teaches ABC order, the library
has a lesson on books shelved in ABC Order.
• When 5th grade math teaches decimals, the
library has a lesson on Dewey Decimal order.
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10. College Ready?
“Students need to go to the library and learn
about the library’s resources - print and
electronic - if they’re going to be successful
with research. They can’t hope to find good
results with just the tools they’re used to
(Google, Wikipedia, etc). And they really need
to know that librarians are there to guide and
instruct them in this learning process.
Librarians are there to help you. Ask them for
help.”
-Joe Goetz, University of St. Thomas
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11. College Ready?
“Plagiarism, peer review and Boolean search.”
-Loan Nguyen, University of St. Thomas Librarian
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14. Google is not for research…
Librarians teach
information access
and evaluation of
electronic resources.
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16. A Better Way
Destiny Bells & Whistles:
Create a resource list & share it with a campus
Built-in citation maker
Search books & databases at the same time
Use from home
Boolean search
Content-specific databases:
GALE – something for everyone
Encyclopedias & Discovery Education
Social Studies – ABC-CLIO, Maps 101, Culture Grams, SIRS Decades,
TX Handbook Online
General Helps - Turn It In, Big 6, MLA Citation
eBooks:
Searchable within Destiny catalog with all resources
Just eBooks accessible through separate link
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17. Dive in! http://library.katyisd.org
http://kisdwebs.katyisd.org/cam
puses/MRHS/Pages/Library.aspx
www.katyisd.org
(Students > Library Resources)
Library Blogs
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18. Works Cited
• Images from Photobucket, accessed 11/29/11, http://photobucket.com/
• Boilerplate Website, accessed 11/30/11,
http://bigredhair.com/boilerplate/intro.html
• Scholastic Research & Results “School Libraries Work!” Paper, accessed 11/29/11,
www.scholastic.com/content/collateral_resources/pdf/s/slw3_2008.pdf
• STAAR Logo, accessed 12/1/11,
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/
• University of St. Thomas Logo, accessed 12/1/11,
http://www.stthom.edu/Online_Newsroom/Media_Resources/Logo_Gallery.aqf
• University of Houston Logo, accessed 05/11,
http://www.uh.edu/policies/graphicstandards/graphic/index.php
• Collaborative idea-gathering with fellow KISD Librarians
• Slides available @ www.slideshare.net under “KISD Library Value-Added”
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