1. Librarian at Adams
Goal:
To teach information seeking skills
To encourage pleasure reading

2. How to Make the Library More
Effective aka Exemplary Library
• Collaboration between teacher and librarian
– Team plan units of instruction
– Prepare task cards (Blooms Taxonomy)
– Librarian is involved with curriculum planning
• Major Unit on organized theme
– E.g. Oceans
• Varied activities that appeal to all learning styles
– Mini units or subtopics
• Weekly “Discovering levels of the ocean”
• Librarian helps select resources
• Uses technology

3. Exemplary Library
• Integrate Library Program into class
curriculum
• Teach children how to be information
literate
– Child needs to interact with information
sources (texts, online)
• Teach information skills, teaching
strategies, research methods, information
sources

4. Exemplary Library
• Only teach skills that fit naturally into the
curriculum and have a need to use them
• The librarian becomes an extension of the
classroom… integrated … the students
learn to apply skills immediately
• Do not teach skills in isolation… need to
learn how to apply what they are learning
in the classroom

5. Roles
• Role of classroom teacher as content
specalist
• Role of librarian as resource specialist

6. How to work together
• Brainstorming Session
– Generate ideas
– Information Literacy is the target
• Librarian brings resources
– Refining process begins
– Decide objectives
– Plans activities

7. Scheduling
• Flexible Scheduling
– Fits with students needs rather than a 30 min.
block of time
– Open access to library to the point of user
need or desire
• Simultaneous Use
• No rigid schedule
• Music/Art and PE are disciplines, Library
is a service

8. Ideas
• Collection Development Committee

9. What I can offer
• Search Strategies
– Big 6
• Problem-Solving
• OPAC
• Databases
• DKC Electronic Resources go to
http://dkc.esc20.net
• Book Talks
• Puppet Shows

10. Ideas
• Latino Heritage Month
• Black History Month
• Children’s Book Week
• Cesar Chavez
• Evaluate Websites
• Web scavenger hunt
• How to make a newsletter on Publisher
• Plagiarism/Copyright
• Bibliographies

11. Ideas
• PowerPoint
• Newsletters
• Dewey