A school in-service presentation to inform teachers about how the library can help them and their students, including using the library catalog and the layout of the library.

1. Using the Library:
Space, Resources, and
Collaboration

2. 1. Learn about resources the library
has to offer to enhance lessons and
support students.
2. Incorporate print & digital
resources into upcoming lessons &
units.
3. Collaborate with library staff using
resources in the classroom,
computer lab, or library.
COHORT OBJECTIVES

3. Starting at the Beginning:
Which services do you
know the library offers?

4. Tour of the Space
◎Fiction
◎Picture Books
◎Nonfiction
◎Professional Collection

5. Using These Resources
◎Background Knowledge
◎Models
◎Project/Group Resources
◎Your Own Learning. :)

6. Using the Library Catalog
◎In “Teacher Resources” on Bb
◎Search our collection or
ALL collections
◎Advanced Search
◎Features of results
◎“Kept” feature

7. Your Task:
(15 minutes)
Search the
catalog for
something
related to your
content.
Find it on the
shelves &
flip through it.
Could you use
this somehow?
Browse what’s
nearby (or
other areas!)
and bring
something to
share back to
the table.

8. What Did You Find??

9. Before the Next Cohort
Meeting:
1. Read article on collaboration
2. Incorporate at least one
nonfiction or picture book
into a lesson