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Direct linkPurcell, Melissa – Library Media Connection, 2011
The school library media center should be a place that every student and teacher feels compelled to visit on a daily basis. Offering good, informative orientations can provide the direction needed to ensure that happens. Orientations should be part of every school library media specialist's job description and role. Orientations can be as long or…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Media Specialists, Library Services, School Orientation
Bishop, Kay – Linworth, 2011
This book provides an in-depth exploration of the topics that are currently relevant in K-12 curricula, including the school librarian's role in dealing with these issues, collaborating with teachers, and connecting to classrooms. The role and responsibilities of the library media specialist in the 21st century continue to expand. Since the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Distance Education
Dickinson, Gail K. – Library Media Connection, 2007
In this article, the author shares some tips for the new or not-so-new library media specialists. During the first week of school, the library media specialist's life will be filled with teacher work days, mandatory meetings, piles of stuff with no apparent purpose, and a line of teachers and other staff who want something from the library. There…
Descriptors: Media Specialists, Library Services, School Libraries, Goal Orientation
Educators' Spotlight Digest, 2006
This column is a collaborative effort by library media specialists who write about the motivational strategies that have worked for them. Motivational strategies include ways to gain and sustain attention, increase relevance for learning information literacy skills, build confidence in students' developing research abilities, and promote a…
Descriptors: Motivation Techniques, School Libraries, Media Specialists, Information Literacy
Addor, Margaret H. – 1989
This report describes a program proposed by a library media specialist at the Titusville (New York) Middle School to encourage the use of the media center by teachers. The media specialist recognized that, although she spent a great deal of time and effort thoroughly orienting and instructing student patrons, no formal mechanism existed for…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Learning Resources Centers
Educators' Spotlight Digest, 2006
This column is a collaborative effort by library media specialists and K-16 educators who write about the motivational strategies that have worked for them in teaching IL skills. Motivational strategies include ways to gain and sustain attention, increase relevance for learning information literacy skills, build confidence in students' developing…
Descriptors: Motivation Techniques, School Libraries, Media Specialists, Information Literacy
