Suggests a method for teaching research and other media center skills by integrating them in the reading and language arts curriculum with the media specialist and classroom teacher team-planning relevant activities. Advantages and disadvantages of this approach are summarized. (MES)

Three elementary schools relocated their libraries to multipurpose rooms and a stage to provide space for teaching "hands-on" library skills. (Author/MLF)

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia School System has effectively met the challenge of providing quality library service in its 294 schools, even though few had a professional librarian. The system succeeded through the utilization of 1,100 volunteers and through the instruction of volunteers on a regular basis. Eleven references are listed.…

Reviews the five criteria with which to evaluate instructional materials (content validity, transfer potential, amount of reinforcement, quality of directions and instructional language, and adaptability/flexibility). Presents content bias as the last criterion. Reviews four resources for developing reference and study skills. (MG)

Presents eight annotations from the ERIC database that offer suggestions about ways teachers and librarians can motivate students to use the library and to develop library skills. (PRA)

Combined craft and library media activities with Christmas holiday themes are suggested to develop card catalog and indexing skills, Dewey decimal classification system and location skills, and literature appreciation. (MES)

Reviews four programs (equivalent fractions, sentence patterns, bookself-use of Dewey system, career skills) representative of programs on a disk available from Robbinsdale Area Schools (Minneapolis, MN). Indicates programs (for Pet Commodore-16K) are interesting, well laid out, competently programed, and easy to use. (Author/JN)

Reviewed are eight recent instructional kits, supplementary texts, and professional references for K-8 library and study skills instruction. (SJL)

This guide consists of a series of behavioral objectives for the student, K-12. It has been prepared by librarians to aid teachers in using the library as an extension of their classroom teaching and to aid librarians in providing the needed materials and activities for both teachers and students. It should be useful to teachers in planning…

Describes purpose, materials, and approach for several science-related lessons designed to teach library media skills to elementary school children: (1) Nonfiction Versus Fiction; (2) Desk Dictionaries and Specialized Dictionaries; (3) The Library as a Communication Storehouse; (4) Conducting a Survey; (5) Interpreting Graphs; and (6) Plastics,…

Focuses on the need to develop research skills in children so that they may become independent and critical users of research materials. Suggestions are given on how librarians can work with teachers to develop children's research skills. (Author/LLS)

Discusses how one school library functions as a natural setting for extending the literacy of students, even though the library has no librarian. Focuses on how instruction and the opportunities for meaningful practice are integrated realistically as students use this "second classroom," the school library. (MG)

This guide for teachers of library skills provides classroom activities for students in the middle grades of elementary school. The activities can be used to instruct students in the following: (1) use of alphabetical order, (2) location of materials in the school or public library, (3) familiarity with Dewey Decimal classifications, (4) use of…

This individualized program developed for students in grades 4-6 at Herman Hesse Elementary School in Georgia, is designed to provide the students with the basic library skills needed to make them independent learners in the media center. Activity sheets for student use comprise the major portion of the document. (Author/AWP)