Library teachers can no longer do business as usual--their students' deep learning is at risk! Expanding current collection of books, CDs, and DVDs is progress, but library teachers cannot allow their facilities to become warehouses for information resources. Their library learning commons should be a place buzzing with the hustle and bustle of…

"Shhh... quiet please!" is a familiar utterance at libraries across the country. However, if one were to visit Summit Educational Resources library media center he or she would most likely encounter not only lots and lots of noise, but children who are learning how to check out books, listen to a story, and properly interact with their peers.…

Research concerned with the teacher's ability to retrieve and use materials available through the school library media center has been done using tests of traditional library skills and audiovisual skills. A new instrument which measures all facets of library media competence in terms of all media formats is presented. (Author)

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)

Discusses the evolution of library skills from information location skills to information processing skills and addresses the assessment of library information skills on three standardized achievement tests for high school students: the Iowa Tests of Educational Development, the Tests of Achievement and Proficiency, and the Comprehensive Tests of…

Presents a story and song that can be used to teach Big6 research skills to elementary students that is based on the book "Lizard's Song", by George Shannon. (LRW)

Discusses the value of booktalks in getting high school students excited about reading and books, by having the library media staff go into the classroom with appropriate books for an assignment and discuss them. The relation of booktalks to Big6 skills instruction is explained. (LRW)

This guide provides a curriculum outline for teaching elementary and secondary students to become independent and resourceful users of libraries and media centers. The text is divided according to grade level (K-3, 4-6, junior high, and high school). For each level, behavioral objectives are spelled out, instructional activities are suggested, and…

The Dade County, Florida public school system prepared this description of a course which is designed to provide students the opportunity to acquire competencies in the utilization of various resources of the library, including the card catalog, periodical indexes, reference materials and audiovisual resources. The course exposes the student to…

Discussion of the development of educational standards and the impact on school library media programs focuses on what constitutes information skills, or information literacy. Documents for 27 states are listed that outline the information skills actually taught in the various states. (LRW)

Though librarians have always recognized the need to educate users in the two broad areas of library skills--location of resources and their use--there is little research on how such instruction can be best done. Theories that do exist seem far different from actual practice. Both practitioners and writers agree on one point: library skills should…

This handbook provides guidelines for orienting kindergarten through eighth grade students to school libraries and media centers. Included are units covering: (1) orientation and care of materials; (2) parts of a book; (3) card catalog, classification, and arrangement; (4) research and reference; (5) magazines and the Readers Guide; (6) non-print…

High school librarians have the opportunity to educate the majority of the future adult population in the continued use of libraries. This requires a well-defined plan of library-use instruction, interaction with teachers, description of user groups and their informational needs, setting of behavioral objectives, and constant revision of the plan.…

Describes a library media center activity for elementary and secondary grades where students use reference materials to find the answers to a travel game based on a "Where's Waldo" format. Clues for a worldwide version and a U.S. version are included. (LRW)

An instrument which can be used to measure the school library/media ability of students in grades 4-12 was developed in Ohio, using 2,670 students from rural, suburban, and urban settings. The test covers five broad areas: (1) how things are organized, (2) the skills needed to select appropriate resources, (3) the skills needed to use each…