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Blakemore, M. F. "YA Lit Websites Teach Information Literacy Skills." //Knowledge Quest// v. 38 no. 3 (January/February 2010) p. 32-3

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Future library media specialists would benefit from the advice in this article by high school librarian Megan Blakemore. The ALA states that "[t]o be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and has the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information." One of the biggest challenges that librarians face in teaching information literacy is the evaluation of the validity of web sites. Ms. Blakemore has devised a fun lesson plan to help students identify the purpose and intended audience of a website. Blakemore has identified two hoax websites created by young adult authors that use elements of their novels: Candor FL (author Pam Bachorz) and Killer Unicorns (author Diana Peterfreund). These websites serve as marketing tools. They can be contrasted with the official author websites and literary review sites of the books. By comparing the purposes and intended audiences of these web sites the students can learn to interpret and use the information they contain in a meaningful way.

Posted by Karen O'Brien, 9/20/11

=="If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." John Quincy Adams ==

//What better definition of the possibilities of a school teacher librarian?//

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Kramer, Pamela K., "Common Core and School Librarians: An Interview with Joyce Karon," //School Library Monthly//, 28 (1) (2011) 6 Nov.2011 < [] > According to Karon, school librarians need to know the Common Core Standards (CCS) (academic standards for K-12 education designed to prepare students for college and career readiness) inside out so they can collaborate with classroom teachers and make connections with the curriculum. School librarians need to help students read and understand complex text in the content areas. The LMS needs to take a leadership role and make sure that the learning community sees them as teachers that can help implement the CCS.

//Posted by Karen O'Brien 11/6/11//

Michael Bell. SHARE : The 21st-Century Library - "Connecting kids to content." []
 * Gem on Information Literacy from LM-NET Se****lect for 10/03/11**

//This video highlights elementary school librarian Stephanie Rosalia in her quest to "connect kids to content." She works in an inner city school with children from immigrant families. She explains that literacy includes, but also exceeds, books- it includes life skills. Following Rosalia through her day one can't help but agree with her that "the library should be the center of the school."//

Posted by Karen O'Brien, 10/3/11

Todd, Ross J., "Charting Student Learning through Inquiry" __School Library Monthly__, vol. 28, 3, December 2011

In two of the school libraries that I have observed the library media specialists have used the Trails multiple choice test as a tool to assess the information literacy skills of their students. The AASL //Standards for the 21st Century// challenge librarians to teach their students to go beyond the mere collection of facts towards higher order thinking and depth of knowledge and understanding. But how do we prove our efficacy? In this article Ross Todd highlights a new assessment tool that will measure student learning through inquiry. The new tool, known as the Student Learning Through Inquiry Measure (SLIM),enables librarians to chart students' changes in knowledge of their topics as they progress through their inquiry task. It is a method to systematically gather and interpret evidence of student learning through the school library program.

Posted by Karen O'Brien

"F.C.C. Expanding Efforts to Connect More Americans to Broadband" New York Times, 10/12/11 p. A14 [|F.C.C. Expanding Efforts to Connect More Americans to Broadband]

This article highlights government efforts to enable Americans to compete in the global economy by educating them in high speed internet use. Private companies have banded together in a new group called "Connect to Compete" to help more people learn to use computers. The article notes that more than 80% of Fortune 500 companies require job applicants to apply online. Computer literacy is, therefore, vital to employment. The F.C.C. wants to start a pilot program that would expand the number of libraries that teach people how to use computers and apply for jobs online. School librarians teach these vital skills every day-we need to get the word out and blow our own horn!

posted by Karen O'Brien 10/12/11

LM-NET led me to an informational resource: the 21st Century Library-"Connecting Kids to Content." The url is:

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code @http://public.sd38.bc.ca/~gpowell/tech/FOV4-00090749/Lethbridge/ I thought that after creating our own power points to "promote our programs" it was interesting to see what California produced to promote their school libraries. "What does a teacher librarian really do?" explains not only how librarians help students, but how they collaborate with teachers.

//Posted by Karen O'Brien 10/21/11//

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Kaaland, Christie. (2011) "Creating a Districtwide Advocacy Plan, Part 1: Vision and Voice." //School Library Monthly// Dec. 2011: vol.28 #3

//This article encourages school librarians to take the lead in advocating for the preservation and strengthening of the school library program. It provides the first half of a systematic plan for creating a districtwide school library advocacy plan. The first recommendation is to create a vision statement for the district library program. Secondly, the school librarian must strategically gather advocate voices (parents, students, teachers) to help present the vision and message to the school board and administrators. This presentation should ideally be made a few months before fiscal or budget decisions are made.//

//This article gave me good ideas for my field service project.//

Posted by Karen O'Brien 11/25/11