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Information Skills Instruction

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Information Skills Curriculum and Standards

• State and Province
  • Student Content Standards for School Libraries - By the Alaska Association of School Librarians.
  • Standards for Information Literacy - Colorado Department of Education.
  • Learning Resources and Information Technology - Connecticut K- 12 Curricular Goals and Standards. Available in pdf format from the Department of Education
  • Information Literacy: Florida's Library/Media Connections - This is in pdf format.
  • Indiana Learns - "Increasing student achievement through library media and technology programs". By the Indiana Department of Education.
  • The Correlation of the Library Information Literacy Standards and Indiana's Academic Standards
  • Sample Information Literacy Curriculum Framework - by the State Library of Iowa.
  • Library Media Learning Outcomes - Maryland State Department of Education
  • Massachusetts School Library Media Program Standards for 21st Century Learning - This is in pdf format.
  • School Library Media Curriculum Template - By the Educational Media Association of New Jersey. This is in PDF format.
  • Scope and Sequence Course Outline/Student Objectives - By the Educational Media Association of New Jersey. Note that this in PDF format.
  • Information Fluency Continium - New York City Schools. This is a pdf document.
  • Information Skills Curriculum - North Carolina Department of Education.
  • North Dakota Library/Technology Literacy Standards - Available in pdf format.
  • Ohio Guidelines for Effective Library Media Programs
  • Information Literacy Standards - Oklahoma Department of Education. This is in pdf format.
  • Information Studies: Kindergarten to Grade 12 - Curriculum for schools and school information centres, 1998 by the Ontario School Library Association.
  • Building Information Literacy - Prince Edward Island Department of Education.
  • Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning and the South Carolina Curriculum Standards
  • Library Media Core Curriculum - State of Utah.
  • Standards of Learning Objectives - State of Virginia
  • Model Academic Standards for Information and Technology Literacy - State of Wisconsin. This is in pdf format.
  • State Resources - Links to State Departments of Education and library associations. From the Institute of Study and Development of School Library Information Centers at Clarion University.
• School District
  • Information Literacy Skills - Jefferson County CO Public Schools.
  • Chicago IL Public Schools K-8 Library Curriculum Standards - This is in pdf format.
  • Library Media Curriculum - Basehor-Linwood, Kansas public schools.
  • The Augusta (Maine) School Department Library Curriculum K - 12
  • Cecil County (MD) Public School Library Media Curriculum
  • Library Media Learning Expectations - Cambridge, MA, Public Schools. In pdf format.
  • Library Media Curriculum - Grosse Point, MI Public School System.
  • Information and Technology Literacy Standards - Minneapolis, MN Public Schools. This is in pdf format
  • Information Literacy Skills - Lincoln, NE Public Schools.
  • Library Media Skills Curriculum - Burnt Hills - Ballston Lake School District, NY. This is in pdf format.
  • Somers Research Initiative - Protocols, skills, and projects for K -12 developed by the Somers Central School District, Lincolndale, NY.
  • Information Skills Scope and Sequence - Mariemont CSD, Cincinnati, Ohio. This is in both MS Word and HTML formats.
  • Library Information Skills Curriculum - Georgetown Independent School District, Georgetown, TX.
  • Information Skills Curriculum, Gds. 1 - 4 - Charlottesville city Schools, VA.
  • Library Media Curriculum - Hannover County (VA) public schools.
  • Library Information Science Curriculum - Henrico County (VA) public schools.
  • Library Media Frameworks - Bellingham, Washington Public Schools.
• Individual School
  • Hanscom Primary School Library Skills (K-3) - Lincoln, MA
  • Oradell Elementary Public School Curriculum - Oradell, NJ
  • The Bush School Library and IT Curriculum- Seattle, WA.
• Other Sources
  • Standards for the 21st Century Learner - New standards by American Association of School Librarians. These standards were published in October, 2007. You may download a copy or purchase multiple copies at this site.
  • Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning - This is from Information Power (1998) and is in pdf format.
  • Resource Guides - From AASL. Links to various guides including some on program integration and literacy
  • SLIP: The School Library Information Portal - Documents and web links for many aspects of school libraries by the Canadian School Library Association and the Association for Teacher-Librarianship in Canada.
  • Information Literacy - an overview of design, process and outcomes. By Debbie Abilock
  • The National Forum on Information Literacy - Formed to meet the challenges of teaching information literacy on both the K-12 and college levels.
  • SOS for Information Literacy - a web site to assist media specialists in preparing motivating lessons for students. You are invited to submit your successful lesson plans, as well as searching for plans which you may use. You need to register to access the web site, and registration requires that you complete their survey form.
  • Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education - Information literacy standards for college students by ACRL.
  • Net Generation Students and Libraries - An article by Joan K. Lippincott in the Educause Review, March/April, 2005. A description of the information seeking habits and skills of college students which school librarians may also find informative.
  • Literacy Redefined - Article by Paul Deane in Library Journal, September, 2004 on the meaning of literacy in the 21st century. There is a bibliography of books and web sites.
  • The Information Literacy Movement of the School Library Media Field: A preliminary survey of the research - By David V. Loertscher and Blanche Woolls. An extensive look at the history, research and practise of information literacy in school libraries since the 1980's.
  • Information Literacy: Sources of Information - This is a bibliography of online articles on information literacy. Most deal with teaching information literacy on the university level, but there are a few dealing with K-12 students.
  • Developing Educational Standards - Computers, Libraries, Information Literacy - An annotated list of standards and frameworks by the Wappingers Central School District.

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Program Integration and Flexible Scheduling - Web Sites

• AASL Resource Guide for Flexible Scheduling
• Flexible Scheduling - This paper presents the benefits of flexible scheduling for students, teachers, and library media specialists. By the Nebraska Educational Media Association.
• Moving to Flexible Scheduling - An article by April Graziano for the Massachusetts School Library Media Association, Nov. 2002. This article has helpful information on making the transition to flexible scheduling.
• Tracking the Transition to a Flexible Access Library Program in Two Library Power Elementary Schools - An article by Donna M. Shannon in School Library Media Research
• Flexible Access Library Media Program Bibliography - This bibliography contains both print and internet references. By Donna M. Shannon, August, 2002.

Program Integration and Flexible Scheduling - Books

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• Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning - by the American Association of School Librarians. 1998
• A Planning Guide for Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning - by the American Association of School Librarians. 1999
• School Reform and the School Library Media Specialist (Principles and Practice Series) - by Sandra Hughes-Hassell and Violet H. Harada, Libraries Unlimited, 2007
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• The Blue Book on Information Age Inquiry, Instruction and Literacy - by Daniel Callison and Leslie Preddy, Libraries Unlimited, 2006.
• Seven Steps to an Award-Winning School Library Program - by Ann M. Martin, Libraries Unlimited, 2005
• Teaching & Testing Information Literacy Skills - by Jane Bandy Smith, Lisa Churchill, and Lucy Mason, Linworth Publishing, 2005.
• Information Literacy : Essential Skills for the Information Age, Second Edition - by Michael B. Eisenberg, Carrie A. Lowe and Kathleen L. Spitzer, Libraries Unlimited, 2004
• Information Literacy and Information Skills Instruction : Applying Research to Practice in the School Library Media Center 2nd Edition (Library and Information Problem-Solving Skills Series) - by Nancy Pickering Thomas, Libraries Unlimited, 2004
• Information Literacy : What Does It Look Like in the School Library Media Center? - by Ann Marlow Reidling, Libraries Unlimited, 2004.
• Leverage Your Library Program to Help Raise Test Scores: A Guide for Library Media Specialists, Principals, Teachers, and Parents - by Audrey P. Church, Linworth Publishing, 2003.
• Leadership Issues in the Information Literate School Community - James Henri and Marlene Asselin (editors), Libraries Unlimited, 2005.
• Collaboration And The School Library Media Specialist - Carol A. Doll, Scarecrow Press, 2004.
• Collaborating to Meet Standards : Teacher - Librarian Partnerships for K - 6 - by Toni Buzzeo. Linworth Press, 2002
• Teaming with Opportunity: Media Programs, Community Constituencies, and Technology - by Leslie J. Farmer. Libraries Unlimited, 2001.
• The Library-Classroom Partnership - by Rosann Jweid and Margaret Rizzo. Scarecrow Press, 1998
• Making Flexible Access & Flexible Scheduling Work Today - by Karen Browne Ohlrich. Libraries Unlimited, 2001.
• Flexible Access Library Media Programs: - by Jan Buchanan, Libraries Unlimited, 1991
• Block Scheduling and Its Impact on the School Library Media Center - by Marie Keen Shaw. Greenwood Publishing, 1999.
• The Information-Powered School - Edited by Sandra Hughes-Hassell and Anne Wheelock. The American Library Association, 2001.
• The School Buddy System: The Practice of Collaboration - by Gail Bush. American Library Association, 2002.
• Student Success and Library Media Programs : A Systems Approach to Research and Best Practice - By Lesley S. J. Farmer. Libraries Unlimited, 2003.
• Curriculum Connections through the Library - Edited by Barbara K. Stripling and Sandra Hughes-Hassell. Libraries Unlimited, 2003

Research and Instructional Models

• The Big Six Homepage
• Student Inquiry in the Research Process - A model for student research designed by Leslie B. Preddy, a school library media specialist. This site contains useful planning information for both media specialists and classroom teachers.
• The I-Search Model - Four step process for research.
• Making the Writing and Research Connection with the I-Search Process by Marilyn Z. Joyce and Julie Tallman. This book may be purchased from Amazon.Com
• The Research Cycle - Plans for student research in the new technological age from Bellingham, WA public schools.
• Tips and Techniques for Library Instruction - This site is aimed at the college librarian teaching undergraduates, but it has teaching tips that would be useful for teaching high school students or for doing in-services for adults. The site is by the University of Texas at Austin.

Assessment

• Assessing Information Problem-Solving Skills - Rubric developed by Jamieson McKensie and the school library media specialists of the Oak Harbor(WA) schools.
• How to Assess a Bibliography - by Debbie Abilock.
• Assessment and Rubric Information - From Kathy Shrock's Guide for Educators.
• Trails - A multiple choice test for assessing high school students' information skills. By Kent State Libraries and Media Services.
• Sails - A test assessing the information literacy of college students. By Kent State University Libraries and Media Services.
• Information Literacy Assessment: Standards-Based Tools And Assignments by Teresa Y. Neely, ALA, 2006. This book may be purchased from Amazon.Com
• Assessing Learning : Librarians and Teachers as Partners - by Violet H. Harada and Joan M. Yoshina, Libraries Unlimited, 2005. This book may be purchased from Amazon.Com
• The Handy 5 - Planning and Assessing Integrated Information Skills and Instruction by Robert Grover, Carol Fox and Jacqueline McMahon Kakin. Scarecrow Press, 2001. This book may be purchased from Amazon.Com

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