Resources for School Librarians - Index

Information Skills Instruction

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Information Skills Curriculum and Standards

• National Standards
  • 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.
  • Standards for the 21st Century Learner in Action - A new publication (2009) from AASL to support the standards. Standards for the 21st-Century Learner in Action may be purchased at Amazon.com.
  • Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs - the final book released in 2009 which means that there is now a trilogy of standards. Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs may be purchased at Amazon.com.
  • Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning - This is from Information Power (1998) and is in pdf format.
  • SLMAM Skills Correlations - New (2007) to Old (1998) - This article will assist you in getting the old and new standards straight. From School Library Monthly, Feb. 2008
  • 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.
• State and Province
  • Standards for Information Literacy - Colorado 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 Voluntary State Curriculum - Maryland State Department of Education
  • Massachusetts School Library Media Program Standards for 21st Century Learning - This is in pdf format.
  • Information Literacy Standards - State of Nevada. These are in pdf format.
  • 21st Century Information Literacy Standards for the Digital Learners of New York - By the New York Library Association. This is in pdf format.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Modesto (CA) Information Literacy Standards
  • 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 This is in pdf format.
  • 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 Fluency Skills - New York City Schools. These are in pdf format.
  • 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.
• Individual School
  • Primary and Intermediate Information Skills - Dixie Elementary Magnet School, Lexington, Ky.
  • Oradell Elementary Public School Curriculum - Oradell, NJ
  • The Bush School Library and IT Curriculum- Seattle, WA.
• Other Sources
  • 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.
  • 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 - Books

These books may be ordered in a secure online environment from Amazon.Com

• Enhancing Teaching and Learning: A Leadership Guide for School Library Media Specialists, Second Edition Revised - by Jean Donham, Neal-Schuman, 2008.
• Re-Designing the High School Library for the Forgotten Half: The Information Needs of the Non-College Bound Student - by Margie J. Klink Thomas, Libraries Unlimited, 2008.
• Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning - by the American Association of School Librarians. 1998
• 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
• 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.
• Student Success and Library Media Programs : A Systems Approach to Research and Best Practice - By Lesley S. J. Farmer. Libraries Unlimited, 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
• The Information-Powered School - Edited by Sandra Hughes-Hassell and Anne Wheelock. The American Library Association, 2001.
• Curriculum Connections through the Library - Edited by Barbara K. Stripling and Sandra Hughes-Hassell. Libraries Unlimited, 2003

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