Teacher-librarians are needed more than ever…

from Judith Comfort

Teacher-librarians are needed more than ever.

Open Access has exploded online and captured the imagination of librarians, scholars, and students on a global scale. But how much of this has filtered down to school-age children?

Push open the door of the bricks-and-mortar school library. The place is abuzz with kids packing so many batteries, screens & wires that the security gate screams in protest. Gone are the study carrels as teachers expect collaboration amongst students.

Open room design has made us challenge our most profound practices – what did we say this room was for?

Ditto…

Open sesame to the digital world….

see entire post at http://www.judithcomfort.ca/openhigh/

The Allure of the Big Fuss … from a blog called INDEXED…

See the blog and associated comments to this posting at: http://indexed.blogspot.com/2008/10/allure-of-big-fuss.html

School Librarianship

What does a school library media specialist do?

Today’s school library media specialist works with both students and teachers to facilitate access to information in a wide variety of formats, instruct students and teachers how to acquire, evaluate and use information and the technology needed in this process, and introduces children and young adults to literature and other resources to broaden their horizons. As a collaborator, change agent, and leader, the school library media specialist develops, promotes and implements a program that will help prepare students to be effective users of ideas and information, a lifelong skill. The many roles of a library media specialist are detailed in chapter one, “The Vision,” of Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning (Chicago: American Library Association, 1998). ISBN 0-8389-3470-6

For more info visit the American Association of School Librarians!