LIBRARY & MEDIA

RESOURCES

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Frame of Reference

When you were in the classroom, did you use the library media center?

If so, in what ways?

If not, why not? (Be honest – I can take it.)

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PARADIGM SHIFT

PAST PRESENT

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“The problem isn’t finding information, the problem is sorting through the mass of information that’s out there to find what’s really valuable.”

-Joe Goetz, University of St. Thomas Librarian

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Why this session?“Most of our students want to do Google searching for everything. My staff even wants to do that. So when I show them what better results they get from the databases, I can even get the teachers to buy in to using them. Teachers are well educated and we shouldn’t have to talk about the databases, but my experience is they don’t use them. I feel like librarians are needed more than ever because we are bombarded with information but so much of it is biased or wrong. Students need the skills to navigate this mass of ‘junk information’ to find the gems. We do that. However, the lay community sees all the answers as being on the web, so they think ‘why do we need libraries at all.’ Instead of needing librarians less, we need their skills more than ever to teach our students how to find reliable, accurate, and balanced information.”

-Chris Gill, Katy Junior High Librarian

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School Libraries Work!

“Direct correlation can be made between student achievement and school library programs led by library media specialists whose dual teaching certification uniquely qualifies them.”

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“Like elementary schools, high schools tended to have better test results where teachers reported that they initiate collaboration with the library media specialist on the design and delivery of instruction at least weekly or monthly.”

—Keith Curry, Marcia J. Rodney, and Becky RussellThe Indiana Study (2007)

School Libraries Work!

Based on a 2001 study, over 10% more students in Texas schools with librarians than in schools

without librarians met minimum Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS)

expectations in reading.

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STAARImproved Reading = Improved STAAR Passing

Rates Libraries can provide exposure to different genres: poetry, nonfiction, drama.

Collaboration! Teach together as a team. Embed research skills into curriculum year-round

rather than having a research “unit.”

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AlignmentDistrict-wide lessons that match curriculum!

Examples: • When 1st grade teaches ABC order, the library

has a lesson on books shelved in ABC Order. • When 5th grade math teaches decimals, the

library has a lesson on Dewey Decimal order.

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College Ready?“Students need to go to the library and learn about

the library’s resources - print and electronic - if they’re going to be successful with research. They can’t hope to find good results with just the tools they’re used to (Google, Wikipedia, etc). And they really need to know that librarians are there to guide and instruct them in this learning process. Librarians are there to help you. Ask them for help.”-Joe Goetz, University of St. Thomas

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“Plagiarism, peer review and Boolean search.”-Loan Nguyen, University of St. Thomas

Librarian

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College Ready?

Evaluated 100

seniors’ papers!

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Google is not for research…

Librarians teach information access and evaluation of

electronic resources.

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A Better WayDestiny Bells & Whistles:

Create a resource list & share it with a campusBuilt-in citation makerSearch books & databases at the same timeUse from homeBoolean search

Content-specific databases:GALE – something for everyoneEncyclopedias & Discovery EducationSocial Studies – ABC-CLIO, Maps 101, Culture Grams, SIRS Decades, TX

Handbook OnlineGeneral Helps - Turn It In, Big 6, MLA Citation

eBooks:Searchable within Destiny catalog with all resourcesJust eBooks accessible through separate link

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Dive in!http://library.katyisd.org

http://kisdwebs.katyisd.org/campuses/MRHS/Pages/Library.aspx

www.katyisd.org (Students > Library Resources)

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Works Cited• Images from Photobucket, accessed 11/29/11, http://photobucket.com/• Boilerplate Website, accessed 11/30/11, http

://bigredhair.com/boilerplate/intro.html • Scholastic Research & Results “School Libraries Work!” Paper, accessed 11/29/11,

www.scholastic.com/content/collateral_resources/pdf/s/slw3_2008.pdf • STAAR Logo, accessed 12/1/11,

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/• University of St. Thomas Logo, accessed 12/1/11, http://

www.stthom.edu/Online_Newsroom/Media_Resources/Logo_Gallery.aqf • University of Houston Logo, accessed 05/11, http://

www.uh.edu/policies/graphicstandards/graphic/index.php • Collaborative idea-gathering with fellow KISD Librarians

• Slides available @ www.slideshare.net under “KISD Library Value-Added”

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