The Glenforest Library Resource Centre www'glenforestlibrary'com

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The Glenforest Library Resource
Centre(www.glenforestlibrary.com)

• A program that teaches students to become
  lifelong learners

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THE LIBRARY STAFF

• Teacher Librarians
• Mrs. K. Marsh
• Mr. J. Fink
• Library Technician
• Mrs. K. Dama

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Our Mission Statement

• The GFSS Library Resource Centre promotes a
  teaching/learning program that is an integral
  part of the total school program, providing for
  the educational needs of the entire school
  community.
• Specifically, the LRC facilitates lifelong
  learning by teaching students to formulate
  questions and engage in a variety of research
  techniques to find answers.

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The Role of the Teacher-Librarian

• Program and Instruction
• Resource Management
• Educational Leadership
• Libraries are not the heart of our schools, they
  should be the soul of the school. G. McPhee

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Program and Instruction

• Using a school-developed Skills Continuum, the
  teacher-librarian cooperatively plans curriculum
  units with teachers in every department.
• Supports all resource-based learning initiated by
  staff and/or students
• Provides direct instruction to classes on
  research skills

• Provides a variety of literature for all levels
  of students
• Demonstrates current technological developments
  in information research
• Assist individual students with individual
  learning
• Effectively supervise students

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Resource Management

• Developing and articulating objective for
  implementation of program, policy, and procedures
• Providing effective organization and supervision
  of facilities and resources
• Networking with schools, Media Services, public
  libraries and information agencies

• Supervising the selection and acquisition of
  appropriate resources
• Supervising staff (clerical, technical,
  volunteers, student workers)

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Educational Leadership

• Advocating program, resource-based learning,
  policies and procedures within a collegial
  atmosphere
• Being knowledgeable of current learning and
  teaching strategies and learning technology
• Developing the potential of departmental staff
  and/or student and parent volunteers

• Seeking opportunities for personal growth in
  school librarianship
• Working at local and regional levels in program
  and curriculum development

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The Role of the Library Technician

• Oversees the Circulation Desk
• Assists students with finding resources and
  computer problems
• Monitors overdue books and fines
• Catalogues new materials
• Creates new ID cards
• Assists students with research
• Maintains "requests" list
• Oversees photocopier and printer
• Enforces Library Rules

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LIBRARY ETIQUETTE(for students)

• Please, no more than 4 people to a table
• Computers may be used for school work only
• No food or drinks or electronic devices
• Water is fine
• Talk quietly so everyone can get some work done
• Study silently in the carrels
• No board games or playing cards
• Smile and say "hello" when you enter
• Smile and say "goodbye" when you leave
• Be courteous of others at all times
• See us immediately if there is a problem of any
  kind

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LIBRARY ETIQUETTE(for teachers)

• Priority is always given to cooperatively planned
  teacher and teacher-librarian developed units of
  study
• Maximum number of three consecutive periods can
  be booked at one time
• Resource-based learning includes more than
  students researching on the Internet
• Resource-based learning is complex and requires
  teachers to be actively involved in learning
• Students require their subject teachers to be
  present in the Library Resource Centre when they
  are completing their research assignments
• The early bird gets the worm.
• Anonymous

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Specific and Ongoing Goals of the GFSS Library
Resource Centre

• Teacher collaboration in the design of learning
• Building reading literacy
• Teaching information literacy
• Enhancing learning through ICT
• Library Management

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Teacher Collaboration

• Level 4 a current and cooperatively planned
  unit of study developed by classroom teachers and
  the teacher-librarians
• Level 3 a recycled cooperatively planned unit
  of study developed by classroom teachers and the
  teacher-librarians
• Level 2 presents to teacher-librarian a ready
  made assignment and requests resources on a cart
  at the beginning of class.
• Level 1 teacher self serves, Thanks, but I
  dont need you.
• Students learn more and produce better research
  products following planned, integrated
  information skills instruction by the teacher and
  teacher-librarian together. K. Haycock

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Design Down Planning

• Identify Desired Results What will students be
  able to do after they complete this unit?
• Determine Acceptable Evidence How will students
  know they have achieved the expectation?
• Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction What
  are the sequenced steps to learning?

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Building Reading Literacy

• An extensive fiction section at a variety of
  reading levels
• Boys and Literacy
• Graphic Novels
• ESL selections
• Easy Reads
• TumbleReadables (database which reads aloud a
  variety of books)
• IB collection
• French collection
• Current periodicals
• Over 10 databases available at school and at home
• The failure of schools to increase reading scores
  is a direct consequence of their failure to
  develop avid readers.
• K. Haycock

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Teaching Information Literacy

• Facilitating the school curriculum
• Advocating for different learning and teaching
  methods in the school
• Satisfying national and local standards
• Raising levels of achievement
• Success increases when whole class, full period
  instruction occurs with reminders about the
  process at the beginning of library research.
• K. Haycock

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Information and Communication Technology

• The Glenforest Library webpage is the cornerstone
  of our program (www.glenforestlibrary.com)
• Updated every few days by a qualified Webmaster
  informing students and parents of school
  activities
• Provides homework links for individual courses
• Provides remote access to numerous databases
• Provides remote access to our school library
  collection
• Provides remote access to Peel public library
  system
• Provides citation and plagiarism prevention
• Provides direction to develop focus questions
• A vital link to our IB community

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ONLINE DATABASES

• TumbleReadables
• Global Issues in Context
• CultureGrams
• Peel Board Electronic Resources
• The Canadian Encyclopeida Online
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Altapedia Online
• InfoTrac
• Science Research Centre

• Ebsco
• Canadian Reference Centre
• Novel List K-8
• Novel List Plus
• Canadian Student Research Centre
• Auto Repair Reference Centre
• Canadian Points of View
• BigChalk
• elibrary Curriculum Centre Canada
• History Study Centre
• Proquest Literature

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Library Resource Management

• Curriculum support
• Teacher resources
• Reading for pleasure
• Cross-curricular collections
• Honouring teacher and student requests

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AVAILABLE PRINT RESOURCES

• Non-fiction
• Fiction
• Reference materials (encyclopeidas, dictionaries,
  almanacs)
• Vertical files
• CBC in Review
• Professsional Collection
• Current periodicals
• I.B. Study Guides Course Companions

• DVDs (documentaries only)
• Toronto Star, National Post, Globe Mail
• Graphic novels
• Source It
• Curriculum documents
• Moderns collection
• Yearbooks
• Answer booklets for Math Science

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The Glenforest Library Resource Centre is a
program, not a place. Make yourself a part of
it.

• The next best thing to knowing something, is
  knowing where to find it.
• Samuel Johnston, 1775