Where do LWSD Librarians fit

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Where do LWSD Librarians fit?
Integration
Project Based Learning
AWARD WINNING BOOKS
Variety of Genre
Building Tech Committee
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School Website
Information Literacy

• Accessing Information Resources

Collaboration with Classroom teacher
PROFILE
Hardware/Software
Information Highway
Update and Maintain Library Materials
Report Cards
Internet
Data Bases
Periodicals
Classroom Support
Literature Appreciation
Project Development
Information Access
Electronic Retrieval
Research Process
Class Schedules
PowerPoint Presentations
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Successful Schools Students, Teachers and
Administrators

• Seek Information
• Produce Information
• Evaluate Information
• and
• Use information

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Information Fatigue Syndrome

• Students have information bombarding them from
  sources that didnt even exist 5 years ago.
• The number of web pages on the internet doubles
  every 50 days.
• CD ROMs are becoming obsolete
• Accessing, evaluating and using information
  effectively is a huge challenge.

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Information Fatigue Syndrome (cont)

• For the first time in history the capacity for
  producing information far exceeds the human
  capacity to process it.
• Computer power doubles every 18 months.
• In 20 years computers will be 1 million times
  more powerful than they are today

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Education has responded by speeding things up,
packing in more content and adding more technology
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Strategy for Success

• Invest in Libraries
• Enable to provide information on demand
• Consult on demand
• Library without walls (24/7-everywhere for
  everyone)

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It is the public school Librarians mission to
ensure that students are effective users of ideas
and information.

• Were not just teacher planning time anymore!
• Librarians Role
• Information Broker of the school
• Chief Information Officer
• Instruction in information access, use,
  manipulation and evaluation.

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Information Literacy

• Librarians teach essential information and
  technology skills.
• We teach beyond location and access. Students and
  teachers need the skills to evaluate and use
  information from different sources and
  technologies.

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It is the Librarians job to support students and
classroom teachers as they become independent
users of library resources.

• We provide and manage essential information and
  technology services.
• We insure that it is current and meaningful.

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Librarians and Classroom Teachers are demanding
that information literacy skills be connected to
the classroom.

• They collaborate closely to tie library
  instruction to the curriculum.
• Teaching and learning are centered on information
  literacy skills

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Teaching Information and Technology skills out of
context is Hazardous to Students Health.

• Technology works successfully when it is infused
  not added on.
• Technology should be invisible so that we focus
  on the information.
• The technology issue isnt books VS computers
  (Air VS Water)
• As technology is part of the problem, it is also
  part of the solution.

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LWSD Project Development Process

• Allows unique opportunities for collaboration and
  curriculum integration
• Opportunity for seamless integration of
  technology
• Librarian is central to the process and plays an
  active role in instruction and research

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Students are prepared

• When they experience success in the retrieval and
  effective use of information.
• Success is met when students and classroom
  teachers actively use information. They are not
  passively fed the information.

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Where do LWSD Librarians fit?
Integration
Project Based Learning
AWARD WINNING BOOKS
Variety of Genre
Building Tech Committee
School Website
Information Literacy

• Accessing Information Resources

Success
Collaboration with Classroom teacher
PROFILE
Hardware/Software
Information Highway
Update and Maintain Library Materials
Report Cards
Internet
Data Bases
Periodicals
Classroom Support
Literature Appreciation
Project Development
Information Access
Electronic Retrieval
Research Process
Class Schedules
PowerPoint Presentations