Provides seven fully developed library media activities that are designed for use with specific curriculum units in mathematics, reading and language arts, science, and social studies for elementary and secondary education. Library media skills, objectives, grade levels, resources, instructional roles, evaluation, and follow-up are described for…

Explains resource-based teaching and the necessary teamwork involving teachers and media specialists. Topics discussed include the librarian's role in curriculum planning; the role of school principals; implementation problems facing librarians; competencies needed by media specialists for curriculum planning; and how to gather support for…

Provides fully developed library media activities, most of which are designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units, on the following topics: (1) "Health: Sleep and Sleeping Habits"; (2) "Industrial Arts: E-Z 4 U!"; (3) "Social Studies: Our Town Database"; and (4) "Social Studies: American Inventors and Inventions." (SD)

Provides five fully developed library media activities that are designed for use with specific curriculum units in mathematics, reading, language arts, science, social studies, and art. Library media skills, objectives, grade levels, resources, instructional roles, procedures, evaluation, and follow-up are described for each activity. (LRW)

Provides five fully developed library media activities that are designed for use with specific curriculum units in reading and language arts, science, and social studies. Library skills, objectives, grade levels, instructional roles, procedures, evaluation, and follow-up are described for each activity. Topics include poetry, memory, plant/animal…

Presents five fully developed library media activities that are designed for use with specific curriculum units in art, reading, language arts, and social studies. Library media skills, curriculum objectives, grade levels, resources, instructional role, procedures, evaluation, and follow-up are describes for each activity. (LRW)

Provides five fully developed library media activities that are designed for use with specific curriculum units in art, family living, reading and language arts, music, and social studies. Library media skills, objectives, grade levels, instructional roles, procedures, evaluation, and follow-up are described for each activity. (LRW)

This report discusses the development of a school library program for Canadian schools that departs from tradition by focusing on the instructional role as the most significant work of the teacher-librarian and presents a new program model paradigm. The paradigm is examined under three main headings: (1) the instructional component; (2) student…

Designed to aid local districts in implementing local school improvement plans, this three-part curriculum guide begins by addressing the long-range planning of library media programs. The first part suggests a 10-step process for planning and provides an example of a 5-year improvement plan for library media programs, a checklist for evaluating a…

Provides five fully developed library media activities that are designed for use with specific curriculum units in dramatics, reading, language arts, science, and social studies. Library media skills, curriculum objectives, grade levels, resources, instructional roles, activities and procedures, evaluation, and follow-up are describes for each…

Provides library media activities which can be used with specific curriculum units. Curriculum areas include art (alphabetizing, card catalogs, and encyclopedias); reading/language arts (writing an editorial and using a dictionary); science (using information from books); and social studies (using atlases and gazetteers, and subject reference…

Describes the revision of the 1987 edition of "The Wisconsin Library Media Skills Guide" to emphasize information skills rather than library skills. Topics discussed include cooperation between library/media specialists and classroom teachers, including curriculum development and flexible scheduling; new technology; literature use; and…

Provides six fully developed library media activities that are designed for use with specific curriculum units in reading and language arts, art, mathematics, science, and social studies. Library media skills, objectives, grade levels, instructional roles, evaluation, and follow-up are described for each activity. (LRW)

Explains how a library media specialist can organize a collaborative curriculum project with communities throughout the world via the Internet, while integrating information process skills and content objectives. Highlights include planning ahead; collaborating with classroom teachers; conducting and managing the project, including writing and…

Provides six fully developed library media activities that are designed for use with specific curriculum units in reading, language arts, safety, science, and social studies. Library media skills, curriculum objectives, grade levels, resources, instructional roles, procedures, evaluation, and follow-up are describes for each activity. (LRW)