This publication provides guidelines designed to assist Maryland library media administrators and specialists in planning, developing, and implementing kindergarten through twelfth grade library media programs. It provides a broad outline from which local systems may construct library media programs integrated with other curricular units. The…

This examination of the emerging theoretical base of library instruction in schools combines learning theory with research on information-seeking behavior and a broader view of library and information skills. Thirty-five references are listed. (MES)

Reviews literature of past decade, which reflects greater recognition of older adult needs and significance of library use instruction, and develops a model for instructing older adults based on four principles: educational objectives, procedures for selecting instructional program, procedures for making changes and evaluation, pattern of…

This booklet provides a framework within which information skills may be taught. Four broad categories of information skills--identifying and locating information sources, information intake, organizing information, and communicating information--are described. The development of an information skills policy which includes a sequential list of…

Stresses the need for involvement of media specialists in curriculum planning and teaching, lists school districts that have developed library skills curriculum guides, and describes model resource units. Five steps to resolve obstacles to successful implementation of the program are suggested. (CLB)

This book is intended to provide practicing school library media specialists and students in professional degree-granting programs with both a conceptual framework and practical approaches to the curriculum-related responsibilities of the school library media program. The responsibilities discussed include both library and information skills…

This resource book is intended as a companion to the book "Curriculum Initiative: An Agenda and Strategy for Library Media Programs," which provides practicing school library media specialists and students in professional degree-granting programs with both a conceptual framework and practical approaches to the curriculum-related…

This guide is designed to be used as a planning tool in the development of library media and information skills curricula that will teach students in grades K-12 how to make effective use of information both in the classroom and throughout their lives. The matrix organizes competencies and skills described in Wisconsin Department of Public…

Discusses flexible scheduling in school library media centers and describes strategies to initiate scheduling that allows library media skills to be integrated into other curriculum areas. Topics discussed include collaboration with classroom teachers, becoming familiar with the curriculum, changes in learning strategies, and changes in the media…

This book presents a systematic approach to integrated library and information skills instruction that is based on six broad skill areas necessary for successful information problem-solving, otherwise referred to as the "Big Six Skills." It begins with definitions and explanations of the Big Six Skills approach, moves to a discussion of…

This report describes a program proposed by a library media specialist at the Titusville (New York) Middle School to encourage the use of the media center by teachers. The media specialist recognized that, although she spent a great deal of time and effort thoroughly orienting and instructing student patrons, no formal mechanism existed for…

This discussion of the political implications of implementing programs that develop students' critical thinking skills uses the proposals developed by Mancall, Aaron, and Walker as a model. Highlights include marketing the model, extending it to include library instruction in literature, implementing it in teaching reference and research skills,…

Describes a strategy for teaching library skills in the elementary grades through integration of library and classroom curriculums. (CLB)

This article outlines broad categories of information skills needed by students in grades K-7--resource center orientation, research strategies, locating information (general and subject sources), acquiring and analyzing information, organizing and recording information, communicating and presenting information--and suggests ways in which…

Suggested strategy for teaching library research skills to K-7 students involves three developmental stages and nine sequential steps: identification of topic, webbing, selection of suitable materials, selection of needed information, recording sources of information, notetaking, outlining, preparation for presentation, presentation. Sample…