Monday, July 20, 2009

Blog Created For Librarians

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"This is a blog to support the Facebook Group First Librarian Job Club. Membership in the group is approved by the administrator and is limited to current library school students, librarian job seekers and library HR personnel. If you don't meet those requirements, you can't join the Facebook group, but you can subscribe to the blog feed."


1001 Interview Questions
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New ACRL Publication: Library Instruction Cookbook

Contact: Kathryn DeissACRL Content Strategist(312) 280-2529kdeiss@ala.org
ReleaseJuly 15, 2009

CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of a new title,The Library Instruction Cookbook,” edited by Ryan Sittler and Doug Cook. “The Library Instruction Cookbook” is a practical collection of “learning recipes,” each including plans for conducting a specific type of learning session and indicating how the recipe teaches research skills from the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.
The book includes interactive recipes from academic librarians from around the world, meeting such learning goals as library orientation, teaching basic library skills, teaching citations and plagiarism, evaluating various types of resources, teaching specialized research skills, teaching discipline related research and teaching with technology. The 97 lesson plans included in “The Library Instruction Cookbook” contain detailed preparation instructions for pedagogically sound, active learning exercises and are adaptable to a variety of instructional situations.
“The Library Instruction Cookbook” is available for purchase through the ALA Online Store (http://www.alastore.ala.org) and by telephone order at (866) 746-7252 in the U.S.

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is a division of the American Library Association, representing nearly 13,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals. ACRL is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic and research librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments. ACRL is on the Web at http://www.acrl.org/

Source:

http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/july2009/libinstcookbook_acrl.cfm

Monday, July 13, 2009

Books Every Librarian Must Have



When Marion Copied by Brook Berg
48 pages


This picture book introduces the consequences of plagiarism through the story of Marion. She copies a paper from the internet. This is a great way to introduce the copyright laws.






The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians by Carla Morris
9781561453917 $16.95 www.barnesandnoble.com
32 pages
"Melvin really enjoys the Livingston Public Library, mainly because of the wonderful attention given him by its three librarians: Marge, Betty and Leeola. These three fantastic librarians taught Melvin to research." This is a great book to introduce information/reference services.

Using Books and Online Resources for Action Research /Social Studies /Arkansas History

I attended this workshop today. Great websites were provided to build bridges to the past. This project is provided by the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies at the Central Arkansas Library System.

www.butlercenter.org (digital collection and educational resources-including Arkansas History lesson plans, etc.) I believe that you may also register for free books for 9th-12th grade-the more free and reduced students you have =more free books.

www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net "The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture-this site contains entries and related media on all aspects of Arkansas's history and cultural heritage. This site is a work in progress, and entries and media will be added through the year 2010."

These sites are new to me. I hope that you will find these sites beneficial for you and your teachers.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney (184 pages)

As a media specialist, it is important that you are ready to help any student in need find a book as well as with helping them research. Giving booktalks will definitely help spark the interest in some students. Students need to see media specialists, teachers, and administrators be readers as well!

Could you just imagine sitting in the cafeteria eating lunch when you notice a photograph of a young girl on a milk carton. You take a closer look and it is a picture of you. Janie Johnson, the main character, in The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney stares at the empty milk carton. “That is me! I remember that dress, white with tiny dark polka dots, and the braids. That is my picture.” Confusion starts to set in Janie’s mind. She speaks, “How can it be?” Janie can barely breathe. “Inside, her mind spun. It was like having a color wheel for a brain. When it slowed down, things were separate, like primary colors: I have a mother and father…I have a childhood…I was not kidnapped…kidnapping means bad people… I don’t know any bad people…therefore I am making this up. But when her mind speeded up, the colors blended dizzily. That is me on there. I, Janie Johnson: I was kidnapped” (Cooney, p.13-14). She keeps asking herself…How can I be kidnapped? I would remember… “Jennie Spring-taken from a shopping center in New Jersey at age 3.” Janie begins with asking many questions in her mind. She decides it is up to her to find out the truth. She includes her boyfriend, Reeve, to help her uncover the truth. Nothing seems to make sense to Janie. How could her loving parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, kidnap her? Nothing makes any sense—something is terribly wrong. Janie begins to piece together the puzzle. If they are not Janie’s parents, then who are they? She loves them so much. What will she do? Who is Janie, and what really happened?

Audience: Sixth through eighth grade

Book #2 Whatever Happened to Janie?
Book #3 The Voice on the Radio
Book #4 What Janie Found