Your Library

By: Thomas Brown

Library programming

makes a difference in

student achievement.

Libraries help students become effective users of information and

information technologies.

Librarians teach skills necessary for lifelong learning.

• Visual and Information Literacy

• Global Awareness• Curiosity and

Creativity• Higher Order

Thinking and Sound Reasoning

• Personal and Social Responsibility

• Interactive Communication

• Quality Results and the Effective Use of Real World Tools

“21 Century Skills” Metiri Group, 2010.

More Often

Test

Sco

res

“The more often students receive library/ information literacy instruction from library

media specialists the higher the test scores.”

- “School Libraries Work” U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

with Scholastic Library, 2008.

Librarians work with classroom teachers to integrate information skills instruction into your child’s

daily curriculum.

Nancy Pickering Thomas, The Development of School Libraries. Information Literacy. 2004.

Libraries are the hub of academic life

EnglishSocial Studies

Science

MusicArt

Foreign Language

TechnologyLibraryMath

Supporting Students and Teachers

The learning environment is changing

Libraries are changing with it

The 21st Century Learning Environment is

Global

Digital

Student Centered

In Library Resources

He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge -- where it is written and where it is to be found.- A.A. Hodge

The Classroom

• Today’s library brings information to where it’s needed most.

Available Throughout the Curriculum

• Integrated information skills learning means you are never far from your library.

• in the classroom• at home• or in the school media center

Your Library Partners with Surrounding Schools, Public

Libraries, Museums and others to foster a community of learning

and a culture of Academic Excellence.

Loertscher, D. Flip This Library: School Libraries Need a Revolution, Not Evolution. School

Library Journal. 2008

Get Involved. Volunteer.• Reading Groups

– Provides parents an opportunity to read with their children, meet the families of classmates and participate in the academic community.

• Study Groups– Teaming up with local public libraries allows us to offer tutors at

times convenient for parents.• Museum Walks

– Attend artistic, historical and cultural events with your children and their peers.

• See your school libraries website for event dates and other ways to get involved.

References• 21st Century Skills. Metiri Group, Retrieved

September 2010. http://www.metiri.com/21st%20Century%20Skills/PDFtwentyfirst%20century%20skills.pdf

• School Libraries Work. Scholastic Library, NCLIS, 2008

• Nancy Pickering Thomas, The Development of School Libraries. Information Literacy. 2004.

• Loertscher, D. Flip This Library: School Libraries Need a Revolution, Not Evolution. School Library Journal. 2008

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