10 Things You Need to Know About School Libraries

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Peter Doering Supervisor Media Services

Santa Clara County Office of Education

25 Things You Need to Know About School Libraries

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Where Do I Start? A School Library

Handbook 2nd Edition

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What is your Library Mission?

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The mission of the library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information.

Library Mission

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Administrative Duties

Providing Information

Skills

Helping Teachers

Teach

Promoting Reading

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Room Environment

#8

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Bulletin Boards

#7

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Signage

#6

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Library Orientation

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Library Orientation Skills 1. How your library is organized: • Give a tour of the library • Fiction/Nonfiction- differences • Dewey Decimal system • Location of special collections 2. Library policies and rules: • Care of books and materials • Rules for behavior and consequences 3. How to check out materials: • Procedures for check out • Time period for checkouts • Overdues and fines

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Library Skills

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1. Parts of a book/resource: Author, title, call number, etc.

2. Types of materials / How they are organized: Fiction/nonfiction Dewey Decimal System

3. How to find materials in the library: Use of the catalog How to search by author, title, keyword, subject Website

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4. How to find materials online: Online searching skills

5. How to use specific resources and

collections in the library: Printed materials – almanac, atlas, dictionary,

encyclopedia, and other specialized resources; Bibliographic information, indexes, table of contents; Databases – online searching skills specific to each

resource.

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Model School Library

Standards

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Information Literacy

Skills

A broader set of library and communication skills that enable a person to: Find Understand Evaluate Use…………… ……..information effectively

Information Literacy

The Big6TM

Step 1 – Task Definition Step 2 – Information Seeking Strategies Step 3 – Location and Access Step 4 – Use of Information Step 5 – Synthesis Step 6 – Evaluation

www.Big6.com

CRLS Research Guide http://www.crlsresearchguide.org/Big_Six_

Steps.asp

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Collection Development

#3

Customers Who (students/teachers/parents) What Grades (elementary/secondary) Reading Levels Interest Levels What Languages Interests (girl/boys, fiction/nonfiction)

Curriculum

Know what textbooks your school is using ◦ Big projects ◦ Focus on subject areas ◦ District curriculum maps and guides

Collection Assessment Titlewise: www.titlewise.com ◦ Collection size ◦ Average age ◦ Number of titles per student ◦ Collection distribution (Dewey range)

California Library Standards Run Reports What is being used Listen to your students and teachers

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Selection Policy and

Challenge Procedures

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Weeding

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WHY WEED? No room for new materials on shelf Collection is unused and unattractive Full shelves give illusion of a good library

collection To correct mistakes in selection Maintaining unneeded materials is time

consuming

Weeding

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1. Decide which materials need to be removed

2. Remove the item from the shelf 3. Delete Catalog records 4. Stamp the book “Discarded” 5. Remove school markings 6. Check school policy for removal 7. Physically discard

Procedures for Weeding

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Building Life-Long Readers

#2

Accessibility • Display

– Books face out – Eye level

• Variety of Resources – Magazines, newspapers, action cards, comics,

graphic novels • Interest Level vs. Reading Level: Meet your

readers where they are • Schedule

– Lunch, recess, and after school

Motivation

• Market titles/Books-to-film • Lists of titles: Website resources

• If you liked….. • What do I read next….

• Genres • New book displays • Book Talks

Competence Curriculum/Teacher

Support • Topic/Unit lists • Promote new titles • Announce award winners • Ask for recommendations & input • Support for current events • Bibliographies

Experience: Modeling • Oral Reading

– Before you read – While you read – After you read

• Language Play – Poetry, riddles, word games

• Enthusiasm is Contagious!

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Library Advocacy

#1

Events and Ideas Advertise in Newsletters Back to School Nights Announcements – Have Games Hold Contests Book Clubs Author Visits Just Get the Word Out – Every

Chance

Statistics

Library usage Examine trends for ordering Reporting and justifying requests Database reports – a lot to choose from Classes/small groups/after school

Statistics Time management Tell the whole story. Include:

Time spent on inventory Preparing bibliographies, pathfinders, etc. Troubling shooting computers Training assistants, students, volunteers Preparing overdues Shelving books Repairing books Purchasing/weeding Preparing for classes