Re: Importance of Libraries

[Carl Janetka <Carl_Janetka@INFONAUTICS.COM>]

---------------------- Forwarded by Carl Janetka/Infonautics Corporation on
11/02/98 09:29 AM ---------------------------


"Mike Eisenberg" <mbe@u.washington.edu> on 11/02/98 02:36:28 AM

Please respond to mbe@u.washington.edu

To:   Carl Janetka/Infonautics Corporation
cc:
Subject:  RE: Importance of Libraries




Exactly!  Good point.

Please share w. LM_NET.

Best regards,

Mike
in Korea


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 Mike Eisenberg <mbe@u.washington.edu>
 Director
 School of Library and Information Science
 University of Washington
 Box 352930,  Seattle, WA 98195-1237
 ph: (206) 543-1794 fax: (206) 616-3152
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-----Original Message-----
From:     Carl_Janetka@infonautics.com
[mailto:Carl_Janetka@infonautics.com]
Sent:     Thursday, October 29, 1998 12:44 PM
To:  mbe@u.washington.edu
Subject:  Importance of Libraries

 << File: Teacher  Guide Complete 2.0.doc >> Mike

This would be an excellent time to make a point for the importance of
libraries in helping to implement the curriculum.  The new National
Information Literacy Standards (AASL) make student research activities more
important than ever before--the 4th "R."  Because so many teachers are wed
to textbooks and research reports are infrequent, the librarians role is
minimized in the eyes of most teachers and administrators.  The standards
must be brought to their attention and librarians must lead the charge,
through staff development, in their schools.

Just recently, I made a presentation which featured "The Teacher's Guide to
the Mini-Research Process" in Virginia to 35 librarians.  After I
introduced myself, I asked a series of questions that required a show of
hands.  These questions were designed so that librarians could get a quick
sense of the group that came together for this 4-hour workshop.  One of the
questions asked them about the new information literacy standards, another
asked about the ISTE Technology standards, and another asked about the
Virginia Learning Standards.  To my amazement, no more that 3 of them were
familiar with any of these.  The point is that librarians have to use these
new tools to sell the importance of the library and the research process if
they are to be viewed as more than catalogers and dispensers of books and
magazines.

Much of what I am talking about is included in the Teacher's Guide.  I will
send you a copy of it for your inspection and review.

An older version of the new Teacher's Guide is at <
www.education.elibrary.com/resources/>.  The Web site is in the process of
being updated in November.

Carl Janetka, Curriculum Specialist
Infonautics Corporation (Electric Library)
Wayne,  PA 19078
cjanetka@infonautics.com

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