HIT: Professional Books

[Nancy Kershner <nkershner@sbc.edu>]

These are the responses I got regarding Skills for Life:   Information
Literacy for Grades K-6, 2nd ed.,
Christine allen, editor, published by Linworth and
Developing an Information Literacy Program K-12, developed by the Iowa
City Community School District and edited by Mary Jo Langhorne,
published by Neal-Schuman which includes a CD-ROM
(You'll notice that a few other recommendations are included:
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I've used
the first two books often.  I also use Developing
Learning Skills Through Childrens Literature, Volumes
1 and 2 by Watt and Street from Oryx Press - these are
grade level units based on authors and books.

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as a co-editor with Christine Allen of the Gr 6-12 info literacy book
from Linworth, of course I have to recommend the K-6 book.   Both books
are very, very practical.

I love the book by Mary Jo Langhorne, in fact i wrote a highly
recommended review of it.  By all means spring for the high cost of the
book because the CD rom makes it invaluable.

I also recommend Ken Haycock's foundations of effective school media
programs for some good theory. I believe a solid background in what
makes a good program is always useful when planning and meeting with
teahcers or administrators.

Mary Alice Anderson,  Media Specialist , Winona Middle School

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I just received Developing an Information Literacy Program K-12 and
reviewed it and the
accompanying CD this weekend.  I am quite happy with my purchase, and am
particularly pleased with the number of lessons spelled out in
the book.  A few things I found out about the CD (which worked for me,
but may not work for everyong):  The lessons open in Microsoft Word 98.
I don't know what will happen if you don't have MS Word; perhaps it will
open  in Apple/ClarisWorks, but you might want to call and check if you
need to.  The lessons re: using the library catalog use the Winnebago
Circ/Cat search/card image screens.
Again, this is ideal for me because that is the system I
have, so the lessons are print ready.  You can modify anything on these
lessons because it
opens as a MS Office file, which is quite nice if you want to change
some of the titles in the catalog lessons to suit a particular topic.
One other book I highly recommend, also from Neal-Schuman, is Coming to
Terms (a book about teaching search strategies.  This book contains
tremendous lesson plan details and is written as clear as a script.  It
is a great resource for an important topic.

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Here are some other recommended books:

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If you could
do differentiated integrated academic projects then you would quite
possibly find the books by M. Ellen Jay useful tools.  Neal Schuman
published her most recent ones.  Interlibrary loan would turn up others.
And if you want one for evaluating school library media programs you
might
look at Yesner's Operating and
evaluating School Library Media Programs a Handbook for Administrators
and
Librarians.

I would highly recommend Power Tools by our own Joyce Valenza, availabel
from ALA.  The product of many years of inventing her own wheels are now
available to us,
in print, and with A windows/Mac CD-ROM which will allow you to edit the
pages to fit your own needs.  Lots of nitty gritty day-to-day stuff;
ready
made presentations for your principal or boardk forms, letters, etc.
>From the Table of contents on the CD-ROM, some of the things
listed:Public
Relations
(surveys, alert letters, brochures,letters requesting help from
volunteers gift acknowledgement); Day-to
Day stuff(class visiting plans, goals and job descriptions,
passes, suggestion for purchases, policies, curriculum maps
and curriculum tracking forms; Information skills(worksheets for
specific sources, scavenger hunts, learning to use resources); graphic
organizers(big six, keyword searches, thesis
organizers); internet(netiquette, search forms, search
strategies); presentations for parents, teachers and board.
Trust me--it's worth a fortune!  I hope ALA paid her very handily for it!

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I hope someone has recommended Information Power: Building Partnerships
for Learning prepared by the American Association of School librarians.
It is not a book of lessons; it is a philosophy and
vision of school library media centers.

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I love Books Kids Will Sit Still for and More Books Kids... , by Judy
Freeman, published by Bowker. I love her approach to library work for
elementary kids, and her book lists are well organized by subjects
useful to librarians and teachers.

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No one wrote to me about the two storytelling books.

I didn't know whether to put everyone's name on their contribution or
not--I included Mary Alice Anderson's name because I felt that you
needed to know who she is.  I hope no one is offended that their names
are left off, because I really to appreciate all your help, and several
soon to be Library Media Specialists asked for a hit, so I know they'll
be grateful, too.

Nancy Kershner
3rd grade teacher
Temperance Elementary
Amherst, VA
nkershner@sbc.edu

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