Information literacy and collaboration activities for school librarians

[Carol Valdez <cvaldez@UISD.NET>]

Someone asked yesterday what the basics of information literacy
instruction should be.  Here's an excerpt from yesterday's White House
Conference on School Libraries.

http://www.imls.gov/pubs/whitehouse0602/keithlance.htm

"Collaboration & Information Literacy

When school librarians demonstrate this kind of leadership in their
daily activities, they can create an environment conducive to
collaboration between themselves and classroom teachers. That, in turn,
enables them to work with classroom teachers to instill a love of
reading and information literacy skills in their students.

Collaboration activities in which school librarians should participate,
according to our research, include:


identifying useful materials and information for teachers,
planning instruction cooperatively with teachers,
providing in-service training to teachers, and
teaching students both with classroom teachers and independently.
It is these types of collaboration between librarians and teachers that
are linked directly with higher reading scores. "


                                Keith Curry Lance, Ph.D.
                                Director, Library Research Service
                                Colorado State Library
from his speech "What Research Tells Us About the Importance of School
Libraries" at the White House Conference on School Libraries, June 4,
2002.



Carol Valdez, Librarian
Salvador Garcia M.S.
Laredo, TX
cvaldez@uisd.net



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