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Teacher Librarian
Teacher Librarian:The Journal of School Library Professionals K-12, is a technical journal covering issues for library professionals working with children and young adults. Founded in 1972, Teacher Librarian is published bimonthly except the month of August in Lanham, Md. It was previously titled Emergency Librarian. Dr. David Loertscher is the editor.
Articles from Vol. 32, No. 5, June
Become a Google Power User
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BECOME A GOGGLE POWER USER WAS DEVELOPED FOR INCOMING STUDENTS IN SACKVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA, IN 2003, AND HAS BEEN ADAPTED FOR USE IN OTHER LOCAL SCHOOLS AND IN SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES, IT IS AN INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR FIRST-YEAR...
Educational Activity Sites for High School Students
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Finding quality Internet resources for high school students is a continuing challenge. The following are high-quality web sites to suggest to educators and students. These sites offer activities to learn how an art conservator looks at paintings, create...
Electronic Books
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"Will e-books change the world?" asks Terje Hillesund in an article in the electronic journal First Monday. Hillesund points out that "information technology and especially the Internet have profoundly changed the ways of publishing." For a number...
Good News for School Libraries in Canada
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Canadian school libraries in some areas have received much-needed funding and approval on new teacher-librarian staff positions. Read on to learn how Canadian school libraries in some areas are benefiting this year. ONTARIO PROVIDES $17 MILLION...
Government Documents Go to School
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THEY'RE TOO COMPLICATED TO USE." "Y STUDENTS DON'T CARE FOR THEM." "I'M NOT SURE WHERE TO GET THEM." "I'M NOT FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH THEM." IN THE FALL OF 2002, I CONDUCTED BRIEF SURVEYS OF THE TEACHERS AND TEACHER-LIBRARIANS IN MY GRADUATE CATALOGING...
Helping Leaders to Learn: Teaching Principals about School Libraries
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Administrators matter when it comes to making important decisions about school libraries and their place, purpose, and function in the learning life of a school. Yet, most campus administrators do not learn much, if anything, about teacher-librarians...
Help Students and Teachers Become Information Literate
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IN THIS AGE OF OVERWHELMING INFORMATION, A GOOD SCHOOL LIBRARY PROGRAM IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. STUDENTS MUST BE TAUGHT HOW TO EVALUATE THE INFORMATION THEY FIND ON THE INTERNET. COLLABORATION BETWEEN TEACHERS AND TEACHER-LIBRARIANS IS THE KEY,...
Hosting a Family Literacy Night at Your School
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The idea for a family literacy event resulted because teachers wanted more time to share reading strategies with parents, and parents wanted more information on how they could support and encourage their children with reading at home. With great success,...
Literacy Instruction through Communicative and Visual Arts
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THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO EXPLORE THE EVIDENCE SUGGESTING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LITERACY INSTRUCTION THROUGH COMMUNICATIVE AND VISUAL ARTS, ACCORDING TO FLOOD, HEATH, AND LAPP (1997). VISUAL ARTS INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES...
Make Your Load Lighter with STARS
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Do you find you have just too many tasks to do in a day? Is your pile of books to reshelve touching the ceiling? Has it been a month or more since you changed your key displays? Would you like to accession that pile of new books that arrived...
OD-Ing on Reality: An Interview with Alex Flinn
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ALEX FLINN KNOWS HOW TO TELL A STORY SHE CAN PULL READERS INTO HER BOOKS WITH HER RIVETING PENING CHAPTERS, BUT READERS STAY WITH HER BECAUSE HER NOVELS ARE NOT MERE SUSPENSE STORIES, INSTEAD, THEY ARE TALES OF AVERAGE TEENS CAUGHT IN EXTRAORDINARY...
Our Columnists
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Barbara Braxton: Teacher-librarian, Palmerston District Primary School, Palmerston, Australian Capital Territory. barbaro@iimetro.com.au Laurel A. Clyde: Professor, Faculty of Social Science, The University of Iceland, Reykjavik, anne@hi.is Sharon...
Reading the Internet
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One of the most astounding changes in students' reading habits over the past 5 years involves the increased use of the Internet as a source of reading materials. A recent survey of U.S. households (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2003) indicates that more...
Sending Large Files without Mucking Up the Works
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What if it does not arrive? E-mail has never been a foolproof way of sending information, and lately it has become even hairier, with well-meaning but overzealous antispam filters blocking legitimate messages. If you are sending something crucial,...
Testing, Testing, Testing
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All that I hear is "testing." Everywhere I go, teacher-librarians and teachers tell me that testing is driving everything that they do. One elementary teacher told me that her entire grade level had not been to the library all year because they did...
Who We Are: What We Do (Revisited), and Ordinary Library Miracles
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A year ago, in the June 2004 issue of Teacher Librarian's notebook column, Dr. Ken Haycock (publisher and executive editor) explained what the journal Teacher Librarian stands for by stating, "We offer a professional publication for exemplary teacher-librarians...
With News Search Engines
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Although there are many news search engines on the Web, finding the news items you want can be challenging. Choosing appropriate search terms is one of the biggest challenges. Unless you have seen the article that you are seeking, it is often difficult...
