Are you Smarter than a Librarian? Sarah Stevens SSLS April 30, 2007 Sarah Stevens SSLS April 30, 2007

Librarian’s Job / A librarians job is very complex and difficult. It deals with way more than putting a book on a shelf or reading to a group of students. A librarians work is never done!

/ A librarian deals with a lot of different things that we have talked about in our library skills lessons. / Can you name a few parts of the library that we have talked about? / A librarian deals with a lot of different things that we have talked about in our library skills lessons. / Can you name a few parts of the library that we have talked about? Yes! That’s right. Dewey Decimal SystemCopyright Where to shelve a bookSubject Headings Award BooksPlus More!

Do you think you could handle it? / A librarians work goes unnoticed! During this week of librarian appreciation do you think you could do your librarian’s job? / Let’s find out if you are smarter than a librarian! / A librarians work goes unnoticed! During this week of librarian appreciation do you think you could do your librarian’s job? / Let’s find out if you are smarter than a librarian!

Are you Smarter than a Librarian? A game designed for students in grades 3-5

How to Play / Each contestant will have the opportunity to say they are smarter than a librarian if they can complete a question correctly in each category. / Students may use a cheat, peak, or save in the course of their game. / A cheat is when you use a classmates answer. You must take whatever they say. / A peak is when you just take a look to see if you are on the right track. You can choose not to answer with the person’s paper that you peaked off of. / A save is when you have answered the question incorrectly and you need someone to give you the right answer. / You can answer the questions in any order you choose. / All participants must answer the questions along with you on their white boards. / Each contestant will have the opportunity to say they are smarter than a librarian if they can complete a question correctly in each category. / Students may use a cheat, peak, or save in the course of their game. / A cheat is when you use a classmates answer. You must take whatever they say. / A peak is when you just take a look to see if you are on the right track. You can choose not to answer with the person’s paper that you peaked off of. / A save is when you have answered the question incorrectly and you need someone to give you the right answer. / You can answer the questions in any order you choose. / All participants must answer the questions along with you on their white boards.

Students can use any of the following to answer their questions

Pick a category to start with Location Copyright A.K.A Fiction Non-Fiction Dewey Made it through all the categories? Click Here. Here.

DeweyDewey / Who invented the Dewey System? List four of the ten categories. Back

Melvil Dewey 000 General Works 100 Philosophy Psychology 200 Religion 300 Social Sciences 400 Languages 500 Science 600 Applied Science 700 Arts 800 Literature 900 History Click on the librarian to go back to the board Answer

FictionFiction / Look up “Diary of a Worm” in an online catalog and tell me the reading level. Back

Diary of a worm is a 2.8 reading level Click on the librarian to go back to the board Answer

Non Fiction / What number in the Dewey Decimal Classification system would I file a book about worms under? Back

563 Fossil Invertebrates Click on the librarian to go back to the board Answer

LocationLocation / Write what part of the library would I file the board book, “Buzz Buzz Busy Bees”? Back

Easy Fiction Click on the librarian to go back to the board Answer

Copyright Which of the following are covered under copyright laws? Back YESNO Software Music Plays Choreography Pictures Movies Architectural Works

All are covered under copyright laws! Click on the librarian to go back to the board Answer

A.K.A.A.K.A. / What subjects could you search under to find “Tale of Despereaux” By Kate DiCamillo Back

Mice-fiction Fairy tale Kate DiCamillo Diversity Click on the librarian to go back to the board Answer

Congratulations! You are smarter than a librarian! You may go get treasure and pick the next contestant!

Resources / Mitchell, Joan. (Ed.). (2004). Abridged 14 (14 ed., Dublin: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. / Parness, Adam (2001). Copyright kids. Retrieved April 29, 2007, Web site: / PSU's IRC. Retrieved April 29, 2007, Web site: / Sunlink. Retrieved April 29, 2007, Web site: (2004) / Mitchell, Joan. (Ed.). (2004). Abridged 14 (14 ed., Dublin: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. / Parness, Adam (2001). Copyright kids. Retrieved April 29, 2007, Web site: / PSU's IRC. Retrieved April 29, 2007, Web site: / Sunlink. Retrieved April 29, 2007, Web site: (2004)