A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them. ~Lemony Snicket We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth. ~John Lubbock Great libraries have always looked to both the future and the past. ~Laura Shapiro Libraries are not made; they grow.~Augustine Birrell Libraries are brothels for the mind. Which means that librarians are the madams, greeting punters, understanding their strange tastes and needs, and pimping their books.~Guy Browning

 In early days, I tried not to give librarians any trouble, which was where I made my primary mistake. Librarians like to be given trouble; they exist for it, they are geared to it.~ Catherine Drinker Bowen

 Integrating Information Literacy › Research Skills - Imagine the Learning!  Learning Through Information Technology › Integration of technology and media › Making IT resources available  Building Reading Literacy › Promoting reading (book clubs, book exchange, appealing library, marketing library, book fair, etc.) › Reading lessons › Ordering appealing books for children and teachers  Collaborating with teachers in the design of learning › Support teachers and determining needs › Types of collaboration

Parallel Teaching  TL relates skills (information literacy, reading, or information technology skills) to a topic in the classroom  Teacher requests topic without planning with TL Partial Collaboration  Planning done together, execution and assessment done separately Full Collaboration  TL and teacher jointly select expectations, design, co- teach and assess unit  Takes place in library and classroom

 Genre studies – information on all types of genres  Split Grades – support other half  How to Search Effectively  4 Stages of the Research Process (Imagine the Learning!)  Using Internet Responsibly › Pathfinders › Webquest  Plagiarism and Academic Honesty  Finding great resources for Reading Strategies, Writing Strategies, Media Literacy  Modelling lessons  Technology › Photostory › Powerpoint › Smartboard Lessons › Databases › Internet › Clicker 5  Student Friendly Targets and Student Success Criteria  The possibilities are endless…

 Long Range Plans  Sign-up to work with me on a unit  Fill out a “Needs Sheet”

 000-Generalities  100-Philosophy Psychology & Unexplained Phenomena  200-Religion  300-Social Sciences  400-Language  500-Science & Math  600-Technology  700-The Arts & Sports  800- Literature  900- Geography & History

 New books and curriculum connections