1. The Role of a Librarian in the IB Curriculum
Klaudia Janek, MLIS
International Academy
November,

2. Today’s Presentation My Background Our Library
IB expectations
Role within the IB Curriculum
Student/project examples
Collaboration
Things I share with my teachers

3. IB Librarian training Undergraduate degree (in anything)
Master degree in Library and Information Science
Teacher certification
IB Level 1, 2, 3 librarian training
National and State Associations: ALA, YALSA, AASL, MAME, MACUL

4. Poll Everywhere
Teacher Poll

5. A Vision of Students today
by Michael Wesch at Kansas State University

6. Our Library 12,000 Volumes 600 Reference ebooks CD collection
DVD collection
Databases ($3.9 million)

7. Guidelines for IB School Libraries
3 levels of interaction between librarians and teachers: Cooperation Coordination Instructional Collaboration

8. My Professional Philosophy
Create lifelong learners
Provide the best quality information to staff and students
Assist and train with new technology
Create a welcoming atmosphere in physical Media Center
Collaborate across the curriculum
Integrate IB philosophy into lessons and projects

9. Skills Identified in the IB Curriculum
Critical reading, thinking, analysis and reflection
Personal communication skills
Learning and inquiry skills
Higher order thinking
Reasoning skills
Personal reflection
Decision-making
Planning skills
Time management
Writing skills
Research skills
Ability to discriminate (between truth and opinion)
Cooperative work
Study skills/information literacy/study habits/academic rigor

10. For Students…
Try to convey to students that the physical library is not the only place to get information. I’m trying to teach the students part of our library is available 24/7.
The “free-web” is NOT the only source of information.
Website Evaluation lesson for all 9th graders

11. For Students… MLA & Plagiarism Using Gale Databases
Using ebook reference collection
Using the Web 2.0
Promoting reading
Readers’ advisory

12. Collaboration across the curriculum
Blackboard
Wikis
Blogs
Gale Databases
GoogleGroups
GoogleDocs

13. Other stuff to do/follow
– follow me - kjanek
IBO on Facebook
Voicethread
Karl Fisch
David Warlick
Wordle.net
Pbwiki.com

14. The Digital Age
To maintain core beliefs while being flexible enough to learn new things
The Machine is Us/ing Us
IA Library Wiki