As we face the new millennium, we must reassess the role of learning. The Net Effect addresses the changing needs of learning communities. This collection of over forty essays offers strategies and resources for dealing with issues such as censorship, electronic collection development, children's literature and the Internet, using MOOs in education, the school library home page, and changing roles within the profession. These presentations formed the basis of a groundbreaking Virtual Conference coordinated by the editors in 1997. The range of topics is broad and the debate is solid, revealing that teacher librarians across the world are on the cutting edge of education, that issues are the same or similar the world over, and that there are a range of viable viewpoints and possibly solutions to the problems facing all librarians.

The Net Effect

Computers & Technology

Henri, James

Hay, Lyn

Computer Science

Scarecrow Press

As library educators help the academic community incorporate information literacy into the curriculum and instruct students so they become information literate, the role of assessment becomes key―and problematic. What should be assessed, how should it be examined, and is there even a valid and feasible set of assessment tools? This work helps library educators serving students from the pre-kindergarten level through high school address information literacy assessment issues systematically within their own settings. Global trends and cultural contexts are duly noted in exploring assessment processes and use, as well as in analyzing and categorizing existing assessment instruments. Farmer and Henri also investigate the factors affecting information literacy: instructional strategies, learning activities, collaborative practices, resources, learning environment, curriculum, and administrative support. Library educators will greatly appreciate the systematic approaches to assessment products and processes for information literacy offered in this resource.

Information Literacy Assessment in K-12 Settings

Farmer, Lesley S.J.

Reference

Editors James Henri and Marlene Asselin view the Information Literate School Community (ILSC) as being international. This edited volume of essays from teacher librarians and library educators around the world addresses the issues teacher librarians must face to become leaders in the new worldwide emerging vision of schools. To establish a framework for views expressed by the authors, the editors have identified four major developments that are shaping current thinking and practices of teaching and learning: New learners, New and multiliteracies, New and multiple identities and communities, and Teaching as a political activity. Issues facing teacher librarians as potential school leaders are embedded in these contexts within the essays. The book features chapters written by well-known authors in the field such as Ken Haycock, Leslie Farmer, Ann Clyde, Diane Oberg, James Henri, Marlene Asselin, and others. Chapter topics include discussions of reading and the ILSC, knowledge building and the ILSC, policies in the ILSC, the leadership role of the principal in the ILSC, preparing pre-service teachers for the ILSC, and so on.

Leadership Issues in the Information Literate School Community

Business & Money

Asselin, Marilyn

Management & Leadership

Libraries Unlimited

This book is both an update and an extension of The Information Literate School Community: Best practice which has been used as a student textbook and practitioners guide in a number of countries. In this new book, the editors have sought to bring together an eclectic but focused group of researchers and practitioners to explore the key aspects of leadership in the information literate school community. The book provides both students and practitioners (principals, teachers, teacher librarians and researchers) with a critical analysis and evaluation of topics such as the concept of an information literate school community; the development of new literacies; research on information literacy; the implementation of an information literacy programme; the importance of reading development; leadership in information literate schools; policy formulation; knowledge management; ICT and student learning; the role of the teacher librarian; and professional development. There is an even balance of research and practice in the book that will appeal to a wide audience because of its currency and topicality.

The Information Literate School Community 2: Issues of Leadership (Topics in Australian Teacher Librarianship)

Asselin, Marlene

Chandos Publishing

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