Evaluation of the teacher-librarian: A discussion guide

Focuses on the evaluation of a teacher-librarian (TL). Two significant components of a TL evaluation; Framework of a teacher-librarian evaluation; General considerations in evaluating a teacher-librarian; Role of TL on the nine areas of competence

Index to Anspach's A History of the Island of Newfoundland

Index to Anspach's A History of the Island of Newfoundlan

The teacher-librarian as school principal: A natural progression

Focuses on the roles and responsibilities of teacher-librarian in administration. How teacher-librarians are no different from others in education or librarianship who accept challenges of greater responsibility; Five major areas of responsibilities of school administrator; Administrative tasks of the teacher-librarians; Difference between the abilities of principal and teacher-librarians; Skills of the teacher-librarians; Qualities of a successful teacher-librarian

For SFX See Librarian

This paper explores SFX as a tool to provide seamless access to electronic resources in the fewest steps possible. It discusses the concept of the Open URL and the Link Resolver

The Female Librarian in Film: Has the Image Changed in 60 Years?

The stereotypical image of the female librarian as an uptight spinster has prevailed in popular culture. This paper examines the portrayal of the librarian stereotype in movies from two different eras: the 1940s/1950s and the 2000s. The historical antecedents, social and economic status of women are examined, and the influence of computers and technology in the library is considered. Common traits that typify the film librarian, along with the inclusions of computers in the library, are identified and analyzed. Approaches to combatting the stereotypes are discussed and applied to the movies in order to discover any progression of the image in 60 years. It is concluded that while there has been some progress in the characterization of librarians in movies, overall there has been little change in 60 years

The Big Match - Lexis v Westlaw

Lexis and Westlaw are the biggest names in subscription legal database provision. The author provides a comparative critical examination from his experience is of academic subscriptions to the services - including their American academic contentPreprint of an article by Paul Norman, former Reference and Online Services Librarian at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, published in Legal Information Management, the journal of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarian

Instruction and Focus Groups

My internship focuses not only on reference librarianship, but also information literacy and instruction. Accordingly, I’ve been fortunate to sit in on some library instruction classes with Clint. I think that the image of a librarian as a reference resource is pretty well established in our cultural consciousness, at least here at Gettysburg College, but the image of librarian as teacher is perhaps not as prominent. At some colleges and universities, however, librarians are considered part of the faculty. [excerpt

Role clarification and role dilemmas: New challenges for teacher-librarians?

The role of the teacher-librarian has been increasingly clarified by national and provincial school library associations. Successful teacher-librarian. that is. those teacher-librarian who have a positive effect on student achievement and who enjoy the respect of teachers and administrators. collaborate with classroom colleagues to integrate information literacy processes and strategies into instructional programs. These teacher-librarians are viewed as equal teaching partners and teacher leaders. providing a value-added function in the school. Role Clarification Recently, however, reduced govern ment spending for public education, restrictive union/management labour contracts and drives for access to better technology as the sole purveyor of infor mation, have resulted in less support for school libraries and teacher-librarians. in use of teacher-librarians to satisfy contractual obligations for teacher release time, and in marginalization of libraries and teacher-librarians as somewhat anachronistic symbols of books an