How-to-do-it manuals for librarians

Guides working librarians, teachers, and trainers through the process of teaching others how to access and use electronic information resources, discussing how to introduce new users to Internet culture, how to design effective written guides, and how to coordinate a successful workshop.

Presents a curriculum unit for teaching the I-Search process to students in grades kindergarten through twelfth grade, a method that uses the power of student interests to build a personal understanding of the research process and encourage stronger writing skills.

Tips for enhancing library services for young adults and strategies for implementing various services.

Offers teachers ready-to-use lesson plans to help them create classroom lessons that develop students' critical thinking skills in response to the information they are exposed to through television, the Internet, movies, and the media. Includes a CD-ROM with additional resources.

Provides information for librarians about the use of the Internet as a reference tool, explaining how to efficiently access, evaluate, and navigate Internet sites.

Examines the problem-solving model children use with the I-Search process, offering advice on how to pinpoint a search topic, where to find answers, how to record and showcase information, and how to assess results.

Presents step-by-step instructions for first-time library media specialists, covering such aspects of the job as ordering materials, cataloging, circulation, hiring staff, and designing the facility.

Presents a guide to the I-Search process that explains how it can help students improve their research skills, and includes activities and lessons to help teachers and librarians incorporate the method into their classrooms.

Outlines the development of an information literacy program. Presents model lessons for working within the elementary program; provides sample lessons for secondary schools; and includes templates for common instructional resources. Includes a CD-ROM with activity sheets, forms, and other documents mentioned in the text.

Presents a comprehensive manual with accompanying CD on teaching library media skills to elementary students, covering book care, the parts of a book, the Dewey decimal system, and computer research.