Media Discovery Volume 1, Issue 1
FALL 2010
Sources of Information
Professional Organizations & Initiatives
Alabama Media Online (ALMO) Virtual valuable support & resources needed to run an exemplary library media program. http://alex.state.al.us/librarymedia/
Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX) A wealth of expertise and knowledge from Alabama‘s best educators. ALEX, is a project of the Alabama Department of Education, designed to index and share educational materials and information through a timesaving, one-stop resource including lesson plans, Web links, and interactive activities ALL located and connected to the Alabama Courses of Study by National Board Certified Teachers.
JOIN NOW!!! American Association of School Librarians (AASL) The American Association of School Librarians (AASL), a division of the American Library Association, is one of the largest national associations dedicated to developing school media centers. The mission of the AASL is to “advocate excellence, facilitate change, and develop leaders in the school library field.” Joining AASL provides the member many benefits and resources including Knowledge Quest, AASL’s member publication that is published five times per year as well as online access. Depending on your status, there are memberships available to students and professionals ranging from $53.00 to $180.00.
www.ala.org/aasl
International Federation of Libraries Association (IFLA)
http://alex.state.al.us/
Alabama Virtual Library (AVL) A must LMC webpage Link add 24/7 online access to library information resources. Provide students, parents, and teachers with endless information literacy opportunities. http://www.avl.lib.al.us/
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the “leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information profession.” The IFLA began at an international conference in 1927 and currently has over 1600 members in over 150 countries around the world. A personal affiliate membership is available for 130 euros which is currently around $170.00. www.ifla.org
Alabama Library Association (ALLA) The Alabama Library Association (ALLA) encourages and promotes the welfare of libraries and the interests of librarians in the state of Alabama. The mission of ALLA is to “provide leadership for the development, advocacy, and improvement of library and information services and to promote the profession of librarianship, in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all.” www.allanet.org
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Alabama Instructional Media Association (AIMA) Information on the Alabama Instructional Media Association is available at the Alabama School Library Association (ASLA) website. The ASLA is a professional organization dedicated to the improvement of instruction through the utilization of media and technology. The association provides a forum for those active or retired in the school library or instructional technology field to ”promote excellence in education in Alabama through effective school library media programs.” The ASLA is a state affiliate of the Alabama Education Association (AEA), the leading teacher’s union in the state of Alabama. ASLA is also an affiliate of the American School Library Association, the Alabama Library Association, and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Active membership dues are $25.00, but students may join for $5.00. Membership applications may be completed online at: http://www.alaima.org/?DivisionID=3592&ToggleSideNav=S howAll
Library Power Initiative The Library Power Project was a ten-year program funded by the DeWitt Wallace-Reader’s Digest fund to improve elementary libraries. It began in New York City in 1988, but soon grew to nineteen other sites. The project specifically worked on improving school media centers by employing full-time media specialists, funding collection development, improving library scheduling, and focusing on the instructional role of the media specialist. Analysis from the project show increased student achievement resulting from flexible scheduling and greater collaboration between teachers and media specialists.
Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is a federal law passed (June 23, 2003) by Congress to protect minors from offensive content on the Internet on school and library computers. Any school or library that receives E-rate funding for Internet access or internal connections must have filtering software on any online computer that might be accessible by a minor. The protection must block Internet access to pictures that are obscene, include child pornography, or are harmful to minors.
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STANDARDS IN LIBRARY MEDIA HISTORY
C.C. Certain Standards
This year is the 125th anniversary of the birth (exact date unknown) of Casper Carl Certain (1885-1940), the father of school library standards. In 1920 (90 years ago), the American Library Association published Standard Library Organization and Equipment for Secondary Schools of Different Sizes. Because C. C. Certain (as he was better known) was chair of the committee that developed the standards they became widely known as the "Certain Standards". The "Certain Standards" were developed by the Committee on Problems of High School Libraries of the National Education Association's Department of Secondary Education. Certain also chaired the joint committee of the National Education Association and the American Library Association that produced the report Elementary School Library Standards published by ALA in 1925.
http://libraryhistorybuff.blogspot.com
School Libraries for Today and Tomorrow ALA publishes School Libraries
for Today and Tomorrow, Functions and Standards, the first national standards for both elementary and secondary school library programs. These standards link the quality of school library programs to qualitative and quantitative guidelines.
http://education.stateuniversity.com
Media Programs: District and School
Standards recommended a review of the national standard to ensure changes and developments. In 1975, Media Programs: Districts and Schools unified the approaches to centralizing the media center’s role in planning and executing the school’s instructional program, rather than a passive support service. --Betty Morris(2010)
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David Loertscher is an important figure in today’s library media climate. He is a past president of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), and he is currently the president of Hi Willow Research and Publishing (distributed by LMC Source) Professor at the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University. Mr. Loertscher has degrees from the University of Utah, the University of Washington and a Ph.D. from Indiana University. He has been a school library media specialist in Nevada and Idaho at both the elementary and secondary school levels. He has taught at Purdue University, The University of Arkansas, and The University of Oklahoma. Dr. Loertscher was also the head of the editorial department at Libraries Unlimited for ten years. He currently provides many media resources for school library specialists. His website may be accessed at http://www.davidvl.org, and he writes a blog at http://davidloertscher.wordpress.com/ in which he gives his views of research, articles and professional reviews. You may also follow him on twitter at davidloertscher or on facebook at David Loertscher.
Carol Kuhlthau
PEOPLE & FIRST-TIME EVENTS IN LIBRARY MEDIA HISTORY Melvil Dewey was a well educated man. He became a librarian at Amherst College. He published a very important book that completely changed the arrangement of books in libraries. This is where he established the Dewey Decimal System. He also did other things that helped libraries today. Melvil Dewey helped found the American Library Association in 1876. He also came up with the first professional library school in the United States in 1887. He was also associated with the Children's Library Association, the Association of State Librarians, and the American Library Institute. Edgar Dale is famous for coming up with the famous Cone of Experience. This cone was used to provide examples of the different teaching resources and levels. He also contributed to instruction with the audio and visual capacities. He taught at Ohio State University. He was a professor here. Frances Henne was the driving force behind the national standards for school libraries. She was also the leader in development during her career as a teacher. She was a librarian, teacher, and a librarian educator. She was also the very first woman faculty member at the University of Chicago’s GLS in 1939.
Library Journal is one of the oldest and most valued publication in the library world. It was established in 1876 and is still very respected. It has been said to be the “bible” of the library world. It is said to be read by over 100,000 readers.
Carol Collier Kuhlthau is Professor Emerita of Library and Information Science at Rutgers University where she directed the graduate program in school librarianship that has been rated number one in the country by U.S. News. She is internationally known for her groundbreaking research on the Information Search Process and for the ISP model of affective, cognitive and physical aspects in six stages of information seeking and use. She has authored Seeking Meaning: A Process Approach to Library and Information Services and Teaching the Library Research Process and published widely in referred journals and edited volumes. A new book, Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century, authored with her daughters Leslie K. Maniotes and Ann K. Caspari is now available through Libraries Unlimited.
Erasmus High School is known for Mary A. Kingsbury. Mary graduated from The Glastonbury Free Academy. She was the first appointed librarian of the Erasmus Hall High School of Brooklyn. Mary was history in the making of the first lady trained librarian. She was the first appointed librarian in the United States as well. Mary Aurelia Kingsbury, born in 1865, she graduated from the Glastonbury Free Academy. Mary and her sister organized a public library housed in The Glastonbury Free Academy building in 1981. This public library was relocated a few times before it was settled in at the WellesTurner Memorial Library, Glastonbury's public library, in 1952.
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LAWS RELATED TO SCHOOLS
US vs. ALA
LEGISLATIVE & OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT, 1998 (DMCA)
WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT CLINTON. IT AFFECTS MP3 TECHNOLOGY. IT FORBIDS CIRCUMVENTING TECHNOLOGICAL MEASURES THAT CONTROL ACCESS TO COPYRIGHTED WORKS. IT LIMITS COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT LIABILITY FOR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS.
Patriot Act
was enacted by the U.S. Congress on Oct. 26, 2001, at the request of Pres. Bush in response to the terrorist acts of Sept. 11. The Act, Sec. 215 & 505 affect libraries. Records can be searched providing the Govt. says it’s trying to protect against terrorism. Librarians have a responsibility to cooperate with law enforcement agencies (local, state, or federal) and provide patron information only when these agencies present a proper warrant. Consult with legal consul before doing so. Confidentiality and privacy are the heart and soul of librarianship. The Library Bill of Rights and the Librarian’s Code of Ethics reference it. ALA opposes any use of Govt. power to suppress the free and open exchange of knowledge & info. INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM & LIBRARY SERVICES (IMLS) The IM LS is the starting place for government funding for more than 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums in the United States. The primary mission is to create strong libraries and museums that grant access to information to all people. The IMLS helps state and local organizations in multiple areas of concern in all communities nationwide.
(2003), Congress enacted the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) that stated a library could not receive federal funding if they did not install software that filtered inappropriate material on the Internet. The Alabama Library Association deemed the CIPA violated the First Amendment right of library patrons to view material freely. The case went to the courts. The highest court sided with Congress, although there are many libraries that are now deciding if they could afford to turn down the federal monies and not install the filtering software. The CIPA does not state that is a requirement to all libraries, only the ones who receive money from the government.
Pico vs. Island School District (1982), a library was in the middle of the fight. Justice Brennan cited the Tinker case as a distinct point where the students, walking into school, did not leave the Constitutional rights at the school door. In this case, Stephen Pico sued the Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District for removing books from the school library, based on certain criteria. The case moved through all the channels again. In a 5-4 decision the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the verdict: the board of education does not have the right to removed books, based on the fact that someone does not agree with the content of the collection.
Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) took place in Topeka, Kansas, led by Oliver L. Brown, where the final ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court decided unanimously that schools could not be segregated based on race. This one monumental decision paved the way for the Civil Rights Movement.
Tinker vs. De Moines Independent School District (1969), this case involved a student’s right to freedom of expression. John Tinker and his sister, Mary Beth, wore black armbands to school to protest the Vietnam War. The case wound through administration, the local board of education, and ended up in the U.S. Supreme Court. Many people were split on the issue, stating that the armbands were only a beginning and would interfere with school instructional time. The Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 vote that the students did have the right to wear the armbands and prohibiting them would violate their First Amendment rights.
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Empowering Learners:
NEW LIBRARY MEDIA STANDARDS
Guidelines for School Library Programs is the
Standards for the 21st Century Learners The 21st-century standards were published by the AASL in 2007 focusing on the learning process of information literacy rather than information literacy skills published in Information Power (AASL & AECT, 1998). These standards serve as a guide for school librarians and library programs. It is a tool to use when teaching information literacy to students. The main goal is integrate curriculum content areas and build a wide range of disciplines taught as skills, disposition, student responsibilities, and self-assessment. Students use skills, resources, and tools to gain, apply, create, and share knowledge. The AASL Standards begin by defining nine foundational common beliefs: 1. Reading is a window to the world. 2. Inquiry provides a framework for learning. 3. Ethical behavior in the use of information must be taught. 4. Technology skills are crucial for future employment needs. 5. Equitable access is a key component for education. 6. The definition of information literacy has become more complex as resources and technologies have changed. 7. The continuing expansion of information demands that all individuals acquire the thinking skills that will enable them to learn on their own. 8. Learning has a social context. 9. School libraries are essential to the development of learning skills (ALA).
handbook from AASL for 21st C. Standards; it offers helpful information in conceptualizing school library media specialist roles for contemporary times. These guidelines support the belief that the school library media specialist “empowers students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information.� The school library media specialist must assume the roles of a leader, information specialist, teacher, instructional partner and program administrator.
Learning4Life (L4L) A National plan to support states, school systems, and individual schools for the implementation of Standards for the 21st Century Learner and Empowering Learners. Essential skills are taught in a social & global context to serve students for a lifetime. The plan is to increase awareness and understanding of the standards and guidelines and create a committed group of stakeholders with a common belief and voice. The goal is for students to acquire vital, portable skills which will make them critical thinkers, problem solvers, and evolving learners.
21ST CENTURY INFORMATION LITERACIES
DIGITAL LITERACY
V I S U A L LI T E R A C Y
Standards for the 21st Century Learners in Action
TEXTUAL LITERACY TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY
The purpose of this AASL publication is to aid school librarians in bringing 21st-century skills into their lessons. It is an extension to the related standards. It is designed to help facilitate the role of school librarian as an educational leader. Common beliefs about teachers, libraries, students, and instructional methods introduced in the 21st century standards are reinstated. Specific indicators, benchmarks, models, and assessments are implemented to support different grade levels. Newsletter
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U.S. Copyright Office. Online Service Providers, Service Providers Designation of Agent to Receive Notification of Claims of Infringement (March 2010). Retrieved from http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/ Wheelock, A. (1999, July). Library Power Executive Summary: Findings from the National Evaluation of the National Library Power Program. Retrieved on from http://www.wallacefoundation.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/WF/Knowledge Center/Attachments/PDF/Executive Summary - Findings from the Evaluation of the National Library Power Program.pdf
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