School Libraries and Media Resources
Associations/Organizations
- American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
- The American Association of School Librarians is a national organization that advocates excellence in the school library media field by promoting collaboration, leadership, and life-long learning. A division of the American Library Association, AASL provides educational opportunities, publications, workshops, and conferences for its members.
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslindex.htm
- New Jersey Association of School Librarians (NJASL)
- The New Jersey Association of School Librarians (NJASL) is a professional association of school library media specialists in New Jersey. The Association advocates library media programs that ensure students and staff will become effective users of information. The NJASL also provides educational opportunities and information through online and print publications, workshops, and conferences.
http://www.njasl.org/
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Bibliographies and Research Guides
- School Librarian Resources - Bibliography
- A selected list of resources available in the Curriculum Materials Center for managing and teaching in the school library media center.
http://www.wpunj.edu/library/currmats/bibs/schoollib_bib.shtml
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Lesson Plans and Teaching Activities
- Online Activities Promoting Information Literacy
- Created by Joyce Valenza, media specialist at Springfield Township High School in Pennsylvania to identify activities for teaching information literacy skills. This site has sample lesson planning ideas for teaching information seeking, evaluation of resources, synthesis and ethics. Links to standards and rubrics are included.
http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/infolitles.html
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Web Sites
- American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
- The American Association of School Librarians is a national organization that advocates excellence in the school library media field by promoting collaboration, leadership, and life-long learning. A division of the American Library Association, AASL provides educational opportunities, publications, workshops, and conferences for its members.
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslindex.htm
- Hall Davidson's Copyright Resources
- Copyright quizzes and charts of acceptable copyright practices are available from this website aimed at K-12 educators. Davidson is a noted educator, author and lecturer.
http://www.halldavidson.net/downloads.html
- New Jersey Association of School Librarians (NJASL)
- The New Jersey Association of School Librarians (NJASL) is a professional association of school library media specialists in New Jersey. The Association advocates library media programs that ensure students and staff will become effective users of information. The NJASL also provides educational opportunities and information through online and print publications, workshops, and conferences.
http://www.njasl.org/
- Online Activities Promoting Information Literacy
- Created by Joyce Valenza, media specialist at Springfield Township High School in Pennsylvania to identify activities for teaching information literacy skills. This site has sample lesson planning ideas for teaching information seeking, evaluation of resources, synthesis and ethics. Links to standards and rubrics are included.
http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/infolitles.html
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Compiled by Yvonne Roux
Curriculum Materials Librarian
Last Updated: September 14, 2006
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