FTCE Study Guide Media Specialist

Literature circles come together for the specific purpose of doing which of the following?**

discussing a designated book, author, or literary genre

Information power book**

includes the standards that will help students become skillful producers and consumers of information along with the guidelines and principles that lead to dynamic, student-centered programs.

2 recommendations made by the joint task force of AASL and ACRL are..

-Invite regional and state library associations to assemble models of collaborative efforts. -Work together with professional associations at the state level in order to reach out to local school districts.

Key Action Areas

1. Advocacy for libraries and the profession. 2. Diversity. 3. Education and lifelong learning. 4. Equitable access to information and library services. 5. Intellectual freedom 6. Literacy 7. Organizational excellence. 8. Transforming libraries.

Library Privacy Policies

1. Notice and openness. 2. Choice and consent. 3. Access by users. 4. Data integrity and security. 5. Enforcement and redress.

Alberta Model

1. Planning 2. Information Retrieval 3. Information Processing 4. Information Sharing 5. Evaluation

Research Cycle

1. Questioning 2. Planning 3. Gathering 4. Sorting 5. Synthesizing 6. Evaluating 7. Reporting

Collection development 3 steps..

1. School community analysis. 2. Library media collection assessment. 3. Materials acquisition.

The Big 6

1. Task Definition 2. Information Seeking Strategies 3. Location and Access 4. Use of Information 5. Synthesis 6. Evaluation

Consensus Seeking Process

1.Identify the problem. 2. Identify and recruit participants. 3. Convene: acquire funding, find a meeting location and appoint a facilitator. 4. Design the process. 5. Define and analyze the problem. 6. Identify and evaluate solution alternatives. 7. Make decisions. 8. Approve the agreement. 9. Implement the solution.

Reasonable length of time to forecast shift from a fixed to flexible schedule would be..

3 to 5 years.

Boolean Search

A computer-programming term for conjunctions like, AND, OR, and NOT which can be used to construct more complex search conditions. Usually found under the advanced options.

Consensus Building

A process that groups use to make plans, solve problems, make recommendations, or make decisions in a collaborative way

Action Research Model**

A strategy of Organizational Development that typically involves the processes of problem identification, data gathering, feedback of the data to the client group, data discussion and diagnosis, action planning, action, and reevaluation. These processes are recycled as needed to increase organization effectiveness.

booktalk**

A thirty-second to seven-minute promotion of a book, giving the audience a glimpse of the setting, the characters, and/or the major conflict without providing the resolution or offering a review/analysis. Designed to motivate young adults to read a particular book.

Library Bill of Rights

Adopted children's rights to library resource and information access as inalienable and integral to informed adulthood; this includes access to digital information resources.

"Atlantic Monthly" "Books and Critics" and "The NY Times" focus on..

Adult literature.

The John Newbery Medal

Awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

Caldecott Award

Awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Collaborating about sunshine state books over summer best could happen through..**

Blog

A librarian sees that a student's checked out book is two months overdue. Several overdue notices have already been given to the student's teacher to give to them. What is the best action to take as the librarian?

Call the parents and ask them to help the student return the book.

Access Points

Catalog retrieval points where users can look up specific items.

OCPLC mostly helps...**

Catalogers

Library design

Center for resources, technology, learning, and collaboration. Keep in mind: personal space, territoriality, privacy and variety.

Bud, Not Buddy author**

Christopher Paul Curtis

Library Statistics Reports should include...

Circulation stats, number of individual and class visits to the library and usage of technology.

Flowchart for Standards Perspective of Instruction.

Conduct a needs assessment->Establish and overall goal-> select the media -> produce the materials->conduct a formative assessment->conduct a summative assessment ->and revise the program as needed.

Diversity in a library

Create a display of books and/or other materials on ethnic topics and invite students and families one night to browse.

Best time to evaluate school library's operations, services and resources is...

During a "stable" period. (a time where changes in library resources have not occurred in some time).

National Book Critics Circle Award

Each March, the NBCC present awards for the finest books and reviews published in English in the USA the previous year in six categories: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography, biography, criticism, and poetry.

The "Horn Book" specializes in..

Elementary level review of books.

Weeding

Essential to assessing a library's collection for helping to maintain the utility, accuracy, and relevance of the collection, and for helping use space in the library media center more efficiently.

Advantages to knowing public and academic librarians is..

Exchanging information from each other's databases.

FINDS **

Focus on information need Investigate resources to search for answer Note and evaluate facts and ideas to answer the question Develop information into knowledge for presentation Score presentation and search process

Library Advisory Committee **

Group of people who develop and monitor local policies and procedures for the school library. (Administrator, Library media specialist, teacher, student, and possibly a parent)

Fair Usage Law

Guidelines for how to use copyrighted materials. 1. Nature of work to be used. 2. Portion or amount of work to be used. 3. Purpose and Nature of work use. 4. Potential market for use of work.

When implementing a new software...

Hold a brief staff meeting for how to use it.

Community Library Involvement

How it contributes to both teaching and student achievement. Take advantage of: open houses, PTA meetings, local TV reports or newspapers.

AASL (American Association for School Libraries)

Implementation of new national guidelines and standards to follow to promote collaboration between K-12 and post secondary librarians.

(AECT) Association for Educational Communications and Technology

Implementing National Standards and Guidelines. Work with AASL to enable school. Libraries to apply guidelines nationally.

In a school with a fixed schedule, a teacher asks if she could bring her class for two consecutive periods next week instead of the usual one. What realistic but helpful response may the librarian give?

Juggle the schedule, trading one teacher's period for another if necessary, to allow for the one time only extra time period and offer to start the class off by teaching some internet research techniques and showing students where relevant books are located in the library.

"computer scavenger hunts" promote which state goal for the library media centers?

Integrating technology into the library program.

Not letting a child check out a fiction book restricts their **

Intellectual freedom

Library budget funds are for**

Library books (hard or electronic), audiovisual equipment, blgs and fixed equipment and furnishings. NO SOFTWARE

Booker Prize

Literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel, written in the English language, and published in the UK.

Librarians use lists of standardized subject headings to determine under which subjects library items are to be listed in the...

MARC record system.

MARC System (Machine Readable Cataloging Record) Includes...

Main entry, additional entries, subject headings, call number or classification number, and description of item.

MAA Reviews focus on..

Math books.

When creating a library budget plan keep in mind..

Needs for student achievement, student performance, student test scores, curriculum planning and development.

When dealing with biased resources a librarian should..

Obtain a list of suspect databases and evaluate if the information is: -Accurate -Reliable -Unbiased

Before the first day of school, a librarian organizes her library. What is the most important concept of library design?

Organizing space into areas that can be flexibly arranged to accommodate different sizes of groups as well as community activities held after school.

Acceptable Use Policy

Outlines allowable internet access. Students and parents must agree in writing.

Costa Book Awards

The UK's most pretigious book awards. Established by Whitbread Pic in 1971 and known as the Whibread Awards. The five category winners (First Novel, Novel, Biography, Poetry, and Children's book) honoring books published the previous year.

First step when editing videos **

Preview and name each snip

ALA mission is to..

Provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship.

Circulation Policy

Rationale for rules aimed at monitoring the borrowing of books and electronic materials. Ease of access to materials in the media center.

A "Sweep" means..

Remaining library funds will become unavailable.

Before creating a "statement of standards" make sure to...

Research all applicable national, state, and district standards.

Colorado school library research indicated..**

School libraries staffed by a certified teacher librarian continue to show high rates of engagement with the larger school community, with 95% of librarians participating in school committees and 91% meeting regularly with their principal.

The LEAST effective way to involve parents in library programs is..

Sending a note home with students inviting parents to a "parent's night" a the library.

Library Goal

Share with principal and school board with a reasonable time frame if expensive changes are foreseen.

According to state guidelines, the walls of the school library should display:

Student produced work.

LIRT (Library Instructional Round Table)

Supports developing and spreading information about suitable instructional materials and methods of user education by using its newsletter, mailing list, and by sponsoring its programs at conferences.

Edgar Award

The 'Oscars' of mystery awards, given to the best mystery in a given year.

National Book Award

The award winner must be written by an American citizen and published by an American publisher.

Critically acclaimed animal book**

The incredible journey

Pulitzer Prize

The prestigious awards given annually for excellence in American journalism, literature, and music.

Interlibrary Loan

The process of borrowing materials through one library that belong to another library.

Most efficient way to gather parent volunteer hours and days availability is to...

Use teleconferencing so that they all can exchange information at the same time.

AACR (Anglo-American Cataloging Rules)

Used for composing bibliographic descriptions of an item in a library. Includes: title, edition, statement of responsibility, publication info, physical description, details specific to materials, standard numbers, series and notes.

When to use the Dewey Decimal System..

When shelving books.

CMC (Curriculum Materials Center)

Where curriculum materials collections are physically located to serve the research and teaching needs of faculty and students in college and university programs.

OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) is...

Where to access research project resources. Advantages are: -Patrons find materials easily. -Libraries can track when materials are checked out. -An aid to buying and cataloging.

Raising Library Funds

Work together with the other members of the school staff to ascertain the needs of the school in terms of instruction and information.

Purpose of the school library manager book **

an invaluable textbook that leads readers through the many essential management tasks and skills required to administer the successful school library program and beyond.

Flexible Scheduling

students and teachers come to the LMC throughout the day Could take years for change to take place, but beneficial for teacher and LMS.

Collaborative inquiry**

teachers work together to identify common challenges, analyze relevant data, and test out instructional approaches.