School Librarian's Workshop


Table of Contents
June 2004

Information Skills Teaching Unit: Natural Research

Technology Today: Collection Mapping

Problems in Librarianship: Pack Up All Your Cares

Working with Teachers: Observing D-Day

Literary Themes: The Life He Led

Relating to Reading: Beyond Newbery and Caldecott: The World of Book Awards

Web Cites: Health Issues: Obesity in Youth

Library Enrichment: Author Visits Revisited

Noteworthy Nonfiction: My Country Tis of Thee, Part II

On the Bulletin Board: Travel with a Book

Puzzlers and Posers: Research Star

Reference Question of the Month: The Next President of the U.S.

Bibliographies on File: It's Summertime

Poet's Corner: All in a Summer's Day




May 2004

Working with Teachers: With All Deliberate Speed

Noteworthy Nonfiction: "My Country 'Tis of Thee"- Part I

Technology Today: A Higher Authority

Information Skills Teaching Unit: Journeying with Lewis and Clark

Making Connections: A Holocaust Story: Teaching Tolerance

Literary Themes: Family Time

On the Bulletin Board: The Journey Begins

Puzzlers and Posers: Sweet Land of Liberty

Reference Question of the Month: The Supreme Law of the Land

Bibliographies on File: Oft-Told Tales

Poet's Corner: Let Freedom Ring




April 2004

Noteworthy Nonfiction: The First Library

Working with Teachers: How to Spend a Million Dollars

Working with Teachers: Angle on Geometry

Relating to Reading: "Math"terful Reading

Technology Today: Teachers and the Internet

Literary Themes: Cone Controversy

Web Cites: Civics: Citizenship in Action

Information Skills Teaching Unit: Dictionary Egg Hunt

Making Connections: A Community Reads -- GO READ: Year Two, Part II

On the Bulletin Board: Unlock Your Inner Poet

Puzzlers and Posers: "Brush Up Your Shakespeare"

Reference Question of the Month: Preserving Earth

Bibliographies on File: A Personal Voice

Poet's Corner: Words that Move


March 2004

Technology Today: Kid Friendly Government

Making Connections: A Community Reads -- GO READ: Year Two, Part I

Relating to Reading: Doing Dr. Seuss

Information Skills Teaching Unit: Make a Seuss Cake

Working with Teachers: In Search of Hemingway

Tracking the Trends: The Best and the Worst -- A Survey

Literary Themes: Odd Jobs

Web Cites: Mythology On Line

Box: Two for Women's History Month

Media Center PR: Don't Wait to Be Asked

On the Bulletin Board: Working Women

Puzzlers and Posers: Books by Seuss

Reference Question of the Month: Places and Events in the Bible

Bibliographies on File: "That's Entertainment"

Poet's Corner: Words of Women




February 2004

Literary Themes: A Giant Spirit

Working with Teachers: Finding the Skinny on Dieting

Noteworthy Nonfiction: Starting Out with Science

Web Cites: It's Your Right: A Civil Rights Sampler

Information Skills Teaching Unit: Heart of the Matter

Professional Development: Readers Theatre, British Style

Technology Today: Online Help

Library Enrichment: When Authors Pay a Visit

On the Bulletin Board: Best Loved Tales

Puzzlers and Posers: Find a Book About.

Reference Question of the Month: A Lincoln Alphabet

Bibliographies on File: The Older Generation

Poet's Corner: Just for Laughs


January 2004

Information Skills Teaching Unit: Categorizing Caldecotts

Working with Teachers: World at War -- Ready for Research

Relating to Reading: Going Hog Wild

Web Cites: Westward with Lewis and Clark, Part II

Literary Themes: For Love of Books

Media Center PR: "Live and Let Die": Responding to a Changing World

Professional Development: More Than Teaching

On the Bulletin Board: Eyes on the PRIZE

Puzzlers and Posers: In Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Reference Question of the Month: Brown v. Board of Education

Bibliographies on File: American History

Poet's Corner: Ordinary Things -- Twice




December 2003

Working with Teachers: The Great Purchase

Literary Themes: Gifts of Love

Web Cites: Westward with Lewis and Clark, Part I

Noteworthy Nonfiction: Life in the Past

Problems in Librarianship: Caring for Young Readers

Professional Development: Go for a Grant, Part III

Information Skills Teaching Unit: Perfect Presents

Making Connections: Linking Libraries Internationally

Box: Fictional Flyers

On the Bulletin Board: Great Books to Give and Get

Puzzlers and Posers: Leaders of the Expedition

Reference Question of the Month: "Try" These "Trees"

Bibliographies on File: Facing Unknown Dangers

Poet's Corner: Caught in the Middle


November 2003

Literary Themes: Thanksgiving Day Parade

Library Enrichment: Take Wing

Professional Development: Go for a Grant, Part II

Information Skills Teaching Unit: Seven Wonders

Tracking the Trends: Standards, Accountability and Assessment: Survey Results, Part II

Working with Teachers: An ESL Orientation

Web Cites: The Americas: Discovery and Exploration

Technology Today: Tech Standards

Box: Our National Holiday

On the Bulletin Board: Gobble Up Multicultural Books

Puzzlers and Posers: Up in the Air

Reference Question of the Month: Popular--and Less Popular--Pets

Bibliographies on File: Animals in Our Lives

Poet's Corner: Going to the Dogs--and Cats,


October 2003

Relating to Reading: Timeless Read-Alouds

Professional Development: Go For a Grant, Part I

Literary Themes: Triple Play

Working with Teachers: A Literary Paper-In Stages

Web Cites: Financial Literacy

Information Skills Teaching Unit: Finding Out About Fire

On the Bulletin Board: For a Real TREAT Read a BOOK

Puzzlers and Posers: Exploring the World

Reference Question of the Month: "Poe" pourri

Bibliographies on File: Not Like Us

Poet's Corner: A Tribute to Mexico


September 2003

Problems in Librarianship: First Impressions

Tracking the Trends: Standards, Accountability and Assessment: Survey Results, Part I

Working with Teachers: Practical Twist to the High School Biography

Notable Nonfiction: A Life in Art

Information Skills Teaching Unit: Artful Orientation

Literary Themes: Picture Perfect Birthdays

Web Cites: Looking Ahead to the Future: College, Career, Or ?

Professional Development: Informational Excellence

Technology Today: More on Automation Today, Pt. I

On the Bulletin Board: Find Your Way @ Your library

Puzzlers and Posers: Find a Book

Reference Question of the Month: Around the Media Center

Bibliographies on File: This is Not Public School