As the information expert and the librarian in your school/ building, you have an obligation to your students and patrons. The first thing that comes to mind is that students and patrons need to be taught search strategies for collecting and evaluating the information that they need. The Strategies for finding information using headings, types of scanning reading, using parts of the text and also additional items like labels, captions, charts, and graphs will always need to be taught. Also strategies for deciding on what and where to look can also be practiced and taught to patrons.
Evaluating information is another skill that can be modeled and then practiced by students. Evaluating is a skill that when practiced comes over time and use . A student/ patron questions the materiel being read and then decides if it is needed for his work.
The librarian / information expert also needs to organize the use of the computer and the web for information seekers. The information expert can create a blog, a wiki, website or porta portal to pull together resources to meet the need specific needs of their learning community. This can be done as a general resource site, with link, tabs, or pages of specific information curriculum needs. This is why I have always made a Porta Portal to go along with my schools curriculum with links to sites needed by the students and teachers.
Evaluating information is another skill that can be modeled and then practiced by students. Evaluating is a skill that when practiced comes over time and use . A student/ patron questions the materiel being read and then decides if it is needed for his work.
The librarian / information expert also needs to organize the use of the computer and the web for information seekers. The information expert can create a blog, a wiki, website or porta portal to pull together resources to meet the need specific needs of their learning community. This can be done as a general resource site, with link, tabs, or pages of specific information curriculum needs. This is why I have always made a Porta Portal to go along with my schools curriculum with links to sites needed by the students and teachers.
