growing body of research that demonstrates the positive effect of school libraries and school librarians on student reading abilities and academic achievement
virtual environment.
uber information experts.
no good reasons to design school libraries that are based on an outdated model
school officials will strive for a philosophical, functional, and physical merger of the school library with the IT program, with a faculty center and spaces for staff development, as well as spaces where teachers can work with (and learn from) students, school librarians, and IT staff; and
beyond the library walls
viewed primarily as a cost, rather than as an investment,
trying to create a good program by simply redesigning space without paying attention to staffing.
Teaching people to effectively find and use information to meet their needs.”
the 21st century school library must look beyond tradition to the future, to what is needed to help fulfill the educational mission, goals, and objectives of the school.
he library will be a sacred space dedicated to honoring those who use the library to meet whatever informational, educational, socialization and personal needs they might have.
broadest mission
Today’s library is a learning place, not a warehouse space.
fluid
Libraries must be spaces where multiple activities can take place simultaneously.
ifferent types of environments
ook at places where kids DO want to be
brary staff and a library program in place before facility planning
help as you can from an experienced, reputable school library facility design consultant—
Involve the stakeholders
Be adventurous,
complex
And I always say, design for the technologies that are available NOW, not those just over the horizon. The horizon might be further away than you anticipate.
libraries and librarians are needed now more than ever
a mix of print and non-print materials
consider providing more space for instructional purposes.
As much as possible we should be designing flexible spaces so that space required today for book storage can easily be converted for other purposes in the future.
he emphasis must be on the quality of the collection, not the quantity.
Hence our 'requirement' that both teachers and students work on their portfolios at the end of a unit after using the MALT Center.
The glut of information that keeps expanding overwhelms most people, and libraries and librarians are needed to help guide and teach students and teachers to cope.
Students need metacognition to connect content to objectives, whether that is progress in a GBL unit, or work towards an authentic product in at PBL project.
The following case studies describe the steps three school districts took to implement a proficiency-based, learner-centered instructional system. Featured schools share their best practices, with the hope of serving as models for other Maine districts to reform their instructional systems.