CIS Librarians Secondary

"Each module provides descriptions of common problems in academic and professional writing and strategies for addressing them. You will see samples of good writing and also do some practice activities in error correction. "

"Wikipedia provides Internet users with millions of articles on a broad range of topics, and commonly ranks first in search engines. But its reliability and credibility fall well short of the standards for a school paper. According to Wikipedia itself, "[W]hile some articles are of the highest quality of scholarship, others are admittedly complete rubbish. … use [Wikipedia] with an informed understanding of what it is and what it isn't.""

"Books were once so scarce, they were chained to the desks. Now libraries can barely hold all the volumes they have."

from Trish Celak, Crescent School

Great NYC Public Librarian Blog - with related Inforgraphics

""I think librarians are critical. You're actually seeing, in some places, the role of the librarian is adjunct faculty, or instructional design support, in a way," says Gregg. "The whole world of librarians is going way beyond what somebody who got an MLIS even 10 years ago is dealing with right now. So we're trying to make sure that the people in the services we provide focus on that." Click on the image below for a better look at the new infographic"

"Where did the teaching go?  It's still in there, but shifted - from direct to indirect - while retaining learning as the priority.  Read the job responsibilities:"

"It's important for people to tell you what side they are on and why, and whether they might be biased. A declaration of members' interests, of a sort. So, I am going to be talking to you about reading. I'm going to tell you that libraries are important. I'm going to suggest that reading fiction, that reading for pleasure, is one of the most important things one can do. I'm going to make an impassioned plea for people to understand what libraries and librarians are, and to preserve both of these things."

Banned, burned and sued....a timeline of books