Role of the Library Media Specialist (Donna DeMayo) by Donna DeMayo

Information in the palm of your hand

ddemayo — 2014-09-01 01:03:54 UTC

One thing that has changed is that an enormous amount of information is available at any given moment through our personal electronic devices. The role of the library media specialist is to help sort through all that information and find reliable, current materials. http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2012/08/we-put-library-in-our-pockets-at-van.html

Librarians need to know about books AND technology as it relates to research.

ddemayo — 2014-09-01 01:12:24 UTC

Students' use of technology forces teachers and librarians to become masters of that technology.

Create the love of reading

ddemayo — 2014-09-01 01:14:22 UTC

One thing has stayed the same... our job is to show others that "Books Light the Way"

Adapted from Beatrice L Warde's words about the printing press.

ddemayo — 2014-09-01 01:19:11 UTC

http://latte-books.tumblr.com/

The role of a LMS is to create life long readers and learners.

ddemayo — 2014-09-01 01:22:50 UTC

http://www.usd343.net/vnews/display.v/ART/5060992ac7eb2

ddemayo — 2014-09-01 01:29:40 UTC

1986 article on The Changing Role of the High School Library Media Specialist

ddemayo — 2014-09-01 01:48:02 UTC

"The changes in the library media specialist’s role from study hall monitor to curriculum designer can certainly be termed substantive. An analysis of research studies, however, indicates a possible time lag between the practiced instructional role of the library media specialist and the one espoused in the literature. In a profession that has undergone such a tremendous amount of change in such a short period of time, this gap is not surprising." The role is continuing to quickly change with the times and is therefore hard to define for even those in the profession..

2014 article The Library Media Specialist: A Changing Role in Turbulent times.

ddemayo — 2014-09-01 01:49:56 UTC

The LMS "roles had evolved from content curator to technology integrationist and curriculum developer"

YouTube Video on the Role of the Media Specialist

ddemayo — 2014-09-01 02:06:24 UTC

LIbrarian as Instructional Leader: How to integrate technology into the classroom to get kids excited about a lesson.

1947 The Librarian Vocational Guidance Film

ddemayo — 2014-09-01 02:14:39 UTC

Still the perception of many adminstrators and the public.

What to expect from libraries in the 21st century

ddemayo — 2014-09-01 02:22:16 UTC

Much more than books, libraries are a place of community. This goes along with the idea of making the LMC the central hub of the school.

Libraries present and future

ddemayo — 2014-09-01 02:37:30 UTC

Changes: ebooks (and magazines, music and film), taking out video games, help people use resume templates and apply for jobs, using webcams, creating places for networking and collaboration, meeting users where they are. This applies to our students as well.

One role is to instill a passion for reading

ddemayo — 2014-09-01 02:48:42 UTC

"Being a librarian means knowing how to access all types of information. It also means protecting the freedom of information and helping everyone gain access. Librarians are often moral activists. Wars are fought on all different kinds of fronts, and the ones that keep information and privacy free are of the utmost importance to us all. It's comforting to know that there is a trained army ready to fight and protect us from intellectual tyranny."

ddemayo — 2014-09-01 02:57:08 UTC

from http://www.ilab.org/eng/documentation/583-librarian_liberators.html

Is your School Media Specialist Highly Qualified?

ddemayo — 2014-09-01 03:13:07 UTC

Though the article is from 2007, it stresses the fact that librarians and teachers must collaborate: "The goal of the school library media specialist is to provide an instructional program that helps students and faculty become efficient and effective users of information."

School Library Journal

ddemayo — 2014-09-02 22:59:16 UTC

Short article with magazine covers that reviews topics in the profession from the 1950s to today. In the 1950s the ways the books were arranged and displayed were of utmost importance. The term "Library Media Specialist" came to be into being in the late 1970s. The 1990s gave us the introduction of the WEb and changed how we research forever ... and Harry Potter was released. Great quick look at the changes in the profession.