Website - Competency 9

The website I chose is named Resources for School Librarians. Its name says it all. It contains links to library websites pertaining to just about anything a school librarian would need to know. It has links to state programs and certification standards, curriculum and instruction, units and lessons about library skills, copyright, professional development and much more. I have already added it to my favorites and will add it to my bookmarks on del.icio.us. I used Vivisimo (Clusty) to find this website. www.sldirectory.com/index.html#top

Multimedia - Competency 8

I found this graph on the U. S. Department of Education website in a September 15, 2004 article about school libraries in The Achiever newsletter.


Library Use
Percentage of public school library
media centers with scheduled times when
students can use the library independently,
by school level: 1999-2000

NOTE: School library may offer more than one scheduled period or set time.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, Public School Library Media Center Questionnaire, 1999–2000.The URL for this issue of the newsletter is http://www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/achiever/2004/091504.html