Helpful Websites

http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/index.html
Teacher Librarian is a journal that is in print as well as on the web. It is a perfect website for school librarians because it is specifically designed for library professionals working with children in grades K-12. Among it's pages, you can find relevant articles dealing with current issues regarding librarianship. There are also technology ideas and plenty of websites to use as a teacher-librarian. I used Google and Vivisimo to find this website, but I have also viewed some of the physical journals.
I also found this website using Vivisimo, http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/. This website is another library journal that is dedicated to those professionals working to build literacy in schools. The School Library Journal gives librarians current information to help librarians become instructional leaders on campus. The journal also give ideas on how to integrate literature and technology into the curriculum.
I found both of these websites to be full of helpful advice and information. I can not wait to utilize some of the ideas into my own future library. I also was not aware of some of the current issues facing school librarians, such as losing positions due to funding. I found several interesting articles about this situation in TeacherLibrarian. I also found information on how to make the librarian an integral part of your school community through these websites. I wanted to share these two websites because of the information provided on both sites.

Multimedia

Click on the picture to see a PowerPoint on ideas to promote your library. I found many of the ideas and pictures to be extremely helpful. I plan to use some of these ideas in my future school library. I found this PowerPoint on the Jericho Middle School Library page at http://www.jericho-schools.org/ms/library/librariesslims.htm. I used a Google image search for public school library PowerPoint and found this gold mine of ideas and pictures.

In recent months, there have been reports of librarian positions being cut down to half-time or being eliminated completely from schools. Promoting your library program is a great way to invest in your school and show parents, teachers, administrator, and students the value of your position as a librarian. It is also a way to show your contribution to student literacy and commitment to student achievment.