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Award honoring most distinguished contribution to American literature for children |
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Award honoring most distinguished American picture book for children |
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Award honoring most outstanding foreign children's book translated into English and republished in US |
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Honors a Latino/a writer and illustrator whos works best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience in outstanding children's or youth literature |
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Award honoring most outstanding video production for children released in the US in the preceding year |
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Award honoring most distinguished beginning reader book published in the US in the preceding year |
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Sibert Informational Book Medal |
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Award honoring most distinguished informational book published in the US in the preceding year |
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Honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the US, have made a substantial and long-lasting contribution to children's literature |
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Coretta Scott King Book Award |
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Given to an African American author / illustrator whose work for children portrays the African American experience via literature and the graphic arts. Published in preceding year in US. |
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Award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature |
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Consider [educational] purpose, nature, amount and [commercial] effect of the use of item |
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Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd Ed (2002) : librarians' cataloging standard |
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In catalog or index: heading used to find information on an item; common ones are author, title & assigned subject headings. These are retrieval points in the catalog where patrons should be able to look up an item. |
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Brief description of work w/salient points made more subjective than in an abstract: establishes summary and relevance of a source |
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Short summary describing mian idea or content of a work |
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A criterion used in evaluating the quality of information: refers to the reliability and standing of an information source on its particular subject |
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Words used to combine search terms in a keyword search. AND narrows, OR widens search. |
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Classification system: uses standard subject headings. Alphabetical, w/subdivisions using letters, numerals and decimal points |
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Guides patrons to the resources needed to answer their research questions: can be web-based. Carefully constructed pathfinders can guide students to quality sources. Save time/frustration |
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Used for small libraries in lieu of LOC, which are often too detailed |
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Words/phrases assigned to books & articles to index them. Four main types: topical, format, geographical, period (date). |
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Truncation / Truncation Symbol |
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Symbol after root of word retrieves variant endings to expand search results. Frequently used symbols are *, $, ? and ! |
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A catalog which lists the holdings of multiple libraries (ie the Houston Public Library system, not just Central) |
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Misleading Ugly Superseded (by more recent material) Trivial Irrelevant Elsewhere (available elsewhere)
3/10 : 3 years since copyright 10 = 10 years since last checkout (varies by call #) |
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Continuous Review, Evaluation and Weeding |
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MAchine Readable Cataloging records: makes bibliographic records standard from library to library across software |
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Fair Use: Short Printed Material (poems under 250 words; prose under 2500; one graphic per source, two pages or <2500 words from illustrated work) |
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Multiple copies for classroom use; only one per student; nine instances per class per term; "instince and inspiration of teacher" |
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Fair Use: Longer Printed Material |
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Librarian: up to three archival/replacement copies |
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Fair Use: Illustrations/Photos |
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No more than 5 images / artist |
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Fair Use: Video for viewing(legitimately obtained) |
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Teachers in classroom for instructional, not entertainment |
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Fair Use: Video for multimedia projects (legitimately obtained) |
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Students: 10% / 3 minutes |
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Fair Use: Music for multimedia projects (legitimately obtained) |
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Students or Educator: Up to 10% : max of 30 seconds per composition |
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Fair Use: Computer Software |
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May be installed on multiple machines / dist. via network, used at home or school. Only one machine at a time. Librarian archival copies okay. |
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Fair Use: Internet Images, sound files, videos (legitimately obtained) |
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Images ok for student projects, teacher lessons. Sound/video ok for mulitmedia projects (10% max) No reposting to Web: links to source ok. |
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Broadcast recordings ok for instruction: 10 school days |
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AUP (Acceptable Use Policy) |
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Spells out legitimate uses for an institution’s computer network. Includes use of Internet. Most AUPs define responsibilities & expectations as well as consequences for misuse of technology. |
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The legal provision of exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute a book, article, music or other work |
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Annual publications that contain calendars, facts, statistics and other miscellaneous information |
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Integrated Library System |
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The components which make up an automated library system, including: acquisitions, circulation, cataloging, serials, OPAC; an automated system in which all of the modules share a common bibliographic database |
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A representation of a work, containing all necessary data to identify / catalog in MARC format. Often include: title, statement of responsibility (author, editor, etc), edition, type of material, publisher, pub date/place, physical description, series, notes, standard # (ISBN, etc) |
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Internet Childhood Safety |
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Global term referring to all laws / social efforts to protect kids using the internet. Schools accepting certain fed. Funds must comply w/CIPA (Children’s Internet Protection Act). It requires (in part) installation of filtering software. |
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A widely-known and widely-used problem solving model used to teach information and technology skills |
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Copying another’s work and passing it off as one’s own |
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Collection Development Policy |
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Provides information to the library’s stakeholders about how materials are chosen, and explains who is responsible for making decisions about materials |
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Project Based Learning (PBL) |
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Students participate in interdisciplinary learning projects that promote inquiry and collaboration. The object of the project is to present solutions to real-world problems. |
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Checking the shelves to make sure they are in order; making sure materials are on the shelves in correct sequence |
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An acronym for Universal / Uniform Resource Locator. A synonym for the address of a webpage or file on the internet. |
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A part of the collection development process, sometimes called “deselection,’ which serves to keep the library collection meaningful, easy-to-use and attractive |
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Personal Name with single surname |
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Title proper / Statement of Responsibility (author, editor, etc) |
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Subject Added Entries (ie LOC subject heading) |
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Librarians' Index to the Internet |
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Comprehensive web site devoted to information available on the internet. Hosted by UC-Berkley. |
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Genre Index which indexes thousands of anthologies, often with separate indexes for title, author and first line |
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Published by the American Library Association, Booklist magazine delivers over 8,000 recommended-only reviews of books, audiobooks, reference sources, video, and DVD titles each year. |
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American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents. Book Reviews. Published continuously for the past 138 years, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of Book Publishing and Bookselling." |
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School Library Journal, is the leading print magazine, and now SLJ.com serving librarians who work with young people in schools and public libraries. The two resources give librarians up-to-date information needed to integrate libraries into the school curriculum, become leaders in the areas of technology, reading, and information literacy, and create high-quality collections for children and young adults |
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The Horn Book Magazine and The Horn Book Guide are the most distinguished journals in the field of children’s and young adult literature and the core of our company. We also produce The Horn Book Guide Online, a fully searchable database of more than 70,000 reviews |
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School Library Media Activities / (Now School Library Monthly) |
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School Library Monthly magazine supports K-12 school librarians as they plan instruction collaboratively with teachers. It helps strengthen information literacy skills, inquiry and the research process and encourages the use of a variety of resources. It promotes the integration of technology and provides links to a vast array of literature. The articles in each issue are written by school library professionals, helping others stay abreast of current issues and trends. |
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Published by ALA and AECT |
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American Association of School Librarians |
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Association for Educational Communications and Technology |
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Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz |
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1. Task Definition
2. Information Seeking Strategies
3. Location and Access
4. Use of Information
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Texas Library Association |
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Texas Assoc. of School Librarians |
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School Library Programs: Standards and Guidelines for Texas |
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Evaluation Guide and Standards for TX school libraries |
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Standards based on conditions existing in programs which have already been judged to be excellent |
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Standards that are guidelines for ideal program conditions (ought to be) |
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Require numerical measurement |
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Express measured criteria without exact numerical amounts |
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Examining the quantity and quality of a resource collection (graphically) |
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Philosophy and Psychology |
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Technology and Applied Arts |
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