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Information Skills Curriculum and Standards

• National Standards
  • Standards for the 21st Century Learner - New standards by American Association of School Librarians. These standards were published in October, 2007. You may download a copy or purchase multiple copies at this site.
  • Standards for the 21st Century Learner in Action - A publication (2009) from AASL to support the standards.
  • Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs - this book was released in 2009.
  • A Planning Guide for Empowering Learners With School Library Assessment Rubric - "a program evaluation, planning, implementation and advocacy tool that will ensure school library program planners go beyond the basics to provide goals, priorities, criteria, and general principles for establishing effective library programs."
  • SLMAM Skills Correlations - New (2007) to Old (1998) - This article will assist you in getting the old and new standards straight. From School Library Monthly, Feb. 2008
  • AASL Essential Links - Links to various guides including some on program integration and literacy
  • SLIP: The School Library Information Portal - Documents and web links for many aspects of school libraries by the Canadian School Library Association and the Association for Teacher-Librarianship in Canada.
  • Young Adults Deserve the Best: Competencies for Librarians Serving Youth - This set of competencies has been developed by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA).
• State and Province
  • Alaska Content Standards for School Libraries
  • The Model School Library Standards for California - may be accessed from this page.
  • Standards for Information Literacy - Colorado Department of Education.
  • Information Literacy: Florida's Library/Media Connections - This is in pdf format.
  • The Correlation of the Library Information Literacy Standards and Indiana's Academic Standards
  • Sample Information Literacy Curriculum Framework - by the State Library of Iowa.
  • Beyond Proficiency: Achieving a Distinguished Library Media Program - By the Kentucky Department of Education.
  • Library Media Learning Voluntary State Curriculum - Maryland State Department of Education
  • Massachusetts School Library Media Program Standards for 21st Century Learning - This is in pdf format.
  • Guidelines for Michigan School Library Media Programs
  • Minnesota Standards for Effective School Library Media Programs. - This is in pdf format.
  • Standards for Missouri School Library Media Centers - By the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
  • Montana Library/Media Content Standards - These are in pdf format and may be accessed from this page.
  • Information Literacy Standards - State of Nevada. These are in pdf format.
  • Standards for New Mexico School Libraries - This is in pdf format.
  • 21st Century Information Literacy Standards for the Digital Learners of New York - By the New York Library Association. This is in pdf format.
  • Information Skills Curriculum - North Carolina Department of Education.
  • IMPACT: Guidelines for School Library Media and Instructional Technology Programs - North Carolina.
  • North Dakota Library/Technology Literacy Standards - Available in pdf format.
  • Ohio Guidelines for Effective Library Media Programs
  • Information Literacy Standards - Oklahoma Department of Education. This is in pdf format.
  • Pennsylvania Guidelines for School Library Media Programs - by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
  • Building Information Literacy - Prince Edward Island Department of Education.
  • School Library and Information Literacy Framework - State of Rhode Island.
  • Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning and the SouthCarolina Curriculum Standards
  • Library Media Core Curriculum - State of Utah.
  • Essential Academic Learning Requirements for Educational Technology - State of Washington.
  • Model Academic Standards for Information and Technology Literacy - State of Wisconsin. This is in pdf format.
  • State Staffing Requirements - for school library media specialists. This is from Doug Johnson's wiki.
  • State Resources - Links to State Departments of Education and library associations. From the Institute of Study and Development of School Library Information Centers at Clarion University.
• School District
  • Modesto (CA) Information Literacy Standards
  • Information Literacy Skills - Jefferson County CO Public Schools.
  • Chicago IL Public Schools K-8 Library Curriculum Standards - This is in pdf format.
  • Library Media Curriculum - Basehor-Linwood, Kansas public schools.
  • The Augusta (Maine) School Department Library Curriculum K - 12 This is in pdf format.
  • Cecil County (MD) Public School Library Media Curriculum
  • Library Media Learning Expectations - Cambridge, MA, Public Schools. In pdf format.
  • Library Media Curriculum - Grosse Point, MI Public School System.
  • Information and Technology Literacy Standards - Minneapolis, MN Public Schools. This is in pdf format
  • Information Literacy Skills - Lincoln, NE Public Schools.
  • Library Media Skills Curriculum - Burnt Hills - Ballston Lake School District, NY. This is in pdf format.
  • Somers Research Initiative - Protocols, skills, and projects for K -12 developed by the Somers Central School District, Lincolndale, NY.
  • Information Fluency Skills - New York City Schools. These are in pdf format.
  • Library Information Skills Curriculum - Georgetown Independent School District, Georgetown, TX.
  • Information Skills Curriculum, Gds. 1 - 4 - Charlottesville city Schools, VA.
  • Library Media Curriculum - Hannover County (VA) public schools.
• Individual School
  • Oradell Elementary Public School Curriculum - Oradell, NJ
  • The Bush School Library and IT Curriculum- Seattle, WA.
• Other Sources
  • Information Literacy - an overview of design, process and outcomes. By Debbie Abilock
  • The National Forum on Information Literacy - Formed to meet the challenges of teaching information literacy on both the K-12 and college levels.
  • SOS for Information Literacy - a web site to assist media specialists in preparing motivating lessons for students. You are invited to submit your successful lesson plans, as well as searching for plans which you may use. You need to register to access the web site, and registration requires that you complete their survey form.
  • Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education - Information literacy standards for college students by ACRL.
  • Information Age Inquiry - This is the web site for a course in student inquiry. This site is by the School of Library and Information Science, University of Indiana Indianapolis.
  • How College Students Seek Information in the Digital Age - This is a study by Alison J. Head and Michael Eisenberg which was published on December 1, 2009. The students used course reading and Google for class assignments, and Google and Wikipedia for personal questions. They did not ask for help from librarians. This is in pdf format.
  • Net Generation Students and Libraries - An article by Joan K. Lippincott in the Educause Review, March/April, 2005. A description of the information seeking habits and skills of college students which school librarians may also find informative.
  • Literacy Redefined - Article by Paul Deane in Library Journal, September, 2004 on the meaning of literacy in the 21st century. There is a bibliography of books and web sites.
  • The Information Literacy Movement of the School Library Media Field: A preliminary survey of the research - By David V. Loertscher and Blanche Woolls, 1997. An extensive look at the history, research and practise of information literacy in school libraries since the 1980's.

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