Library Videos

Videos Promoting School Libraries

School Libraries Matter: The Changing Role of the School Librarian - By Capstone Press.
Teacher Librarians at the Heart of Student Learning - By the Washington Library Media Association. A very good presentation of today's school libraries.
The 21st Century School Library Media Program - This excellent video is the result of a collaboration between the Library of Michigan and the Michigan Association for Media in Education.
Library Services from Tacoma Public Schools - A series of videos describing the various functions of the school library.
What Do Teacher Librarians Do - A video by the school librarians of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
21st Century School Libraries - From Sioux Falls Schools.
Promoting Your School Library - By the Australian Library and Information Association.
A Thank You Note - To libraries from a young film maker.
Bookloose - Students at Dowell Middle School support funding for their school library.
A Letter to Governor Jon Corzine - This is an excellent statement about the need for school libraries.

Maintain the Library

How to Straighten Library Shelves - useful for new library assistants and volunteers
How to Shelve Library Materials
School Library Assistant Training - For middle school library assistants or for high school library assistants.

Library Skills Instruction

Other Library and Internet Related Videos

I Like Big Books - By the students of Dowell Middle School, McKinney ISD
Library Rhapsody - by the staff of the Shoalhaven library, Australia.
Book Wars: iPad and Kindle on Trial! - a clever video about the competition between paper books and ebooks. It was filmed in a Chicago school library.
Funny Library Montage - Do not miss this one. From the Greene County Public Library.
Kindle Killed the Library Book - Funny video by Tracy Ullman about the closing of a Welsh library.
Cat Burglar Caught on Tape - Really, a cat in the library.
School Libraries Rock - A student created video at Rancho Cucamonga High School Library.
ALA Videos - Library related videos from the American Library Association. These videos may also be found on You Tube
Volunteers Create Libraries in Ugandan Schools
Librarians Do Gaga - University of Washington Library School students, faculty, and Nancy Pearl do a Lady Gago video.
Libraries Will Survive - Librarians of the Rappahannock Regional Library in Fredericksburg, Virginia deal with budget cuts in a musical way.
Librarians as Seen by the Media - A video by Shamblesguru.
The 87th Masters of Library Science Croquet Tournament - A great way to introduce viewers to the library.
A Random Act of culture - Opera Philadelphia at the Free Library of Philadelphia.

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