The Role of a Librarian in the IB Curriculum

Klaudia Janek, MLISInternational AcademyNovember, 16 2008

Today’s Presentation

• My Background• Our Library

• IB expectations

• Role within the IB Curriculum• Student/project examples• Collaboration

• Things I share with my teachers

IB Librarian training

• Undergraduate degree (in anything)• Master degree in Library and

Information Science• Teacher certification• IB Level 1, 2, 3 librarian training• National and State Associations: ALA,

YALSA, AASL, MAME, MACUL

Poll Everywhere

• Teacher Poll

A Vision of Students today

• by Michael Wesch at Kansas State University

Our Library

• 12,000 Volumes• 600 Reference

ebooks• CD collection• DVD collection• Databases ($3.9

million)

Guidelines for IB School Libraries

• http://www.ibaccalte.schools.net.au/IBLibraries/IBguidelines2A.html

• 3 levels of interaction between librarians and teachers:CooperationCoordinationInstructional Collaboration

My Professional Philosophy

• Create lifelong learners• Provide the best quality information to staff

and students• Assist and train with new technology• Create a welcoming atmosphere in physical

Media Center• Collaborate across the curriculum• Integrate IB philosophy into lessons and

projects

Skills Identified in the IB Curriculum

• Critical reading, thinking, analysis and reflection

• Personal communication skills

• Learning and inquiry skills

• Higher order thinking• Reasoning skills• Personal reflection• Decision-making

• Planning skills• Time management• Writing skills• Research skills• Ability to discriminate

(between truth and opinion)

• Cooperative work• Study skills/information

literacy/study habits/academic rigor

For Students…

• Try to convey to students that the physical library is not the only place to get information. I’m trying to teach the students part of our library is available 24/7.

• The “free-web” is NOT the only source of information.• Website Evaluation lesson for all 9th

graders

For Students…

• MLA & Plagiarism• Using Gale Databases• Using ebook reference collection• Using the Web 2.0• Promoting reading• Readers’ advisory

Collaboration across the curriculum

• Blackboard• Wikis• Blogs• Gale Databases• GoogleGroups• GoogleDocs

Other stuff to do/follow

• www.twitter.com – follow me - kjanek• IBO on Facebook• Voicethread• Karl Fisch• David Warlick• Wordle.net• Pbwiki.com

The Digital Age

• To maintain core beliefs while being flexible enough to learn new things

• The Machine is Us/ing Us • IA Library Wiki