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 * //Welcome members of LIS 620! I grabbed this page a while back, when Wikispaces was giving away sites to teachers.//**

Please use the chart provided to enter your thoughts about how your role as leader defines your job as Library Media Specialist. The chart is broken into two: use the link provided below to go to the second half. staff. The LMS models good Information Literacy Skills to students and staff while helping them in the library, or teaching them. || LMS will mediate the discussion of internet v. print resources, Wikipedia, etc...what's acceptable to teachers and what's not... || The Library Media Specialist in collaboration with the classroom teacher, will design and implement lessons that will include the information literacy skills that will enable students to become lifelong learners. As lifelong learners students will be able to adapt to the everchanging global ecomomy that awaits them. ||  ||
 * || ===Role Model=== || ===Mediator=== || ===Vision=== || ===Define Goals/Needs=== ||
 * ===Resource=== ===Selection=== || The Libary Media Specialist will not allow her personal tastes or prejudices to influence her decisions about whether or not to include or exclude books or materials from the collection. || Budget vs. what a teacher wants vs. keeping teachers coming into the LMC vs. general LMC needs. || The LMS has a vision for broadening the resources available in the library media center to include new technologies and materials in a variety of formats to meet different learning needs. || The LMS should define in advance - his/her selection policy and have the principal sign off on it. ||
 * ===Curriculum=== ===Specialist=== || The LMS wears many hats, and one may be a curriculum specialist. He/she needs to show the principal and other teachers how important it is to teach students how to research. Because the LMS is an expert in the researching field, he/she can bring many ideas to the table. It is important for teachers to use teaching methods like PBL and UBD to enhance the student’s learning experience. There are many teachers who teach from the book and to the test. Teachers need to expand their teaching methods, and this is where the LMS comes in. ||
 * ===Information=== ===Literacy=== ===Specialist=== || The LMS is a role model to students and
 * ===Information=== ===Literacy=== ===Specialist=== || The LMS is a role model to students and

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