NAME: Muir School Library

SCHOOL:

CLASS: Anne teaches Library Practice, a work experience class. She also collaborates with all K-12 teachers during their classroom visits. Subjects taught during class visits include literature, library skills, information technology, and research. Individual students are also welcomed daily to the library and supported in their research.

SCHOOL PHONE: 858 268-1954 x 120

About The Librarian/Media Specialist

 
Anne is a graduate of Helix High School in La Mesa and Pomona College in 
Claremont, California.  She has her Master of Library and Information 
Science Degree from SJSU Fullerton Campus as well as an MA in Literature.  
She has worked in other school libraries, the Pala Indian Reservation 
Library, and the Museum of Natural History Library. She was a classroom 
teacher for ten years at San Marcos High School. Anne is married and the 
mother of three, and her interests include swimming, violin, wilderness, and 
developmental education.  She likes to see students find 
books they need, and she enjoys research. Come by and see her often.

Mission Statement

  The mission of the Muir Library/Media Center adapted from Information 
Power, Building Partnerships for Learning, (1998)  Chicago: American Library 
Association is as follows. 

Muir library supports both academic and recreational reading.  The mission of 
the library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective 
users of ideas and information. This mission is accomplished : 

·  by providing intellectual and physical access to materials in all formats 

·  by providing instruction to foster competence and stimulate interest 
in reading, viewing, listening, and using information and ideas 

·  by working with other educators to design learning strategies 
to meet the needs of individual students 

Learning activities may include: 

·  activities that develop cognitive strategies for 

1. selecting, 

2. retrieving, 

3. analyzing, 

4. evaluating, 

5. synthesizing, and 

6. creating information 

      at all age levels and in all curriculum content area 

· experiences that encourage users to become skilled creators of 
information through introduction to the full range of communications media 
and use of the new technology 

· activities that accommodate a wide range of differences in teaching 
and learning styles and in instructional methods, interests, and 
capabilities 

· the use of resources that represent a diversity of experiences, 
opinions, and social and cultural perspectives, all of which support the 
concept that intellectual freedom and access to information are prerequisite 
to effective and responsible citizenship in a democracy. 

Information Literacy

Library skills are no longer taught in isolation.  Information literacy  
skills, which include traditional library skills,  will be taught in 
conjunction with classroom assignments.  See the attached information 
literacy standards.

Standard 1: The student who is information literate accesses information 
efficiently and effectively.

Standard 2: The student who is information literate evaluates information 
critically and competently.

Standard 3: The student who is information literate uses information 
accurately and creatively. 

Independent Learning 
Standard 4: The student who is an independent learner is information 
literate 
and pursues information related to personal interests.

Standard 5: The student who is an independent learner is information 
literate 
and appreciates literature and other creative expressions of information.

Standard 6: The student who is an independent learner is information 
literate 
and strives for excellence in information seeking and knowledge generation. 

Social Responsibility 
Standard 7: The student who contributes positively to the learning community 
and to society is information literate and recognizes the importance of 
information to a democratic society. 

Standard 8: The student who contributes positively to the learning community 
and to society is information literate and practices ethical behavior in 
regard to information and information technology.

Standard 9:  The student who contributes positively to the learning 
community 
and to society is information literate and participates effectively in 
groups 
to pursue and generate information.