[Libs-Or] 3 New Books Available from OSL (Topics: Invisible Web, Elem. Coll. Dev., Web 2.0 Tools)

Wed Mar 9 11:51:02 PST 2011

The following new titles are available for interlibrary loan from the Oregon State Library. If you would like to request these or other materials, please use your library's established interlibrary loan process or send your full name, the name of your library, complete title information, shipping address, and a phone number to the document delivery department at library.request at state.or.us<mailto:library.request at state.or.us> or (fax) 503-588-7119. Items will be checked out to your library, not to you personally, for 4 weeks (print materials) or 2 weeks (videos). Materials will be delivered via mail or Orbis Cascade Alliance Courier, and you may return them the same way. Normally a single copy is purchased and is loaned on a first-come-first-serve basis. If a title proves popular, you may be put on a hold list for several weeks. Thank you for your patience.
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Matthew, Kathryn I., and Joy L. Lowe. Neal-Schuman Guide to Recommended Children's Books and Media for Use with Every Elementary Subject. 2nd ed. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2010. ISBN: 978-1-55570-6883

Even with a focus on elementary curriculum, this could be useful for public librarians in youth services.

>From the Publisher:
This invaluable new guide is an exhaustive, one-stop resource for any librarian or teacher seeking to meet current national educational standards and integrate high-quality children’s literature into everyday learning. Authors Kathryn Matthew and Joy Lowe detail over 1,200 books, videos, software, CDs, DVDs and Web sites. Dually effective as a collection-development tool for school libraries and a guide to fostering key librarian-teacher collaboration, this comprehensive, cost-effective and easy-to-use resource presents myriad ways to marry top literature with the latest educational standards, teaching methods and instructional tools.

>From classic titles and award-winners to a host of brand new 2010 publications, you’ll find all of the top materials to incorporate across every school subject’s curriculum and spanning Pre-K through Grade 8, including:
• Math
• Science
• Language Arts
• Social Studies
• Health
• Physical Education
• Art
• Music

...There are also strategies for integrating these resources with curricula and teaching English Language Learners and special needs children...

This item was favorably reviewed and/or recommended by at least Booklist, Bulletin of the Center of Children's Books, and Teacher Librarian and complements other recent LIS collection purchases, Guide to Reference Materials for School Library Media Centers<http://osl-lis.blogspot.com/2010/12/guide-to-reference-materials-for-school.html> and The Children’s Literature Lover’s Book of Lists<http://osl-lis.blogspot.com/2010/11/childrens-literature-lovers-book-of.html>.

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Crane, Beverley E. Using Web 2.0 Tools in the K-12 Classroom. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2009. ISBN: 978-1-55570-6531

Despite the reference to K-12 in the title, this could be useful for those in other settings who want to learn more about teaching with Web 2.0 tools.

>From the Publisher:
In this invaluable resource you’ll find a host of Web 2.0 tools available on the Internet today, plus teaching and learning strategies to use them in the K-12 classroom. Language arts, science, and social studies unit lesson plans included in each chapter exemplify topics at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Each chapter focuses on a specific Web 2.0 tool:

• Blogs--high school science study
• Podcasts--immigrant topic for the elementary classroom
• Wikis--learning about novels in high school
• Video/digital storytelling about energy
• Google tools (e.g., Google Earth, Maps, Docs)--current events in social studies
• VoiceThread--language learning for non-native speakers
• Social bookmarking--Earth Day projects

Each chapter incorporates a glossary; a description of the particular tool; examples of its use in the K-12 curriculum; how to get started, and a unit plan focused on learning strategies. Exercises in each chapter reinforce the concepts. Readers get a complete listing of all Web sites mentioned plus access to a Web site for exercises, new URLs, and more (http://sites.google.com/site/bevseducationalwebsite/). Teachers will want to check this out of your library too!

This was favorably reviewed and/or recommended in Catholic Library World, School Library Journal, Teacher Librarian, VOYA, and other review sources.

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Devine, Jane, and Francine Egger-Sider. Going Beyond Google: The Invisible Web in Learning and Teaching. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2009. ISBN: 978-1-55570-6333

This title could be useful for staff in all types of libraries.

>From the Publisher:
Google isn't up to the task when it comes to serious research, and though your patrons and students have heard of the "invisible," or "deep" Web, they have no idea how to tap into it. You need practical tools and strategies for teaching them about the Web sources and specialized databases they will never find using everyday search engines.

This book will show you in simple, nontechnical terms how to integrate the invisible Web into teaching opportunities wherever they occur: in a one-on-one "teaching moment" at the reference desk, or in a formal course. Estimated at 500 times the size of the visible Web, the invisible Web and the search skills needed to plumb its depths should be a part of every information literacy and research skills course.

With this book you get expert teaching tips and scripts for informal instruction, plus model activities and assignments for the classroom. Statistics and summaries of relevant research will help you combat myths like "Searching is Easy," or "Everything Important is Free." Read this book too, to find out how the best deep Web search tools, including CompletePlanet, Closer Look, and the Librarian's Internet Index, are evolving and what it all means for your library's future electronic collection development plans.

This book was favorably reviewed and/or highly recommended by several review sources, including Journal of the Medical Library Association, Reference and User Services Quarterly, School Library Journal, and Teacher Librarian.  It pairs nicely with another recent purchase for the LIS collection, The Extreme Searcher’s Internet Handbook<http://osl-lis.blogspot.com/2011/01/extreme-searchers-internet-handbook.html>.

Be sure to check out our Library and Information Science (LIS) blog (http://osl-lis.blogspot.com/) to discover the most recent additions to our LIS collection and search our catalog (http://oregon.gov/OSL/index.shtml) for our complete holdings. The library science collection is meant to support the whole Oregon library community. The Library Development Division welcomes your suggestions for acquisitions – see the blog for an input form or email us!

This collection is supported in whole by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Oregon State Library.

Thanks,
Jen

Jennifer Maurer
School Library Consultant
Oregon State Library
250 Winter St NE
Salem, OR 97301
503.378.5011
jennifer.maurer at state.or.us

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