Library
JUST FOR TEACHERS
- Supporting Your Curriculum
- Borrowing Privileges
- Professional Collection
- Information Literacy
- Copyright/Fair Use
- Preventing Plagiarism
Supporting Your Curriculum
Supporting Your Curriculum
One of our goals in the library is to work with faculty by supporting your instruction and by collaborating with you on units and projects.
We offer:
One of our goals in the library is to work with faculty by supporting your instruction and by collaborating with you on units and projects.
We offer:
- Unit Planning -- We can work with you to design an inquiry/research unit or literature enrichment activities.
- Library Visits -- Please contact us if you would like to bring your class to visit the library for research, for choosing free reading books, or for book talks.
- Resource Guides -- They are designed to help students with class projects. A resource guide will point students in the right direction as they research. Students will find helpful search strategies, books from the Pike School Library related to their topic, the best subscription databases to use, and recommended web sites.
- Library books and videos -- We are happy to put together resources for students to have on reserve in the library or for you to have available in your classrooom.
Borrowing Privileges
Borrowing Privileges
All faculty and staff have a patron number. Books for classroom or personal use may be checked out for one month. Audio cassette recorders are available if you need one.
All faculty and staff have a patron number. Books for classroom or personal use may be checked out for one month. Audio cassette recorders are available if you need one.
Professional Collection
Professional Collection
The Pike School Library has a collection of professional titles available for faculty and staff to borrow.
The Pike School Library has a collection of professional titles available for faculty and staff to borrow.
- This collection is shelved in the Library Office and is searchable on the library catalog. It includes books, videos, DVDs, and audio books.
- In addition, articles from periodicals and professional journals are available through one of our subscription databases, InfoTrac OneFile. (Use this link to InfoTrac if you are home. You will need a Massachusetts public library card.)
Information Literacy
What is information literacy?
Simply put, it is the ability to locate, evaluate, and use information for an identified need. More specifically, it means someone can:
Why is it important?
Our society is increasingly dependent on knowledge. Tomorrow’s workers will need basic skills such as communication as well as critical thinking skills such as knowing how to learn (SCANS Goals 2000). ETS recently has released a new test, the ICT Literacy Assessment, designed to assess the information literacy skills of high school seniors and college students. At all educational levels, librarians and instructional technology specialists can work with classroom teachers to implement curricula that address information literacy and instructional technology standards.
Simply put, it is the ability to locate, evaluate, and use information for an identified need. More specifically, it means someone can:
- Recognize a need for information
- Identify and locate appropriate information sources
- Know how to gain access to the information contained in these sources
- Evaluate the quality of information obtained
- Organize the information
- Use the information effectively (Doyle 1992)
Why is it important?
Our society is increasingly dependent on knowledge. Tomorrow’s workers will need basic skills such as communication as well as critical thinking skills such as knowing how to learn (SCANS Goals 2000). ETS recently has released a new test, the ICT Literacy Assessment, designed to assess the information literacy skills of high school seniors and college students. At all educational levels, librarians and instructional technology specialists can work with classroom teachers to implement curricula that address information literacy and instructional technology standards.
Copyright/Fair Use
Copyright/Fair Use
Anything that is published - in print or on the Internet - is protected by the copyright laws of the United States whether the copyright symbol © is present or not. These laws are complicated but all students and teachers need to be aware of the basics.
A simple test to determine copyright infringement is to ask the question, ”Does this take potential profit away from the author or creator?” If the answer is yes, you are probably in violation of copyright laws.
Students and schools may take advantage of special exceptions to the copyright regulations; these are called Fair Use.The statute covering Fair Use is short and covered in the United States Code, Title 17, Section 107 (http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html).
A helpful chart outlining the basics of Fair Use is available at http://www.techlearning.com/techlearning/pdf/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright_chart.pdf.
Anything that is published - in print or on the Internet - is protected by the copyright laws of the United States whether the copyright symbol © is present or not. These laws are complicated but all students and teachers need to be aware of the basics.
A simple test to determine copyright infringement is to ask the question, ”Does this take potential profit away from the author or creator?” If the answer is yes, you are probably in violation of copyright laws.
Students and schools may take advantage of special exceptions to the copyright regulations; these are called Fair Use.The statute covering Fair Use is short and covered in the United States Code, Title 17, Section 107 (http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html).
A helpful chart outlining the basics of Fair Use is available at http://www.techlearning.com/techlearning/pdf/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright_chart.pdf.
Preventing Plagiarism
Preventing Plagiarism
As responsible information users, our students need to be able to avoid plagiarism. With the vast resources available on the Internet, the lure of "cut and paste" is strong. Sloppy research habits can also lead to inadvertent plagiarizing. As teachers, we can help our students by teaching them to be organized and thoughtful in their research process and by designing assignments that reduce the risk of plagiarism.
Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism from the Council of Writing Program Administrators gives practical advice.
As responsible information users, our students need to be able to avoid plagiarism. With the vast resources available on the Internet, the lure of "cut and paste" is strong. Sloppy research habits can also lead to inadvertent plagiarizing. As teachers, we can help our students by teaching them to be organized and thoughtful in their research process and by designing assignments that reduce the risk of plagiarism.
Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism from the Council of Writing Program Administrators gives practical advice.
