Collaborating to Meet Standards: Teacher/Librarian Partnerships for 7-12 (Information Skills Across the Curriculum)

Learn about the history of cooperation and collaboration in school libraries over the past decade, and examine the definitions and benefits of collaboration and the studies that have proven its value quantitatively. The author also provides the factors necessary for success and the keys to overcoming roadblocks, including the stories of many practicing library media specialists who have struggled and succeeded. A clear, comprehensive, easy-to-use template for use in planning collaborative units is included, as well as 17 standards-based units that provide opportunities for students to master information literacy skills as outlined in Information Power as well as addressing content area standards.