Transcript Serving Youth in Libraries: 21st Century Skills

Serving Youth in Libraries:
21st Century Skills
College of DuPage
LTA Program
Business & Technology
Objectives:
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Build upon the core skills learned in Today’s
Libraries, Basic Information Tools, and Public
Services
Materials selection (SLJ, Booklinks, VOYA,
etc. Vendor utilities such as Ingram Online,
etc.)
Reference tools: online and print for youth
Programming (Storytelling, crafts/programs,
book talks, summer reading, etc.)
Outreach (School visits pre-K-12,
marketing/public relations, community)
Technology: Integrated use for collection
development, web pages (pathfinders, etc.)
LTA Youth I, II, and III
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I. Intro to Youth Library Services
– Overview: ALSC, job roles, needs of youth,
tools/tech
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Il. Public Library Youth and Young Adult
Services
– Outreach, YAs, summer reading, technology,
material selection
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III. School Media/LRC Asst.
– Special needs: ISBE, ISLMA, collaboration in
education environment, tools in the school
Student-centered
Applied Learning
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Tools of the trade
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Vendor tools like Follett,
Advance, Ingram, Baker &
Tayor; also MS Office Suite
products and web pages
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Visits to youth
libraries
 Visitors: librarians,
LTAs
 Mentor/shadow days
 Draft syllabus:
http://leep.lis.uiuc.edu/publish/scomstoc/y
outhsyllabus.doc
Who is this person?
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M.A. English,
Northwestern University
M.L.S. UIUC
Ph.D. candidate UIUC
Co-mentoring/teaching
digital libraries at U of C
Center for School
Improvement for CPS
Former High School
Librarian at U of
Chicago Lab Schools
Youth Library Asst.
Hinsdale Public Library,
Villa Park Public Library
Publications
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Comstock, S, B. Bruce, & D. Harnisch. " The Inquiry Page: Collaborative Technology into
Practice." Proc. SITE, March 24-30, 2003, Albuquerque, NM.
http://leep.lis.uiuc.edu/publish/scomstoc/SITEfinalinteractive.doc
Harnisch, D., Comstock, S. Thakkar, U., Moore, S. Bruce, B. Jakobsson, E., Abbott, G., &
Gabric, K. Scientists Becoming Teachers: Lessons Learned from Teacher Partnerships."
Proc. SITE, March 24-30, 2003, Albuquerque, NM.
http://leep.lis.uiuc.edu/publish/scomstoc/SITE2003gk12paperfinal.doc
Comstock, S, B. Bruce, D. Harnisch, & Mehra, B. “Fostering Inquiry-based Learning in
Technology-rich Learning Environments: The Inquiry Page in the GK-12 Fellowship
Program.” Proc. ED-MEDIA 2002 World Conference on Educational Multimedia,
Hypermedia & Telecommunications, July 24-July 29, 2002, Denver.
http://leep.lis.uiuc.edu/publish/scomstoc/EDMEDIAInquiryProc4.doc
Comstock, S. D. Harnisch, B. Bruce, & Mehra, B. “Who’s Teaching Whom? ScientistTeacher Teams and Administrative Strategies.” Proc. ED-MEDIA 2002 World Conference on
Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, July 24-July 29, 2002, Denver.
http://leep.lis.uiuc.edu/publish/scomstoc/EDMEDIAProfDevProc.doc
Comstock, S.L. “Case for Story,” Midwest Qualitative Research Conference, Minneapolis,
MN, June 18-21. Long paper accepted for 45-minute individual presentation.
Comstock, S.L. "Language Arts: Futurecourse," Chicago: Futurecourse, 2003. (Grades 3-5)
Online learning module for CPS.
Comstock, S.L. "Lab Science: Futurecourse," Chicago: Futurecourse, 2003. (Grades 3-5)
Online learning module for CPS.
Comstock, S. & Bruce, B. "POETRY AS PLAY: EXPRESSION AS INQUIRY," Illinois
Reading Council Journal, Vol. 31, no. 2, April 2003.
http://leep.lis.uiuc.edu/publish/scomstoc/Comstock__Bruce_edited.doc
Digital Libraries in the Humanities conference, August 31-September 2, 2003, United
Kingdom. "Hypertext'tale'-ity: Digital Text and Orality."
IRB grant proposal for "Cybraries" 2003 with University of Queensland, Australia.