Students in Scottsdale schools are served by 32 certificated teacher librarians.
Our teacher librarians are dedicated to ensuring that students and staff effectively and ethically use 21st century information skills, resources, and tools. You will find links to our schools' library websites on the SUSD Library Resources Page.

This web site is designed to provide teacher librarians with tools and information in support of the SUSD
Library Media Program.

updated February 7, 2010

Special Report from Your Libraries - February 2010         Read this Special Report about the role of teacher librarians Our School Libraries - 1st Quarter 2009       Read this Special Report about the first nine weeks of the               2009-2010 school year.

Resources for School Librarians
This site includes links to curriculum, standards and programming from throughout the United States.

Teaching about Copyright and Fair Use
Created by the School of Communications and Theater at Temple Univerisity.
This set of lessons includes printable readings that will help all of us understand copyright in the digital age.

Copyright Lessons - grades 6-8
The American Library Association’s Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) and American Association of School Libraries (AASL) along with the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) announce the re-release of copyright lessons plans for middle school students, Grades 6-8.

• Exploring Plagiarism, Copyright, and Paraphrasing
• Students as Creators: Exploring Copyright
• Students as Creators: Exploring Multimedia
• Copyright Law: From Digital Reprints to Downloads
• Technology and Copyright Law: A “Futurespective”

Websites Worth Watching

Wikipedia Explained - It's on YouTube so it will be blocked at school.

Web Site Story - Also blocked, but a great website to learn about "life in our times!"

AASL Best Websites for Teaching and Learning

Lesson Plans on the Web - SOS for Information Literacy
    Check out this fabulous source for information literacy lesson plans.
    All lesson plans are linked to national standards and performance objectives.
    The SOS web site is maintained through a grant
    from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

"Add it up" Campaign - American Library Association
    Check out the materials at the Add It Up web site. The goal is to provide research and     statistics to help advocates make the case for libraries at every stage of youth     development     and education.

SUSD Library Curriculum - Time for a Change?
    A group of elementary school teacher librarians met on January 8 to discuss new     approaches     to the SUSD library curriculum.
    The group believes these guidelines from
    the Ohio Department of Education may be very useful.

The Role of Libraries in Economic Hard Times - National Public Radio
    Listen to this conversation on the Diane Rehm Show (51 minutes)