Appendix A Glossary

Co-operative planning

Planning in which the teacher-librarian and teacher work together to define a particular unit of study and to identify the resources which will be used when teaching the unit.

Information skills instruction

Instruction in which students are taught to find, evaluate and apply information. In the past, information skills were sometimes taught as a separate subject. Today they are integrated with the various subject areas.

Library assistant

A person without formal library-related training whose duties include typing, filing and other clerical tasks. The terms "library clerk" and "library aide" are often used synonymously with "library assistant."

Library technician

A person who has graduated from a Library Technician's Program in a technical institute.

Resource-based learning

Learning/teaching in which students develop knowledge, skills and understandings by using a wide variety of print, non-print and human resources.

Resource centre policy

A policy which describes the relationship of the resource centre to the goals of the school and to the programs which will be implemented in order to achieve these goals.

Resource centre program

Activities and services originating in the resource centre which are designed to achieve the goals of the school.

School library consultant

An experienced teacher-librarian who guides the development of resource centre services in a particular geographic area, or who operates a centralized facility to support individual resource centres.

Teacher-Librarian

A person who has a valid Saskatchewan teaching certificate, and either a university degree in school librarianship or a degree in library/information science. A teacher-librarian is usually responsible for daily operation of one or more resource centres. The term "media specialist" is sometimes used synonymously with "teacher-librarian."

Appendix B Sources

Directions: The Final Report, Minister's Advisory Committee, Curriculum and Instruction, Regina: Saskatchewan Education, 1984.

Available from:
Saskatchewan Education
2220 College Avenue
Regina, Saskatchewan
S4P 3V7
Cost: Free

The 4th R.: Resource Based Learning, The Library Resource Centre in the School Curriculum, Saskatoon. Saskatchewan Association of Educational Media Specialists, 1986.

Available from:
Saskatchewan School Library Association (formerly SAEMS)
c/o Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation
2317 Arlington Avenue
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
S7J 2H8
Cost: $2.00

Goals of Education, Regina: Saskatchewan Education, 1984.

Available from:
Saskatchewan Education
2220 College Avenue
Regina, Saskatchewan
S4P 3V7
Cost: Free

Learning Resource Centres in Saskatchewan, Alixe Hambleton, Regina: Saskatchewan Education, 1983. Available from:
Saskatchewan Education
2220 College Avenue
Regina, Saskatchewan
S4P 3V7
Cost: Free

Partners in Action: The Library Resource Centre in the School Curriculum, Toronto: Ontario Ministry of Education,

Available from:
Publications Centre
5th Floor
880 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario
M7A 1N6
Cost: $2.00