Celebrate National Library Week

April 12-18, 2009 is the National Library Week. This annual celebration, first sponsored in 1958, honors the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians—academic, public, and schools. The theme this year is "Worlds connect @ your library."

Many school libraries also celebrate the month of April as School Library Media Month sponsored by the American Association of School Librarians, a division of ALA, with the same theme as National Library Week.

"Worlds connect @ your library" means providing students and teachers with 21st-century tools they can access at school and at home.

The ultimate success of school librarians and libraries in the era of Google is to demonstrate to teachers, school leaders, and tech directors that you provide the best electronic resources available for 21st-century teaching and learning.

School leaders and Tech Directors provide library funding for electronic resources based on how they will benefit teachers and students, and how those benefits translate into increased usage. Teachers use, and steer students to use, resources that clearly benefit them both.

Unfortunately, ProQuest knows from experience that most subscribers view and use eLibrary CE primarily as an excellent student research tool.

How do you position eLibrary CE when you request library funding? Is it just another database that you provide for student research?

If so, then you might be overlooking the eLibrary CE difference, especially for teachers. eLibrary provides teacher tools and content (click the Literature and History buttons!) not found in any other library "database."

The teacher power in eLibrary CE helps make it an "education solution" instead of just another student database. That should get the attention of school leaders who fund your library.

• What teacher tools make eLibrary CE a unique library "education solution?"
  
  
• How can teachers use eLibrary to integrate effective inquiry-based learning activities into their teacher strategies?
  
  
• How can teachers use eLibrary to differentiate learning for students?
  
  
• How can librarians collaborate with teachers to help them use eLibrary tools and content?

BookCart Learning Activities
Hundreds of ProQuest models across the curriculum and grade levels that are free to copy, edit, and share with teachers and students. It's the perfect year-round lesson planning tool (details).

eLibrary CourseCarts Collection
ProQuest collection of 21 BookCarts that support each of the major topic chapters of popular U.S. Government/Civics textbooks and courses. No cost to copy and share.

eLibrary TeacherCarts Collection
ProQuest collection of BookCarts specifically designed for teacher education and professional development. Free to copy and share, perfect for teachers!

My eLibrary
Teachers can create a Teacher Page that helps them manage student activities such as Timelines, create and copy BookCarts, and save selected eLibrary resources permanently. See My eLibrary in action inside our newest eLibrary videos via this link.

Online Professional Development & eLibrary
Free and self-paced, CEU eligible seven-hour course designed to help teachers create and use BookCart learning activities that integrate critical thinking.

Archive: Hundreds of eLibrary Lesson Plans
Each month our free Teachable Moments Email Newsletter provides fresh and timely learning activities that integrates critical thinking. (Archive of eLibrary-specific activities.)

Teacher Tools: Manage Inquiry-Based Learning Activities
ProQuest models for students to use: Mini-research reports, Presentations, Mini-debates, and Timelines that integrate critical thinking. Teachers will also benefit from the flexible rubrics assessment model.

eLibrary Built-In Professional Library
Hundreds of current education and subject area publications that can be browsed at school or home to keep all educators up to date on the latest trends in education. Use this PDF file to find specific publications in a flash.

Want to know more about expanding your teacher support role using the new eLibrary? Please contact your sales representative for more information and training opportunities.