The Schools' Library Liaison Officers offer lessons to promote use of the school library and assist the teaching of information literacy skills. We encourage and assist students to move towards independent learning. Our aim is to create life-long learners.

 

The following are brief outlines of the Information Literacy programmes we offer, but please contact the Schools' Library Service if you feel you have different requirements.

 

·        Introduction to the library

·        Storytelling

·        Basic library skills including fiction and non-fiction

·        Storytelling

 

·        Thinking about fiction

·        Writing book reviews

 

·        Library skills focusing on non-fiction

·        Introduction to the library database (Junior Librarian)

 

·        Library skills focusing on fiction and reading for pleasure

·        Games and activities

 

·        Recap of non-fiction library skills

·        Plagiarism and referencing

 

·        Looking at databases using Junior Librarian and the Guille-Allès website

·        Evaluating websites

·        Library orientation

·        Using keywords and subject indexes

·        Using Search Star (the library database)

·        Key internet skills

·        Looking at databases using Search Star

·        Looking at fiction using the Carnegie Book Awards