The School Library as a Dynamo within the Learning Community of the School

Abstract

This paper demonstrates how a school library can be an intellectual power centre, a dynamo within the school, helping to build citizens of a knowledge society, using a variety of research-based units of work designed by teacher librarians at St Andrew's Cathedral School in collaboration with teachers across the curriculum. The types of units are information-skills-based units, units based on Bloom's Taxonomy, PowerPoint units, Internet research-based units. The paper also discusses the advantages of and strategies for using an Intranet to support teaching and learning as well as elements helpful for nurturing a culture of collaboration and a vital relevant library.