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How to STEM

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education in Libraries

von: Carol Smallwood, Vera Gubnitskaia
82,99 €
Verlag:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	05.12.2013
ISBN/EAN:	9780810892743
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	298

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Titelbeschreibung

During the past few years, groups like the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Center for Education have been placing great emphasis on the significance of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education. In brief, the US is seen as falling behind the rest of the world in science and technology education. In response, the curricula have been revised in many educational institutions and school districts across the country. It is clear that for STEM to be successful, other community organizations, most particularly libraries, need to be closely involved in the process. Library staff realize the importance of getting involved in STEM education, but many have difficulty finding comprehensive information that will help them plan and successfully implement STEM direction in their organization. This book is designed to meet that need. It is timely and relevant. How to STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education in Libraries is by and for libraries who are involved in contributing efforts into advancing these subjects. It is organized in 9 parts including funding, grant writing, community partnerships, outreach, research, and examples of specific programming activities. Authors are drawn from the professional staffs of educational institutions, libraries, and non-profit organizations such as science museums. 
 
The book contains eight parts, each emphasizing a different aspect of how to succeed with STEM. Part 1 emphasizes how hands-on activities that are both fun and educational can be used to further STEM awareness. Parts 2 and 3 contain chapters on the uniting of STEM with Information Literacy. Innovative collection development ideas are discussed in Part 4 and Part 5 focuses on research and publishing. Outreach is the theme of Part 6 and the programs described in these chapters offer an array of ways to connect with students of all ages. The final section of How to STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education in Libraries addresses the funding of these programs. 
 
Librarians of all types will be pleased to discover easy-to-implement suggestions for collaborative efforts, many rich and diverse programming ideas, strategies for improving reference services and library instruction to speakers of English as a second language, marketing and promotional tips designed to welcome multicultural patrons into the library, and much more.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

In How to STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education in Libraries, the contributors have provided a cornucopia of ideas on how libraries can engage youth in the crucial subjects of science, technology, engineering and math. The twenty-five chapters cover exciting ideas for this engagement ranging for those applicable for pre-schoolers to those for college students. Written by a very diverse group of authors from public libraries and academia

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents
 

 
Foreword
 
Paula M. Storm
 

 
Preface
 
Vera Gubnitskaia and Carol Smallwood
 

 
Acknowledgements
 

 
Part IRange and Scope
 

 
<ol start="1">
<li>WonderWorks: Preschoolers Playing with STEM</li>
</ol>
Carissa Christner
 

 
<ol start="2">
<li>Creating STEM Kits for Teen Programs</li>
</ol>
Kelly Czarnecki
 

 
<ol start="3">
<li>Digging into Reading: A Worm’s Perspective</li>
</ol>
Barbara Fiehn and Jeanine M. Huss
 

 
<ol start="4">
<li>The Maker Movement, STEM and Libraries: How Libraries Large and Small Can Support Hands-On Math and Science Learning in Their Communities</li>
</ol>
Cynthia Houston
 

 
<ol start="5">
<li>The STEM Kids Program and the FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL®) at the Grand Forks Public Library</li>
</ol>
Aaron Stefanich and Laura Munski
 

 
Part IITeaching
 

 
<ol start="6">
<li>Animation Programs at the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library</li>
</ol>
Michael Cherry
 

 
<ol start="7">
<li>How Not to Blow Up the Library: Planning and Facilitating a Homeschool Science Lab in Your Building</li>
</ol>
Fred Kirchner
 
<ol start="8">
<li>Customizing the For-Credit Information Literacy Course for STEM Majors</li>
</ol>
Rosalia Petralia and Kathy Turner
 

 
Part IIIInformation Literacy and Educational Support
 

 
<ol start="9">
<li>Kid-ventions with the U.S. Patent Library</li>
</ol>
Barbara J. Hampton
 

 
<ol start="10">
<li>A Math Emporium Project</li>
</ol>
Nastasha Johnson and Tiffany B. Russell
 

 
<ol start="11">
<li>The School Librarian Role in the FIRST® LEGO® League Team Project</li>
</ol>
Karla Steege Krueger 
 

 
<ol start="12">
<li>STEMming From Scratch:</li>
</ol>
STEM Library Services for High School Students Enrolled as University Students
 
Janna Mattson and Heather Groves Hannan
 

 
Part IVCollection Development
 
<ol start="13">
<li>How to Get Science Going</li>
</ol>
Keary Bramwell
 

 
<ol start="14">
<li>Graphic Novels Ignite Imagination in the Sciences</li>
</ol>
Melanie E. Hughes and Gary Pinkston 
 
Part VResearch and Publishing
 
<ol start="15">
<li>Showcasing Scientific Research Output: New Audiences for Science Libraries</li>
</ol>
Alvin Hutchinson
 

 
<ol start="16">
<li>Embedding Librarians into the STEM Publication Process</li>
</ol>
Anne Rauh and Linda M. Galloway
 
Part VIOutreach
 
<ol start="17">
<li>How NOT to Reinvent the STEM Wheel: Using Crowdsourcing and Community Partners </li>
</ol>
Jennifer Hopwood
 

 
<ol start="18">
<li>Girls’ Night Out: STEM Programs for Girls Only</li>
</ol>
Kathleen J. Clauson
 

 
<ol start="19">
<li>Celebrating Geographic Information Systems through GIS Day @ Your Library</li>
</ol>
Carol Patterson McAuliffe
 

 
<ol start="20">
<li>Fun is Learning: Making an Interactive Science Café Series</li>
</ol>
Karen Lauritsen
 

 
Part VIIPartnerships
 

 
<ol start="21">
<li>How to Make Library Workshops Popular with Science and Engineering Students Giovanna Badia</li>
</ol>

 
<ol start="22">
<li>Learning About Future Stem Careers</li>
</ol>
Eileen G. Harrington
 

 
<ol start="23">
<li>‘Take it from the Top’: Cultivating Relationships with STEM Faculty to Connect with Students</li>
</ol>
Shawn V. Lombardo and Barbara A. Shipman
 

 
Part VIIIFunding
 

 
<ol start="24">
<li>Grant Writing to Support STEM</li>
</ol>
Susan P. Cordell and Reenay R.H. Rogers
 

 
<ol start="25">
<li>STEM on a Budget!</li>
</ol>
Sarah Wright
 

 

 
About the Contributors
 

 
Index

Autorenportrait

Carol Smallwood received a MLS from Western Michigan University, MA in History from Eastern Michigan University. Librarians as Community Partners: an Outreach Handbook; Bringing the Arts into the Library are recent ALA anthologies. Others are: Women on Poetry: Writing, Revising, Publishing and Teaching (McFarland, 2012); Marketing Your Library (McFarland, 2012); Library Services for Multicultural Patrons: Strategies to Encourage Library Use (Scarecrow Press, 2013). Her library experience includes school, public, academic, special, as well as administration and being a consultant; she’s a poetry Pushcart nominee.
 

 
Vera Gubnitskaia, a manager at the Orange County Library System, Florida, obtained her library degrees from Moscow Institute of Culture (Russia) and Florida State University. Vera worked in public and academic libraries in Russia and USA. She co-edited Marketing You Library (McFarland 2012) and Continuing Education for Librarians (McFarland 2013). Her chapters appeared in the Librarians as Community Partners (ALA 2010) and in Library Management Tips that Work (ALA 2011). Her reviews were published by the Journal of International Women’s Studies and Small Press Review.