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Montgomery County Public Schools
Bells Mill Elementary School

5701 Grosvenor Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814, 301-571-6920
Jerri Oglesby, Principal
Rock Palmisano, Principal Intern

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Library Media Center

Mission Statement
Our mission is to create a dynamic media program that facilitates life long learning and promotes a love of reading by working collaboratively with the staff and students to meet the needs of each member of our school community.

Vision Statement
Our student-centered library media program seeks to promote a love of reading and to help students learn how to access, evaluate, and use information from a variety of print and non-print sources in order that they may become “skillful consumers and producers of information.”

To that end, I embrace each of the four interdependent roles of a media specialist as identified by the ALA: teacher, instructional partner, information specialist, and program administrator.

	As a teacher, I will work with students and other members of the school community to analyze learning and information needs, locate and use resources to meet those needs, and communicate the information the resources provide. Using a variety of strategies such as read alouds, book talks, and individual selection support, I will promote reading for enjoyment.
	As an instructional partner, I will collaborate with teachers to design and implement authentic learning tasks which integrate information acquisition skills and support the curriculum at each grade level.
	As an information specialist, I will provide leadership and expertise in acquiring and evaluating information resources; model strategies for locating, accessing, and evaluating information, and demonstrate the ethical use of the information obtained from these sources.
	As the program administrator, I will work collaboratively with members of the school community to define and implement the policies of the library media program.

** Much of the wording in this vision statement is taken directly from pages 2-5 of Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning. Chicago: ALA, 1998.

Information

Click here for information about the
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award program.

	Meet the LMC Staff
	What's New in the LMC?
	LMC Policies

Online Research Resources

Passwords available in the media center

	Encyclopedia Britannica Four encyclopedias plus an Internet guide, atlas and videos. Includes study guides and exercises.
	Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol
	Annals of American History
	Webster’s New International Dictionary
	World Data Annals
	NetTrekker Search engine
	NoodleTools
	SIRS Discoverer
	SIRS Knowledge Source
	TeachingBooks.net Information about authors and illustrators.
	Facts for Learning
	Newsbank KidsPage Elementary periodicals; also includes maps and projects
	World Book Online A general encyclopedia with links to other resources.
	CultureGrams Provides cultural information on more than 200 countries and all 50 states.

Grade Level Links

	Pre-K - K
	First
	Second
	Third
	Fourth
	Fifth
	Additional Resources

We do not necessarily use all of the web sites linked to the pages above, but they are resources we want to provide (see credits). If you have any questions about these sites, or find that a link is no longer working, please let me know.

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This site updated on November 17, 2008

Maintained by JoAnn Floyd, Media Specialist
<JoAnn_H_Floyd@mcpsmd.org>

Credits