A helpful way to lead and support your teachers' professional growth is to point them to practitioner resources and peer-reviewed journal articles in reference databases. They may not be familiar with the titles available through reference databases, and you can expand their professional reading through this channel. The letter below introduces reference databases to teachers, and also provides reminders of in-house print resources and an honors system teacher book exchange.
LIBRARY LETTERHEAD
Dear [School Name] Faculty:
I am writing to tell you about three great resources for teachers at our school library: print books and magazines, the teacher book exchange, and online articles and ebooks.
Our library has a growing
When you visit the library, take a look at our ongoing
Did you know that the
To access these resources from school, [list instructions here].
From home, [add these instructions].
Note that for some titles, only the bibliographic records, not the full text articles, are available. You may be able to find the full-text at the public library or your university library, or you can select "full-text only." I'm happy to help you navigate these resources to find what you need.
See you at your school library!
Rebecca Morris, School Librarian
(On the next pages, provide sample tables of contents from recent print magazines from the library. List selected titles of interest in the reference databases. You might group by research journal, practitioner magazines, or by category—guidance, leadership, subject area.)
MLA Citation
Morris, Rebecca J. "Sample letter to teachers about reference databases and professional resources for teachers." School Library Connection, September 2015, schoollibraryconnection.com/Content/Article/1980775.
Entry ID: 1980775