Overview
The primary goals of the Library Services to Schools are to:
- Provide professional services, resources, and instructional leadership in support of student performance.
- Assist students, staff, parents, and community members to become effective users of library resources and technology in the ever-changing learning community.
- Ensure that students become effective users of ideas and information as well as develop abilities that will allow them to solve problems and become independent, ethical, lifelong learners.
Library Media Program and Curriculum
- Library Resource Selection Tools
- Book Awards & Programs
- Ordering Books through eProcurement: Tips
- Additional Resources
Library Resource Selection Tools
- K-8 Books Recommended for Purchase
- Children's Book Council
Publisher contacts for author and illustrator visits.
Book Awards & Programs
- California Young Reader Medal
The California Young Reader Medal program gives young readers in our state the opportunity to honor their favorite books and authors, recommend them to others, and enjoy recreational reading. - Newbery Award
The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association for the most distinguished American children's book published the previous year. - Caldecott Award
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. - Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. prepares and motivates children to read by delivering free books and literacy resources to those children and families who need them most. Currently, 64 schools in the district participate. - Coretta Scott King Award
Recipients are authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the "American Dream."
Additional Resources
- San Diego Public Library eDesk
Includes links to the San Diego Public Library catalog and other online resources. - IMC Online Resources
SDUSD Online Resources, Proquest and Gale. - Walk Like a Librarian
Resources on Internet Search Technologies
Instructional Media Center
The Instructional Media Center (IMC) provides multimedia instructional materials, elementary curriculum library print materials, and a teachers' media center for the instructional program of San Diego Unified School District. The IMC also provides lists of books recommended for purchase for grades K-8.
Professional Development & Organizations
SDUSD
Additional Resources
- San Diego County Office of Education School Library Service
Includes professional development opportunities, bibliographies, local authors and illustrators, and links of interest. - California School Library Association (CSLA)
Professional organization of library media teachers in California. - California Department of Education School Libraries
Includes information about school libraries in California.
Professional Internet Sites
- U.S. Department of Education
- California Department of Education
- San Diego County Office of Education
- California Department of Education. Recommended Literature: K-12
- CLRN (California Learning Resource Network)
- S.C.O.R.E. (Schools of California Online Resources for Education)
- ERIC
- Blue Web'n
Contact Information
Library Services to Schools @
The Instructional Media Center (IMC)
2441 Cardinal Lane
San Diego, CA 92123-3799
Phone: (858) 496-8442
Fax: (858) 496-8108
Key Contacts
Library Media Teacher Staff 
Classified Library Staff:
Elementary | Middle School | High School
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Darlene Bates Program Manager, Instructional Media Services dbates@sandi.net |
(858) 496-8442 |
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Deborah Ford IMC Resource Librarian dford@sandi.net |
(858) 496-8442 | |||||||||
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Martha Karanopoulos IMC Services, Supervisor mkaranopoulos@sandi.net |
(858) 496-8439 | ||||||||||||
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Noah Fukui Art Assistant nfukui@sandi.net |
(858) 496-8456 | ||||||||||||
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Vicki Stevens Cataloging Specialist, IMC vstevens1@sandi.net |
(858) 496-8474 | ||||||||||||
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Verotek vthelp@verotek.com |
(858) 483-1692 |
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Barbara Baron Curriculum Resource Librarian, Literacy Department bbaron@sandi.net |
(619) 725-7334 | ||||||||||||
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Lisa Kramer lkramer@racoindustries.com Bar Code Discount Warehouse Label Order Form |
Fax: (513) 985-2549 |
