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Owensby, J, Herbert, H, & Madison, T (2001). //English for Technology. Language Skills for Using Everyday Technology//. Carlsbad: Dominie Press, Inc..

Jean Owensby is an adult ESL teacher advisor from the United States and Haideh Herbert is a professor in the modern languages department. They are both experts in understanding what the necessary skills are for ELLs and how the students should go about attaining them. Their focus is predominantly adults so their book is geared toward practical job situations, this is also important for high school students. There is a teacher’s guide, a guide for students and a cassette tape. They are selling their ‘system’ as the one to learn the practicalities of technology in the English language for English Language Learners.. This is intended for teachers to use with their ELLs. This resource is about practical activities, cultural awareness, and conversation associated with using technology. There is a lot of focus on life skills in English and there is a section on useful tips for using an online database at the public library. This will be very valuable to me because I can analyze the suggestions and exercises they provide to the teachers of English Language learners. This book is fundamental for tangible ideas that can be used in the library to make an ELLs visit to the library more enjoyable and useful.

15. Sundar, J. (2005). Collaborations between teacher-librarians and classroom teachers: Reflections from the English teacher in room 108. //School Libraries in Canada//, 25(2), p.39-45. Retrieved July 14, 2008 from EBSCOhost database [|http://search.ebscohost.com] As evident from the title of this article, Janice Sundar is a high school English Teacher. Sundar has taught in the Dominican Republic, but obtained her B.Ed and M.Ed in Teacher-Librarianship in Canada. This article talks about the role of the teacher-librarian and her experiences, in particular, the fact that her students were unaware of the teacher-librarian in their school, even the TL’s name. This is an unacceptable situation, especially in today’s day and age, as certain trends in education clearly show how essential a relationship between teachers, students and the teacher-librarian is. These trends include the increased use of technology in the classroom, as well as the theory of constructivism. Sundar suggests a large scale, whole school information literacy initiative, after experiencing a similar and successful whole school initiative with regard to literacy in her school. In this way, Sundar hopes all teachers as well as students will recognize how collaborating with the teacher-librarian would positively benefit students.