Bob Berkowitz
b_berkowitz@big6.com

Bob is a strong believer in goals-oriented management, the library media specialist as a key partner in the excellence in education - effective schools movement, and the integration of critical thinking skills into library & information skills instruction. Putting these ideas into action, Bob acted as Library Media Specialist Consultant to a research skills-based English curriculum project that won National Council of Teachers of English recognition as a Center of Excellence in English and the Language Arts.

Bob is an Adjunct Instructor at Syracuse University’’s School of Information Studies, a W.K. Kellogg Foundation Expert in Residence (12/2001), and Consultant to Mansfield State University’’s School Library & Information Technologies graduate program. He is often requested to share his ideas in conferences and seminars. Bob has a strong commitment to help library media specialists shape their own professional futures.

Bob and Mike Eisenberg have collaborated on a number of books and projects, most notably Curriculum Initiative: An Agenda and Strategy for Library Media Programs (1988), Resource Companion to Curriculum Initiative (1988), Information Problem-Solving: The Big Six Approach to Library & Information Skills Instruction (1990), Helping with Homework (1996), Teaching Information & Technology Skills: The Big6 in Elementary Schools (1999), Teaching Information & Technology Skills: The Big6 in Secondary Schools (2000).

Recent interviews with Bob Berkowitz include: “Moving Every Child Ahead: The Big6 Success Strategy,” (May/June, 2002), MultiMedia Schools; and “Acing the Exam: How Can Librarians Boost Students’ Test Scores?”(October, 2002) School Library Journal.
Robert E. Berkowitz, (MA in Education George Washington University, MLS State University of New York at Albany, School Administrator’s Certification, North Adams, MA State College), is a School Library Media Specialist with the Wayne Central School District, Ontario Center, NY. Bob has successfully managed school libraries grades Head Start-12 in both rural and urban settings. He has been an educational professional since 1971.

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