Bassick
High School
1181 Fairfield Avenue Phone (203)576-7350
Bridgeport, CT 06605
Library/Media Center
Mission Statement
The mission of the Bridgeport Public Schools'
library media program is to empower all students to become independent
lifelong learners with abilities to locate, to analyze, to apply and to
communicate information. To that end, the Library Media Specialist
collaborates with the school community to provide physical and intellectual
access to information and ideas. The Library Media Center supports curricula
and goals in all learning areas. The program strives to provide proficiency in
the use of information and technology tools and to prepare students to
function effectively in an information driven society.
Equally important the Library Media Center
will sustain its scholarly, civil, and cultural obligation to establish an
environment that nourishes a love of reading with a collection that stimulates
an interest in academic and recreational reading. Finally the realization of
the Library Media Center curriculum rests on the support and unified efforts
of the Library Media Specialist, the staff, the teachers, the administration,
the Members of the Board of Education, the parents, the community at large,
and the students.
Expected Outcomes
As a result of Literacy
Resource and Information Technology Literacy instruction in grades K-12, the
Bridgeport Public School Student will be able to independently:
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Recognize and define a need for information
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View accurate and comprehensive information
as the basis for intelligent decision making
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Formulate questions based on informational
needs
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Construct and apply strategies for locating
information
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Distinguish between fact and opinion and
evaluate the authority of information
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Locate and access a variety of sources of
information including print and non-print materials, computers and other
technologies
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Organize and apply information
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Produce and communicate information and
ideas in appropriate formats
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Evaluate information process and product
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Participate in a variety of experiences to
increase the appreciation of literature in all formats
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Design, develop, and evaluate information
products and solutions related to personal interest
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Seek information from diverse sources
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Respect intellectual freedom and property
rights
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Collaborate with others, socially and
intellectually, to design, to develop and to evaluate information products
and solutions