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Access the 2021 Montana Content Standards for Library Media and Information Literacy (Excel) Access the 2021 Montana Content Standards for Library Media and Information Literacy (Official PDF)
Access the 2021 Montana Content Standards for Library Media and Information Literacy (Excel)
Access the 2021 Montana Content Standards for Library Media and Information Literacy (Official PDF)
Webinar: New Standards for 2021: Overview and Planning for Implementation (February 8, 2021)
Model curriculum guides, professional development, and resources will be added throughout 2021.
Access the "Unofficial" 2021 Montana Content Standards for Library Media and Information Literacy (PDF)
Tech Directors: To access a machine readable version of the official Montana Information Literacy/Library Media Content Standards, please visit the IMS Global CASE Network site. Create a free login, select Montana Office of Public Instruction, and view or download the standards. The CASE version of the standards can be uploaded to student information systems, curriculum mapping programs, and a variety of other uses. Learn more about the CASE Network CASE Network FAQ
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Montana librarians are invited to a keynote address and Q&A, The Foundations of Intellectual Freedom, by Emily Knox, PhD, MSLIS, Interim Dean Designate and professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This virtual event, sponsored by the TRAILS Consortium, will take place Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at 9 a.m. and is free to librarians and library staff in the state of Montana. Registration is not required. The online meeting link and a calendar invitation can be found on the TRAILS Day of Connection webpage. If you have questions, please reach out to: Pamela Benjamin, Executive Director TRAILS, pamela.benjamin1@montana.edu Ashlynn Maczko, Library Director at Great Falls College MSU, ashlynn.maczko@gfcmsu.edu.
The Yellowstone Writing Project is hosting their bi-annual Invitational Summer Institute June 16-27, 2025. This intensive writing workshop provides a supportive community that explores strategies for teaching writing and building writing communities–at all ages and grade levels. Participants can earn 6 graduate credits or equivalent renewal units. See the application and website for more information.
Although Humanities Montana was canceling the Speakers in the Schools program due to the National Endowment for the Humanities loss of funding, Montana poet laureate Chris La Tray said he planned on continuing presenting across the state.
Chris La Tray has two programs: Montana's Poet Laureate and The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians: Métis Buffalo Hunters of the Northern Plains.
If your school has IEFA money available, you can use it to fund his appearance, and he is happy to help you with the logistics and reporting. This is also an option if you want to bring in other Native speakers, including ones who have been working through Humanities Montana, available on their website.
Chris is also actively pursuing alternative funding, so if you don't have IEFA money available, contact him and he will see what he can do.
New standards adopted November 5, 2020. Effective date is July 1, 2021.
The Board of Public Education (BPE) approved the Library Media and Information Literacy Standards at their November 5, 2020 meeting. Please check the BPE website for further details. The implementation date for the new standards is July 1, 2021.
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(Board of Public Education) Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed Adoption, Amendment, and Repeal - Library Media Content Standards.
MAR Notice - Negotiated Rulemaking Committee for Computer Science, Library Media, and Technology
2017 - 2027 COMPLETE REVISION SCHEDULE - This schedule may change based on resource availability or other factors.
Library Media/Information Literacy Proposal Final 2.24.2020
Alternative Proposal Draft
Information Literacy/Library Media Standards Draft Document for Public Review
Final Economic Impact Statement Report for Library Media and Information Literacy - accepted by the Education Interim Committee on September 14, 2020.