We compiled useful clinical information, and a comparison of the authors of the web sites again provided a comprehensive picture of activity at a government and medical level. The support groups published a range of texts that were useful and in particular those of sufferers who described their struggles and whose moving stories gave a personal dimension to the issue. Interpreting this information is an important part of making meaningful use of the Internet and is here that educators, teachers and teacher librarians have a crucial role to play. It offers that opportunity for mentoring and guidance. Joining Forces on Information and Learning Partnerships between teachers and teacher librarians can ensure we give students skills and guidance.
Librarians can provide the interface between the information source and the users.
They can locate information in advance and provide teachers with the scope of the topic as it is represented on the Web, and assist with strategies for locating the best of it. Recently we looked for tourist destinations in Australia on the Web with year 7 students. The girls looking for the Great Barrier Reef were very pleased. Those looking for Broome in Western Australia found much less information. A small mention on a state government tourism page here and there, and one personal home page by a resident describing his lifestyle and listing his reasons for loving the town.