Which term describes collaborating with teachers to embed library skills?

• A. Integration
• B. Collaboration for Information Literacy
• C. Knowledge of Children’s Literature
• D. Information Literacy

Answer: (A)

Embedding library skills into classroom instruction happens when the librarian partners with teachers to weave research and information-literacy practices directly into the lessons students are already studying. The term that best captures this approach is integration, because it describes taking those library skills and blending them with content-area learning, planning together, and using the library as a resource to support the curriculum. For example, during a science unit, the librarian might model how to locate reliable sources, evaluate credibility, and cite sources, and students apply these steps within the same unit to complete their reports. Information literacy refers to the set of skills themselves, not the act of embedding them into instruction; collaboration for information literacy describes the partnership to teach those skills, but the emphasis on weaving those skills into the curriculum is best captured by integration. Knowledge of Children’s Literature isn’t about embedding library skills into instruction.