The authors have created this handbook to assist secondary school librarians in constructing and implementing a complete online orientation course to their media centers. In addition, they discuss online course design and give hints and helps to aide in the set up of online courses in school libraries.

Media specialists, particularly in large urban high schools, often cannot meet the individual instructional needs of every student. This book outlines an online unit that helps media specialists ensure that every student receives valuable—and consistent—information literacy instruction. The book contains a ten-step orientation course created by author Pamela S. Bacon for her students. It includes reproducible worksheets, explicit instructions, modeling, and patterning necessary to create a similar online orientation program in any secondary school. In addition, the book provides a model and electronic templates on a Web companion site that will enable any school media specialist construct a customized online orientation. The Web component includes appendix materials, with instructional PowerPoint shows to use with staff and students.

"Library media specialists are aware of the importance of helping students learn research skills. This book provides a step-by-step guide to developing an online course to complete this task in a secondary school….[a] resource for Library Media Specialists who would like assistance with creating online research courses or orientations. Recommended." - Library Media Connection

"[T]his book is refreshing in its enthusiastic tone and library-specific slant. It's a logical purchase for experienced secondary-level librarians who are comfortable with technology and are looking for fresh ways to reach every student when logistics prevent ample face-to-face instructional time." - School Library Journal