Teaching in the Library using Sci Fi as a Basis?

I went online (Google Blog search) to try and find someone else's blog about teaching students to use different resources, particularly for high schools. I found, instead, a blog which deals a little bit with Librarians as teachers but it really was comparing Boarding Schools that actually exist with Boarding Schools and the like in different Science Fiction/Fantasy novels. What intrigued me was the idea that I probably could take examples from these novels and put them to good use, especially since the kids would be familiar with the sources! Take a look:


Julie Andrews: Wiscon Day 3 - Report 6
http://julieandrews.livejournal.com/27054.html

"Fantastic Groves of Academe
M: Susan Groppi, Victoria Gaydosik, Tom La Farge, Ariel Franklin-Hudson, Keridwen Luis
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Other schools mentioned besides Hogwarts were the College of Magics, Ender's Battle School, Starfleet Academy, Prof. Xavier's X-Men school, and probably others I don't remember or am not familiar with.
The audience participated quite a lot in this one. Among the things discussed was schools that are isolated, closed systems, such as boarding schools. Many schools in sf/f are for either the ostracized or the elite, or students that are both.
Victoria talked about the teacher as tour guide. Introducing students to things they may not be aware of. Like, here's this cool thing over here. It might be a museum, or a symphony. Opening up a new world for them.
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One trend noticed in science fiction was schools where you learn at your own pace. Such as the home-schooled taught by computers.
Someone in the audience said that democratized magic, that anyone can do, would be technology.
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Real world schools of course entered into things and we got the idea that public schools in the US are teaching students to be workers, while private schools are teaching students to be managers."


Does anyone have any particular Sci Fi or Fantasy books in which they really liked the school system? I'd be interested in tying it into how I present things in the library.