AASL Standards Framework for Learners (10 Pack)

AASL Standards Framework for Learners (10 Pack)

Author: American Association of School Librarians

Publisher: STA - Standards ALA ALA Editions AASL

Published: 2017-10-10

Total Pages: 8

ISBN-13: 9780838916544

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An advocacy brochure on library standards to be sold in packs of 12 for school librarians to hand out to teacher, principals, administrators. Content comes from AASL Standards publication.


Strategic Planning for School Library Media Centers

Strategic Planning for School Library Media Centers

Author: Mary Frances Zilonis

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2002-10-23

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 1461731615

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A strategic plan is a useful tool for communicating the purpose of the library media center (LMC) to the administrators, teachers, and parents of the school community. An initial benefit is an assessment of the library program's strengths, weaknesses, and impact on the teaching and learning process. The library media specialist should use the planning process to garner greater support, identify priorities for future direction, provide the basis for effective budget development, and articulate the LMC's integral role in the school's instructional program. Based on Information Power, as well as input from focus groups of librarians, computer educators, teachers, administrators, and parents, the authors identified a core of the essential elements found in quality library media programs. Rubrics developed for this core provide a foundation for developing and prioritizing goals and objectives, as well as tools for ongoing evaluation. School library media centers, often short of time and staff, will welcome this easy-to-follow blueprint, packed with forms, questions to consider, templates, rubrics, and charts. From forming a committee and constructing surveys, to good PR and a consistent evaluation process, this essential handbook provides the tools to create a visionary mission statement, the strategic plan that embodies it, and the steps to implement it.


Designing a School Library Media Center for the Future

Designing a School Library Media Center for the Future

Author: Rolf Erikson

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 2007-04-02

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 0838909450

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A guide to designing school library media centers that provides information on addressing the unique ergonomic and technology needs of children, controling costs using proven bidding and evaluation methods, understanding the technical drawings and language used in architecture, and other related topics.


Administering the School Library Media Center

Administering the School Library Media Center

Author: Betty J. Morris

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2010-08-16

Total Pages: 600

ISBN-13: 1598848941

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This is the most comprehensive textbook on school library administration available, now updated to include the latest standards and address new technologies. This reference text provides a complete instructional overview of the workings of the library media center—from the basics of administration, budgeting, facilities management, organization, selection of materials, and staffing to explanations on how to promote information literacy and the value of digital tools like blogs, wikis, and podcasting. Since the publication of the fourth edition of Administering the School Library Media Center in 2004, many changes have altered the landscape of school library administration: the implementation of NCLB legislation and the revision of AASL standards, just to mention two. The book is divided into 14 chapters, each devoted to a major topic in school library media management. This latest edition gives media specialists a roadmap for designing a school library that is functional and intellectually stimulating, while leading sources provide guidance for further research.


Information Power

Information Power

Author: American Association of School Librarians

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9780892400553

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Provides aid to school librarians with guidance to expand the access and use of information by students, parents, and teachers.


Information Power

Information Power

Author: American Association of School Librarians

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 1998-07

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780838934708

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Since its publication in June 1998, Information Power has become the most talked about book in the school library world!


Guided Inquiry Design®

Guided Inquiry Design®

Author: Carol C. Kuhlthau

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2012-06-06

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1610690109

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Today's students need to be fully prepared for successful learning and living in the information age. This book provides a practical, flexible framework for designing Guided Inquiry that helps achieve that goal. Guided Inquiry prepares today's learners for an uncertain future by providing the education that enables them to make meaning of myriad sources of information in a rapidly evolving world. The companion book, Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century, explains what Guided Inquiry is and why it is now essential now. This book, Guided Inquiry Design: A Framework for Inquiry in Your School, explains how to do it. The first three chapters provide an overview of the Guided Inquiry design framework, identify the eight phases of the Guided Inquiry process, summarize the research that grounds Guided Inquiry, and describe the five tools of inquiry that are essential to implementation. The following chapters detail the eight phases in the Guided Inquiry design process, providing examples at all levels from pre-K through 12th grade and concluding with recommendations for building Guided Inquiry in your school. The book is for pre-K–12 teachers, school librarians, and principals who are interested in and actively designing an inquiry approach to curricular learning that incorporates a wide range of resources from the library, the Internet, and the community. Staff of community resources, museum educators, and public librarians will also find the book useful for achieving student learning goals.