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The School Library Media Center

Author: Emanuel T. Prostano

Publisher: Littleton, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13:

With a focus on the successful management of the school library media center as a system, the new edition of this authoritative work addresses & integrates the many trends & developments of the past decade. Contents are divided into three parts. Part 1 describes the impact of global forces & the school district on the development & operation of the media center. It also has a new section that deals with the technical & human side of management & a discussion of how the library functions as an information superhighway. Part 2 examines the library's programmatic activities within the context of its goals. Supportive services offered by the SLMC to students & teachers include guidance & consultant services, instruction & in-service, media production, & curriculum development & improvement. In Part 3 the authors address the nature, quality, & quantity of resources available to support programmatic endeavors-personnel, media, technology, facilities, & funds. The ability to access external resources & serve remote locations is an integral part of the scenario. Management skills are emphasized throughout the text. Table of Contents: PART 1-A Management Framework 1 * The Setting 2 * The Library Media Center 3 * Managing: The Technical Side 4 * Managing: The Human Side PART 2-Program Activities 5 * Guidance & Consulting 6 * Curriculum Development & Improvement 7 * Instruction & In-Service 8 * Design & Production of Media PART 3-Resources of the LMC 9 * Personnel: The LMC Team 10 * Facilities & Furniture 11 * Media 12 * The Budget Appendix A-LearningPac: Using the Electronic Catalog Appendix B-Glossary of Selected Internet Terms Index

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

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.

Evaluating the School Library Media Center

Author: Nancy Everhart Ph.D.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1998-08-15

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 0313022674

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Everhart provides practical guidelines and ready-to-use forms for evaluating a school library media center, as well as important results derived in other studies. She includes qualitative and quantitative techniques for the areas of curriculum, personnel, facilities, collections, usage, and technology. She also gives step-by-step instructions on how to create in-house surveys, conduct interviews, and use observation to gather useful data. Conduct research, collect statistics, and evaluate your program with this useful resource. Everhart provides practical guidelines and ready-to-use forms for evaluating a school library media center, as well as important results derived in other studies. She includes qualitative and quantitative techniques for the areas of curriculum, personnel, facilities, collections, usage, and technology. She also gives step-by-step instructions on how to create in-house surveys, conduct interviews, and use observation to gather useful data. For example, there are directions on how to assess information literacy with rubrics. In addition, each chapter gives detailed references, a list of further readings, applicable Web sites, and dissertations. A quick and easy guide to justifying and supporting your SLMC operations and effectiveness, this book is invaluable to all school library media specialists. It will also be of interest to school library media supervisors and researchers.

Serving Special Needs Students in the School Library Media Center

Author: Margaret Keefe

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1995-05-30

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1567509703

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School library media specialists are now considered part of the teaching staff and are charged with integrating their library and information skills curriculum with the more general classroom curriculum. At the same time more and more special needs students are part of every school and every classroom. Thus, the media specialist must work effectively with special needs students on a regular basis to develop their information skills, and must also serve as a resource to classroom teachers. This professional reference offers practical information to school library media specialists on how to serve special needs students and their classroom teachers effectively. The first part of the book highlights the teaching role of the media specialist and discusses how and what to teach special needs students. The second part views the media specialist as an information expert who must structure the library and its resources for students with special needs. The third section treats the media specialist's role as a professional who must collaborate with other teachers.

Block Scheduling and Its Impact on the School Library Media Center

Author: Marie Shaw

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1999-02-28

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 0313363412

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Across the country educators are facing the challenge of restructuring the secondary school to meet the needs of students in the twenty-first century. Block scheduling provides sustained time and fosters an environment for active and experiential learning, a key to student success in life. The author, who has spearheaded the adoption of block scheduling in her school's library media center, has prepared a complete guide for library media specialists contemplating or moving to block scheduling. In preparing this guide she has incorporated the experiences of twelve secondary school libraries across the country that have also moved to block scheduling. Step by step, this guide walks the library media specialist through planning, networking, curriculum and instruction, professional development, technology, and assessment. Practical suggestions, forms, lesson plans, and case studies of other media centers that have successfully adopted block scheduling will help the library media specialist to make the transition to the block. Block scheduling places a high demand on staff, materials, and information technologies. Shaw stresses that networking of people and resources is essential to successful adoption of block scheduling. She takes the reader through the planning and transitional phases of a high school adopting block scheduling and addresses concerns about instructional change, ongoing curriculum, and the role of the library media specialist as a teacher of information technology. She provides ideas on where to find professional development and how to network with other library media specialists with expertise in the block and offers practical suggestions on resource sharing, study hall, flexible scheduling, budget, collection development, substitute teachers, and assessment techniques.