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Download full textFleishhacker, Joy – Knowledge Quest, 2017
By providing a wide selection of high-quality materials that will grab the attention of individual readers, school libraries can play an integral part in initiating and supporting student agency and a student-centered approach to learning. Such materials should not only address and expand upon what kids are learning in the classroom, but also…
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Materials, Library Development, Science Materials
Direct linkReisner, Rosalind – Library Journal, 2010
Memoirs and autobiographies have been a wildly popular nonfiction genre for the past 20 years, ever since Frank McCourt and Mary Karr set the craze in motion with "Angela's Ashes" and "The Liar's Club", respectively. Memoirs have drawn fiction readers to the nonfiction shelves and elbowed their way into book discussion groups. In this confessional…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Autobiographies, Library Services, Nonfiction
Buchter, Holli – Knowledge Quest, 2013
In this article St. Vrain Valley (CO) School District (SVVSD) librarian, Holli Buchter describes what took place in the school libraries in the district when the newest elementary school, Red Hawk, opened its doors. Red Hawk asked and answered the question: "Is the Dewey Decimal Classification system still the best way for students to locate…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, School Libraries, Library Development, Library Materials
Dick, Jeff – Library Journal, 1994
Discusses feature-length film or video documentaries, including cinema verite and direct cinema techniques, the use of documentaries for nationalistic purposes, censorship, and fiction versus nonfiction. An annotated bibliography of 20 video documentaries suitable for library collections is provided. (LRW)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Censorship, Documentaries, Fiction
Hoffert, Barbara – Library Journal, 1998
A Library Journal survey of 2000 public libraries investigated adult book expenditures and circulation. This article presents statistics on purchasing power and circulation, sources used for purchasing decisions, where books are purchased, top circulating genres, topics of increased patron and librarian interest, topics being weeded and replaced,…
Descriptors: Adults, Books, Fiction, Library Circulation
Callison, Daniel – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2000
Discusses the importance of nonfiction as part of children's and young adults' reading. Topics include library collection development practices to keep nonfiction collections up-to-date; electronic formats that allow interaction; nonfiction picture books; booktalks; results of research on reading and skill development related to nonfiction; and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
