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Dalton, Phyllis – 1991
The purpose of this four phase quasi-experimental study was to determine if putting selected books into a display controlled by a theme in a school media center would: (1) increase the circulation of the display books; (2) cause an increase in the circulation of the entire collection; and (3) encourage children to read a type of book they did not…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Display Aids, Elementary Education
Download full textHopkins, Dianne McAfee – 1991
Four primary tasks were conducted for this two-phase study, which examined the outcomes to challenged library materials in terms of retention, restriction, and removal, and identified key factors that influenced the outcome: (1) the relevant research literature was reexamined and a conceptual model for testing based on the research literature was…
Descriptors: Books, Censorship, Hypothesis Testing, Learning Resources Centers
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1983
Based on surveys of library media specialists and teachers, an evaluation was conducted of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) School Library Resources Program, as operated during the 1982-83 school year. The stated objectives of the program were to demonstrate by June 1983 updating of library media services in 80% of the (public and…
Descriptors: Books, Elementary Secondary Education, Input Output Analysis, Learning Resources Centers
DuPree, Vi – 1993
This study sought to determine the extent of restrictive access to books in Georgia school library media centers and to discover by whose authority and for what reason these books might be placed on restrictive shelves. Questionnaires were completed and received from a stratified random sampling of 119 media specialists in high schools, middle or…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Books, Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education
Budnik, Patricia McNulty – 1991
A practicum addressed the emergent literacy needs of preschoolers at a daycare center. Goals were to increase: (1) the amount of time parents read aloud to their children to 15 minutes a day; (2) the number of library books at the daycare center from 40 to 200; and (3) the number of volunteers at the center from none to 4 who would read aloud to…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Books, Childrens Literature, Day Care Centers
Peer reviewedHerring, James E. – School Library Media Research, 2006
This study examines the views of students and teachers in a United Kingdom high school on the students' use of information literacy skills. The students were provided with a scaffold in the form of the PLUS information literacy model. The study demonstrates that there exists a range of understanding amongst students about the value of information…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Assignments, Student Attitudes
