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Spitzer, Kathleen L. – Book Report, 1999
Discusses planning for the implementation of the Information Literacy Standards in schools. Provides a list of resources that focus on the history and development of the concept of information literacy. Discusses the importance of learning about local and state standards. Lists issues to work through when collaborating on a plan. (AEF)
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Literacy, Information Sources
Schulz, Cynthia D. – Book Report, 1999
Suggests ways that librarians should become actively involved in educating the public about supporting the library media center. Discusses activities for improving public relations in the school library; actions to improve visibility at the district level; involvement in the community; and active participation at state and national levels. (AEF)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvement Programs, Librarians
Cooke, Deborah M.; And Others – Book Report, 1991
Includes 10 articles that discuss issues relating to school library management. Highlights include the one-person operation; an annotated bibliography of popular how-to books that are useful for librarians; strategies for negotiating in bargaining sessions; budget management; designing or redesigning a library; recycling; managing computers; and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Budgeting, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Boardman, Edna M. – Book Report, 1994
Describes the Knapp School Libraries Project that was developed in the 1960s to create model libraries in elementary and secondary schools by upgrading their materials and qualified personnel. Visits from librarians, educators, students, and community members that helped disseminate the model libraries' characteristics are discussed. (Contains 14…
Descriptors: Change, Diffusion (Communication), Elementary Secondary Education, Grants
Allen, Christine – Book Report, 1998
Provides librarians who are responsible for implementing a new school library with an overview of the process. Topics include ordering circulating and reference books; computer hardware and software; supplies and other miscellaneous items, including other media formats such as videotapes; furniture and shelving; and a time line for planning. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Selection, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Furniture
Simpson, Carol – Book Report, 1999
Discusses the planning process for migrating to a new library media center automation system, including identification of the need to migrate, solicitation of stakeholder support, enumeration of required attributes of a new system, writing the Request for Proposal (RFP), and maximizing vendor demonstrations. (MES)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Information Networks, Integrated Library Systems
Farmer, Lesley S. J. – Book Report, 1999
Presents a case study of how educational reform can improve the library media program, based on experiences at one high school that was assisted by the Bay Area School Reform Collaborative (BASRC) project and its spin-off project, the Bay Area National Digital Library (BANDL). Discusses methods for increasing schoolwide information literacy,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperative Programs, Educational Change, Educational Development
