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Stubeck, Carole J. – Knowledge Quest, 2015
Fixed scheduling is well-researched in the school library literature. We know from this research that information skills taught in isolation from curriculum content are not as relevant to students as skills taught in the context of what they already know (McGregor 2006). Constructivism is an approach to learning that posits individuals construct…
Descriptors: Evidence, Inquiry, School Libraries, Scheduling

Tallman, Julie; Tastad, Shirley – Knowledge Quest, 1998
Reports research based on an ongoing three-year investigation of changes that have taken place in two Library Power schools in a large urban school system in the southeastern United States; the Library Power initiative emphasizes that library media specialists integrate information literacy skills throughout the curriculum. (AEF)
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Literacy

Karis, Carolyn – Knowledge Quest, 2001
Reviews 14 books and a CD-ROM for how they correlate with the goals of Information Power and how their theories, ideas and examples empower the school library media specialist (SLMS) to effectively implement Information Power. Two tables list Information Power books by groups and by roles of the SLMS. (AEF)
Descriptors: Books, Educational Development, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education

Gordon, Carol – Knowledge Quest, 2001
Presents a dramatization of a high school library in 1968, a place with wooden bookcases, card catalog, wooden furniture and tiptoeing librarian through 30 years of changes to a library media center with banks of computers, librarian-teacher cooperation, emphasis on authentic assessment, and the satisfaction of librarian, teachers, and students…
Descriptors: Change, Information Literacy, Information Technology, Learning Resources Centers

Wisely, Steve – Knowledge Quest, 2002
Describes the development of library media centers, programs, and staff at the Medford School District (Oregon). Information from the standards and research used to define roles and responsibilities is summarized, and relevant Oregon state educational organizations are listed. Some of the results of the district's well-defined library programs and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Information Literacy, Learning Resources Centers, Librarians

Hones, Kay Ellen – Knowledge Quest, 1998
Library Media Center 2000 (LMC2000) focuses on school library media services, technology, training, and advocacy--restructuring information and meeting linguistic, cultural, and multimedia learning needs. Over the last three years, San Francisco, California library media specialists have engaged in a process of professional development, networking…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Information Literacy, Information Technology, Leadership

Lance, Keith Curry – Knowledge Quest, 2002
Discusses findings of six recent studies on the impact of school libraries on student performance. The findings concern: (1) school library development; (2) leadership and collaboration activities that foster information literacy; and (3) the use of instructional technology to extend the reach of the library program beyond the walls of the school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Literacy

Jacobs, Heidi Hayes – Knowledge Quest, 2000
Explains curriculum mapping, a computerized method for use in educators' decision-making in elementary and secondary education. Topics include the role of media specialists with information literacy, collection development, and curriculum support; identifying gaps in skills and assessment; aligning assessments with standards; and timeliness.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Decision Making