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Peer reviewedFitgerald, Mary Ann – School Library Media Research, 1999
Describes the challenges of evaluating information faced by school library media specialists. Discusses the basic process of evaluation. Describes components of the evaluation process and several factors inherent in evaluation contexts. Presents recommendations for practice based on the summarized research. (AEF)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Berry, John; Bryant, Eric; Rogers, Michael; Albanese, Andrew; Oder, Norman; Selverstone, Harriet; Milliot, Jim – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 2002
Includes three reports: one from "Library Journal" that reviews significant issues of the year, including budget reversals; Internet filtering, digital copyright, distance education, and electronic books; one that discusses school librarianship, including staffing, collection development, and information literacy; and one that discusses…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Budgets, Copyrights, Court Litigation
Callison, Daniel – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1993
Discussion of the evolving role of the school library media specialist focuses on a model of the teaching role in the development of a critical thinking curriculum. Topics addressed include literacy redefined; restructuring media programs; collection development and information access; staffing changes; and intervention and evaluation strategies.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Peer reviewedJacobs, 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
Dame, Melvina Azar – 1993
This book provides a framework for expanding the school library's function to meet the needs of the linguistically and culturally diverse students, outlining specific strategies that librarians can use to advocate information literacy and information access equality. Six chapters focus on: (1) the emerging role of the proactive librarian and the…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Anderson, Mary Alice – MultiMedia Schools, 1999
Examines how data is useful in three integral areas of media center management and decision making: collection development and budgets, including circulation data and media center usage; curriculum integration and information literacy, including the types of instructional support librarians offer teachers; and staff development and staff skills.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Decision Making
Download full textTexas Education Agency, Austin. – 1993
The mission of today's school library media center is to help prepare students to enter the information age of the 21st century. To carry out this mission, library media specialists, administrators, and teachers must ensure that students can effectively locate, access, interpret, evaluate, and communicate information. The school library media…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Copyrights, Cultural Differences
Wesson, Caren L., Ed.; Keefe, Margaret J., Ed. – 1995
This collection of papers considers how the school library media specialist serves special needs students and classroom teachers in multiple roles as teacher, information specialist, and instructional consultant or collaborator. Included are the following papers: "Teaching Library and Information Skills to Special Needs Students" (Caren…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Bibliotherapy, Computer Oriented Programs, Disabilities
