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Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1987
Designed to aid elementary, middle, junior high, and high school library media staff in developing a quality collection, "Analysis of Client Groups" poses questions about students, faculty and administration, and parents and community. Brief discussions also consider methods for collecting data; review of student records; conversations…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Black Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Nilsen, Alleen Pace; Tyler, Karen Beyard – 1978
Suggestions offered in the fifth module of a continuing education program for inservice school media specialists are designed to aid in identifying sexism and sex-role stereotyping in instructional materials, and help trainees foster educational equity in their own institutions. The first part is concerned with the promotion of such equity through…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Inservice Education, Interaction, Learning Resources Centers
Download full textGreer, Roger C. – 1974
A study was made of the Baldwinsville (New York) public library and nearby developing areas, including the Lysander New Community, in order to discover current and future library service needs and to make recommendations for meeting those needs. Existing data, library statistics, and a survey were used to analyze the library and its community. The…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Financial Support, Futures (of Society)
Glover, Lucy Ann; And Others – Book Report, 1992
Includes seven articles that discuss how to motivate middle school, junior high, and senior high school students to read. Highlights include problems in encouraging recreational reading; magazines; activities to promote books and reading; an annotated bibliography of books on Columbus and other explorers; women's history activities; and gender…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities, Learning Resources Centers
Milbury, Peter – Technology Connection, 1998
Free online news sources are plentiful, but their useful access is problematic. The Chico High School (California) library's collection of Full Text Daily News Archives With Search Engines offers many advantages in a number of curriculum areas. Accessible from school and home, it provides an opportunity for teachers and librarians to collaborate…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Educational Technology, High Schools, Information Literacy
Peer reviewedWilson, Patricia J.; Kutiper, Karen – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1994
Provides elementary and middle school library media specialists with criteria for evaluating poetry collections, including balancing contemporary and traditional poetry and responding to children's preferences; discusses ways to promote poetry with both students and teachers; and includes a selected bibliography of 60 recommended poetry books.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Partridge, Dorothy J. – 1994
The purpose of this study was to identify the types of library services and materials that are provided to extended in-school suspension schools (n=47) in Georgia. A 20-item questionnaire was designed to gather data to answer the following research questions: (1) Is the extended in-school suspension school large enough to have a library media…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, In School Suspension
Liestman, Daniel – 1989
This bibliography gathers and organizes literature from the past 25 years about the many types of library users for whom English is a second language and the various resources available to them. The work is arranged in the text by broad subject areas consisting of 25 categories: Academic Libraries; Asians (Services to); Automated Services;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Adolescents, Asian Americans, Elementary Secondary Education
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1985
Data for this evaluation of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) School Library Resources Program as operated during the 1983-84 school year were collected via surveys of library media specialists and teachers. The stated objectives of the program scheduled for attainment by June 1984 called for planning a pilot program for…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Input Output Analysis, Learning Resources Centers
Seydel, Ruth L. – 1972
This is a handbook designed to help Idaho schools bring about more effective learning for their students through the application of media: to help individualize instruction; to assist in emphasizing concepts and ideas; to stimulate inquiry and independent thinking, and to help each student develop his potential for ongoing study. It describes…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Budgets, Educational Equipment, Educational Facilities
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. – 1997
This publication replaces "Media Standards for School Learning Resources Centers" (1980) with revised standards that were based on prevailing guidelines promoted in the literature, characteristics of educational and library media center environments prevalent in the state as reported by officials in the Department of Elementary and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Educational Environment, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education
Krashen, Stephen; O'Brian, Bonnie – Indiana Media Journal, 1996
Examines the relationship between school library collections and reading achievement in Los Angeles for both middle school and high school students. Previous studies are reviewed, and current results continue to identify socioeconomic status as the strongest predictor of reading comprehension test scores. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Correlation, Library Collections, Literature Reviews, Middle Schools
Willeke, Marjorie J.; Peterson, Donna L. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1993
Describes the application of a comprehensive planning process to the library media program in the Lincoln (Nebraska) Public Schools. Highlights include identification of program needs; curriculum integration; a study of school library media center collections; use of technology; and essential elements for program change. (eight references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Hart, Thomas L., Ed. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1993
Discusses political action that affects school library media programs. Topics addressed include education and school library media program statistics; learning resources and technology statistics; the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) of 1981, particularly the disparity of collections and effects on student achievement; and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Williamson, Estelle; And Others – 1980
Designed to assist local officials in examining their library media collections and staff according to the recommendations in the Criteria for Modern School Library Media Programs, this factbook lists statistical data on school library media programs in the state of Maryland. The entries are arranged alphabetically by local educational agency name…
Descriptors: County School Districts, Elementary Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
