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Peer reviewedLowe, Karen R. – Knowledge Quest, 2001
Discusses the alignment of resources, including textbooks, instructional materials, and school library media center resources, to the curriculum based on experiences in North Carolina. Explains resource alignment and considers assessing the library collection, discarding materials, identifying gaps in curriculum support, writing a collection…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Curriculum Development, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedWoody, Donna – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 2000
Discusses the lack of African American biographies for elementary school libraries and reports the results of a study that surveyed publishers from the Children's Book Council. Examines book reviews, discusses the number of sports figures included, and considers problems with a lack of appropriate materials to support the curriculum. (LRW)
Descriptors: Athletes, Biographies, Blacks, Book Reviews
Peer reviewedPasterczyk, Catherine E. – College and Research Libraries, 1986
A survey of heads of collection development in 104 academic libraries was conducted to determine usefulness of information sources on curriculum change for selectors and extent of library involvement in planning such changes. Procedures developed at University of New Mexico and other universities are highlighted. Questionnaire is appended. (24…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Peer reviewedShea, Frances C. – Knowledge Quest, 2000
Discussion of the responsibility of school library media specialists for collection development and management focuses on the need to include materials on women's studies. Highlights include justifying collection expenditures; collection development guidelines; identifying relevant materials by genre; and the media specialists' curricular role.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Learning Resources Centers
Peer reviewedLowe, Karen – Knowledge Quest, 2003
Discusses the process of weeding, updating, and building a school library media collection that supports the state curriculum. Explains resource alignment, a process for using the shelf list as a tool to analyze and align media center resources to state curricula, and describes a five-year plan and its usefulness for additional funding. (LRW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Collection Development
South Dakota State Dept. of Education and Cultural Affairs, Pierre. – 1989
This resource guide is designed to assist local schools in South Dakota to evaluate and improve their library media programs. The information provided is non-regulatory in nature (with the exception of information from the "Administrative Rules of South Dakota"), and represents a foundation for building a quality library media program.…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
