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Peer reviewedEmergency Librarian, 1994
Reviews research that examines how teacher librarians can provide useful resources and services for teachers of handicapped students and for students themselves. Highlights include the integration of special education students; training needs; sources for special materials; the role of individualized instruction; and communication between teacher…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Communication (Thought Transfer), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBaldwin, Margaret – Emergency Librarian, 1995
Describes a future search conference that addressed the future of school library resource centers and their role in enhancing student learning in Washington State. Highlights include whole systems analysis; and participative planning that included teachers, administrators, librarians, parents, students, business representatives, and consultants.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Conferences, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society)
Minor, Barbara B. – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1991
Reviews research from the ERIC database that addresses the status of school library media programs and the role of the media specialist. Highlights include impact of media programs on children's self-concepts, library and information skills instruction, information seeking, use of technology, censorship, media availability, children's literature,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Censorship, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education
Marchionini, Gary – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1991
Describes three general trends related to technology that will influence school library media centers: (1) increasing volume and types of information in electronic form; (2) increasing resource sharing and networking; and (3) increasing attention to accountability and productivity. Implications relating to organization and structure, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Curriculum Development, Electronic Journals, Elementary Secondary Education
Mathews, Virginia H.; And Others – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1991
Presents information on library services to children and youth that was prepared for the 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Services. Children's needs and library responses are suggested, including locating and using information, use of current technology, equal access to information, critical thinking, and lifelong learning.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Childrens Libraries, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
Young, Terrence E., Jr. – Book Report, 2000
Discusses the role of school library media specialists in helping students with science fair projects. Topics include selecting a topic; reviewing basic library resources, including print and electronic; remote access to databases; locating information on the Web; word processing and presentation software; and relevant Web sites. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Databases, Information Retrieval
Krause, Robin – Illinois Libraries, 2000
Describes a program at an Illinois middle school that was designed to increase reading achievement, vocabulary, and the enjoyment of reading. Highlights include the library's role; use of the Standardized Test for Assessment of Reading; the Accelerated Reader program; teacher training; teacher comments; and grant funds. Four appendices include:…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Evaluation Methods, Grants
Download full textBoucher, Julie J.; Lance, Keith Curry – 1992
Three sets of roles that libraries play in education are identified. Each of the roles is explained, accompanied by relevant statistics and examples. In the first place, libraries provide access to education by teaching information skills, by providing leadership and expertise in the use of information and information technologies, and by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Access to Information, Educational Environment
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)
Wright, Kieth – 1993
This book describes some of the challenges facing school library media specialists as they work with teachers and administrators in making appropriate use of computers in schools. Five chapters address the following topics: (1) the school in the context of the emerging information society; (2) the roles of school library media specialists in the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Annotated Bibliographies, Change Strategies, Computer Networks
Vandergrift, Kay E. – 1994
This book illustrates the roles of the school library media specialist as instructional consultant and teacher as well as information specialist and frames these roles in a background of relevant educational concerns. Chapter 1 surveys current efforts to restructure the education system and stresses the importance of the school library media…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Critical Thinking, Educational Change, Educational Technology
American Association of School Librarians, Chicago, IL. – 1993
Eight position statements from the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), published from 1990 to 1993, are presented. "Position Statement on the Value of Library Media Programs in Education" (March 1993) affirms the importance of school library media specialists as part of the total educational team. "Sample Statement on…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Confidentiality, Educational Background, Elementary Secondary Education
Turner, Philip M. – 1993
This book provides the tools for school library media specialists to make a significant and positive impact on the children and young adults in schools. The goals of this work are to delineate a realistic role structure for the school media specialist; to present the role of instructional consultant as obtainable and desirable; and to provide the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. of Library Services. – 1990
A task force on school library media issues was appointed in Wisconsin to describe the current program status in the state; identify those factors that are preventing the fulfillment of the library media program's mission--that every student in public elementary and secondary schools in Wisconsin has a right to a comprehensive program of library…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Retrieval, Information Technology
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. of Library Services. – 1991
This report presents some of the more significant results of a 1988 survey of all Wisconsin public schools which received responses from 1,790 schools (90%). Designed to determine the status of library media programs in the state's schools, the 12-page survey asked for over 450 pieces of information about the library media center, its staffing,…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Electronic Equipment, Elementary Secondary Education
