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Baker, D. Philip – 1984
This book presents recommendations on many matters related to the organization, administration, and supervision of school library media programs. Chapters cover (1) the history of school library media program development in the United States, with special emphasis on the years since 1965; (2) the role of library media programs; (3) the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Administration, Library Facilities
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1983
Papers on library journal cooperation, interlibrary lending, library services to minorities, and school library media centers, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference, include: (1) "The Co-operation between Editors of Library Journals in Socialist Countries," in which Wolfgang…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, Institutional Cooperation
Collinwood, Gerry E., Comp.; Hazen, Frances, Comp. – 1977
Designed for elementary school teachers, the document presents a compilation of sample dittos, models, checklists, and creative ideas for implementing learning centers in the elementary school classroom. Separate sections provide the following: (1) a description of the purpose and types of learning centers, (2) a beginning classroom management…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Environment
Download full textPiersma, Mary L.; Allen, Diane D. – 1989
A study examined the role of elementary and secondary school librarians/media specialists in Alabama in promoting reading growth, assisting classroom teachers, and teaching reading skills. Surveys were sent to all public school librarians in Alabama, and to their administrators. Results, based on 250 randomly selected surveys from librarians and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Librarians, Library Research
Estes, Bettie – 1986
Developed to provide suggestions for the efficient operation of a school library media center, this guide begins with the selection and acquisition of materials, including the formation of selection policy; the selection of instructional materials; criteria for evaluating picture books, fiction books, information books, films, filmstrips,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Cataloging, Cooperative Planning, Educational Media
Estes, Bettie, Ed. – 1989
The 26 instructional units featured in this guide are designed to encourage cooperative planning between the library media specialist and classroom teachers in the development of programs that will teach students to locate information by integrating research skills into regular classroom units of instruction. At least one teaching unit with…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education
Snider, Susan C.; Schubert, Leda – 1989
This booklet provides guidelines and suggestions for planning school library media facilities. The intended audience is library media specialists; however, it is expected that administrators and architects may also find it useful. The importance of helping the architect understand the school media center's unique mission and relevant educational…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Construction Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Facility Guidelines
Bryson, Joseph E. – 1983
Pressure on the public schools is coming from conservative New Right religious-political groups. Their concerns focus on: (1) secular humanism--a Godless form of religion that the public schools are alleged to be teaching; (2) scientific evolution versus creationism--the balanced treatment statute; (3) Bible clubs and prayer in the classroom; and…
Descriptors: Censorship, Court Litigation, Creationism, Curriculum Development
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1986
This long-range plan for library services in Wisconsin is divided into five major divisions. The first covers characteristics of Wisconsin affecting library services and includes a population profile, an examination of economic indicators, and a review of trends in education. A section on the Division of Library Services highlights facets of the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cooperative Planning, Individual Needs, Library Cooperation
Higgins, Judith; Wood, Arline – 1986
School library pilot projects in New York State and the Westchester, New York, Library System are examined as a foundation for building the Southern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) School Library System. The creation of this BOCES system is charted from the processes of obtaining the planning grant, state mandates,…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1985
This survey updates a 1976 survey conducted by the Division for Library Services of Wisconsin. The original survey obtained broad information on patterns of participation in cooperative activities by all types of libraries, including volume demands, referral patterns, and needs for interlibrary loan and reference between different types of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Cooperative Planning, Higher Education
Peer reviewedOhio Media Spectrum, 1987
Devoted to articles on libraries in foreign countries, this issue of a quarterly journal focuses on how these libraries are using print and nonprint resources to serve their patrons. The structure and organization of these foreign library/media services are discussed, as well as their histories and the constraints that have shaped their services.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Estes, Bettie, Ed. – 1988
Designed to encourage cooperative program planning between the library media specialist and the classroom teacher, this guide consists of 26 teaching units in all elementary (K-8) curriculum areas. At least one teaching unit with learner outcomes and related information skills is included in each content area with an indication of the particular…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education
Spriestersbach, Barbara, Ed.; Cowen, Linda, Ed. – 1988
This guide is a collection of 35 model units of instruction for grades 7-12 that has been developed to illustrate the relationship between information skills and the curriculum. Each unit includes goals, learner outcomes for the content, information skills areas, student activities, and an evaluation plan. Teaching methods include simulations,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Guides, Information Needs
Altan, Susan – 1987
In an effort to verify that the library research skills that comprise the library media instructional program at the Columbus (Ohio) School for Girls are those that college librarians would regard as essential, a questionnaire was mailed in February 1987 to the undergraduate libraries of 142 colleges and universities most often attended by…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Bound Students, Higher Education, Information Needs
