Includes five articles: a guide to employment sources in the library and information professions, including the Internet, library joblines, specialized associations, state agencies, and overseas exchange programs; placements and salaries in 1999; accredited master's programs in library and information studies; library scholarship sources; and…

Findings are presented from a questionnaire-based survey addressing issues in internationalisation and international collaboration of European higher education institutions within Library and Information Science (LIS). Seventy-five percent of the 30 schools in the survey population responded to the questionnaire. Many schools are making special…

Good school libraries influence student achievement and there are studies from 15 states to prove it. Several reports provide evidence that access to a good school library has positive correlation to reading scores. Higher test scores have also been linked to the presence of quality libraries in schools. Professional librarians are an essential…

Just like an engaging teacher sets the pace for a conducive classroom learning environment, it is the library media specialist who "sells" the idea of what a library media center is and what a library media center can be to all patrons who walk through its doors. How can library media specialists break up and shake up the ruts that both library…

Library media specialists typically are expected to collaborate with everyone. Because the teacher holds the proverbial key to the classroom door, he or she also has the access to the students. If there is no access to students, there is no opportunity to cause student learning. Real collaboration is, in contrast, based on a mutual understanding…

In this article, the author expresses her disappointment over the self-censorship being practiced by some schools. Some schools are only letting students search sites on district-approved lists, while others are imposing stringent time limits on certain sites. In a few extreme cases, schools banned Internet entirely. These practices are blocking…

Calls for media specialists' involvement in reading programs. (Author/PF)

Brief reports from some 20 school libraries and media centers. (PF)

Describes the present state of school libraries and the training of school librarians in Ethiopia and makes suggestions for future action. (Author)

Describes the activities of the Midwest Book Depot set up as part of the Midwest State Library in Benin City, Nigeria, to act as a central purchasing agency for school libraries. (Author)

THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN SHOULD SERVE AS A CATALYTIC AGENT TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS IN CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED SETTINGS. THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL LIBRARIAN SHOULD DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF HER CLIENTELE AND PLAN A LIBRARY PROGRAM ACCORDINGLY. CONTAINED IN THE ISSUE ARE SUCH ARTICLES AS--"BROADENING THE EXPERIENCE OF THE CULTURALLY…

An interview with a library technician at Roosevelt High School, Chicago, library media center. (PF)

Describes the role of school libraries in education designed to shape new generations capable of breaking the vicious circle of underdevelopment. (AB)