One way to channel support to schools from local businesses is to invite them to donate funds to school libraries. Soliciting their assistance also increases the number of supporters within the community. (MLF)

Discusses the maintenance of vertical files in the school library. Topics covered include circulation, weeding, using materials for special displays, acquiring materials, policies on advertising and controversial issues, cross-references, subject headings, introducing students to vertical files, beginning a collection, and preservation. (MES)

Presents potential questions to be asked by the prospective teacher-librarian during an employment interview. The questions address the following areas: role of the teacher-librarian, access to the resource center, clerical and technical assistants, resource center budget, discipline, staff evaluation, selection of materials, type of community,…

Includes reviews of "Information Power," the guidelines for school library media programs published by the American Library Association and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, by a library media specialist, a school library consultant, a professor of school librarianship, a high school librarian, and a…

Discusses the necessity of incorporating bibliographic instruction courses into the curriculum of teacher preparation programs and reviews the literature in this area. A unit which introduces elementary education majors to school library services as a part of a required children's literature course at Western State College of Colorado is…

Presents a humorous approach to the question of how to recycle catalog cards necessitated by the results of library automation and online catalogs. A sidebar summarizes an article that appeared in the "New Yorker" magazine regarding the discard of card catalogs. (LRW)

Describes a formalized library media specialist mentoring program in the Iowa City Community School District. Discussion includes characteristics for successful mentoring; the role of mentors; benefits for mentors, proteges, and library media programs; and the evolution of the mentoring relationship. (AEF)

A survey of 77 Missouri high school principals revealed a traditional view of the school librarian as one who purchases, processes, and circulates books and provides occasional reference services. Skills indicating involvement with the instructional process rated average in importance. Principals did not view library media specialists as teachers.…

Describes an intergovernmental partnership in which an elementary school library was integrated into the town library as a cost-saving measure. (SR)

At New York City's progressive Bank Street School for Children, teaching is directed to the whole child's social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development. The school's reading program focuses on a language-experience approach based on student choice. This article shows how collaboration between teachers and librarians has strengthened the…

Parents should evaluate the libraries in the schools their children attend, because education suffers when library services are minimal and information is outdated. The article lists several issues to which parents should pay close attention when evaluating their children's school libraries. (SM)

Discusses the need for more adequate materials and personnel in school libraries and describes provisions of the proposed Elementary and Secondary School Library Media Act. Sidebars include views of the bill by the American Library Association (ALA) and instructions on writing to senators and representatives to encourage support for the bill. (LRW)

Explains the E-rate as discounts provided by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that are available to schools, libraries, and rural health care providers on telecommunications services. Lists E-rate resources including Web sites, FCC and Department of Education sites, and Listserv discussion groups. (LRW)

Explores how a new school facility can be important, not only as a community center, but also as a resource center for library services such as computer labs, Internet service, and current periodicals. The article also examines how one Missouri school district planned its new school library to serve the community. (GR)

Presents 12 winners of the Council of Educational Facility Planners, International award for school designs that include prototype schools, school libraries, and community colleges. Photos, floor plans, and project data and school statistics are included. (GR)