Analysis of New England information science personnel needs focuses on job vacancies by specialization (1980-1983); priority personnel needs; overall personnel priorities; average of advertised salaries and job by type of employer; and demand for information, processing, and youth service workers. A substantial need for children's and school…

Description of the use of volunteers in parochial elementary school libraries notes recruitment and sources of volunteers; training of volunteers; three types of workshops; guidance and supervision of volunteers; additional assistance for volunteers (i.e., short lessons in mending, book reviewing, purchasing); duties assumed by volunteers; and…

Presents results of research designed to determine whether there is discrepancy between high school library fiction choices adolescents would make and those made by professional librarians. Data concerning sex of student, sex of fiction's protagonist, type of fiction, and student grade level were collected. List of books included in study is…

Guide to instructional design consultation by school library media specialist proposes four levels of activity--action education, reaction, passive participation, no involvement--to be used in assessing degree of involvement in instructional design consultation process. An eight-step model of instructional design and assessment chart are provided.…

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) fulfills a congressional mandate to collect and report "statistics and information showing the condition and progress of education in the United States and other nations in order to promote and accelerate the improvement of American education." The "Quarterly" offers a…

This updated edition of "Educators Resource Directory" has hundreds of new listings and thousands of updates and enhancements to existing listings. Plus, the Statistics & Rankings section has been updated with the most current information. "Educators Resource Directory" is designed to provide both educators and education…

This book is a comprehensive guide to implementing the InfoQuest program in libraries, schools, and school library media centers. In the InfoQuest program, a research question is posed each week, and students have all week to come to the media center and use a variety of reference tools and media to research the answer. Small prizes are awarded to…

This resource guide is intended to help teachers and librarians integrate the best of a broad range of children's literature into the excitement of everyday learning. The guide contains annotations for contemporary children's books, videos, CD-ROMs and related media, as well as presenting inventive ideas for exploring them. An introduction…

The Directory of Mississippi Libraries is an annual publication which provides librarians, educators, and other interested persons with a basic source of current information on Mississippi libraries. The major section of the directory consists of listings for public, academic, school, special and institutional libraries. In addition to basic…

This paper reports on an unfinished Delphi investigation of the future information management. Too often the personal aspect of information provision is overlooked in the light of the dramatic development of technology. However, behind every technological advance there is a provider whose role it is to source, organize, and disseminate the…

The school library is very important in developing a quality reading program. The library books and other reading materials need to be varied and on various levels of reading complexity so that students can read meaningfully without facing failure in word recognition and comprehension of ideas. This paper discusses school libraries and their…

This tool kit begins with sections that define information literacy, identify information literacy skills, discuss the integration of information literacy into the K-12 curriculum, present an integration/collaboration model, and address collaboration between the school library information specialist and administrators or the instructional team, as…

In the age of ever-growing technological advancements library media centers have become places of enormous discovery and adventure. But are teachers and administrators aware of all the resources available through the school library media centers? Do they know the importance that library media specialists play in the school curriculum planning?…

The process from information to knowledge is discussed as part of the learning process students must go through to achieve a successful and effective outcome of the process. In a school situation models for the information-seeking process are too general, rational and linear to give indications for practice. Four didactic dilemmas are discussed in…

Reflection and evaluation are key to improving the effectiveness of the school library resource center (LRC). The idea of measuring success may seem initially daunting, or even threatening, and be seen as yet another call on already limited time, but we should not be put off: much of the information required is already there, either explicit or…