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…

Library media specialists are often asked when to create a new record in cataloging various editions of the same title for library media center collections. This article, adapted from the new edition of "Catalog It," will provide some hints to answer this question. In some cases, it is easy to recognize when two copies of the same information…

The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that impacted the level of self-perceived transformational leadership potential in preservice school librarians who participated in a master's degree program in library and information studies focusing on leadership development. A mixed-method concurrent triangulation research design was…

What are the core competences required by teacher-librarians for developing exemplary school library programs in 21st-century schools? This article reports on a study that explored the experiences and attitudes of graduates from the Teacher Librarianship by Distance Learning program at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Key findings from this…

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)

Discusses commercial sources, locally produced transparencies, and transparencies in the school library. (JB)

Even though librarians fulfill the roles of teacher, instructional partner, information specialist, and program administrator many outside the library still say that librarians don't do anything. However, there is a lot that goes on behind the scenes before the library program begins.