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Download full textButterworth, Margaret – 1992
A library has the capacity to deliver much more than just its locally stored and owned resources. By using telecommunications, information can be sought from online databases and from other pupils in schools across the world. This paper includes: (1) an explanation of the link between "virtual reality" and the "virtual…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Definitions
Garland, Kathleen – 1992
The first phase of this study was a nationwide survey that examined children's services statistics collected by state agencies and the collection of juvenile circulation statistics by individual public librarians. The study investigated the extent to which these statistics were collected by the two groups and were available through state agencies.…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Fiction
Johnson, Debra Wilcox – 1989
This paper examines the factors that contribute to a library's decision to become involved in adult literacy and the service roles assumed by a given library. Common library literacy service roles (i.e., collections, services in support of local literacy efforts, and direct instruction) are discussed and profiles of the types of libraries that are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Adult Literacy, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Vermont State Dept. of Education, Montpelier. Div. of Federal Assistance. – 1981
This guide is designed to be used in developing and improving school library media programs and in teaching students how to use the library. Topics covered include: general philosophy; specific goals; roles and responsibilities; resources needed; creating a library media center; curriculum (including a brief scope and sequence of library skills);…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities
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
Piersma, 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
