This article looks at the general roles of six national professional associations which might interest school media specialists, examines overlapping responsibilities, and reviews the relationship the media specialist is likely to have with these organizations. The establishment of a new organization that is directly relevant to the media…

Relating curriculum education to the practice of teaching, the author proposes and describes the education and role of chairman of school curriculum groups. Such chairmen would shift the school curriculum initiatives from theoretical research to local practice and would reflect the policies of curriculum educators at the graduate level. (JW)

Responses from teachers, subject coordinators and school administrators in 23 Queensland state high schools were analyzed to ascertain the perceived importance of subject coordinators to teacher satisfaction, teacher dissatisfaction, and the learning of students in classrooms. (Author/MLW)

In Tulsa (Oklahoma), junior high school students had the opportunity, as apprentices to film director Francis Ford Coppola, to be involved in activities that enlarged their direct experience rather than in intense intellectual pursuits. Such activities are characterized by brain-growth experts as appropriate for this age group. (Author/MLF)

Discusses library media research and provides specific guidelines to enable school media specialists to read research critically and to apply valuable research at the local level. A seven-item reference list is attached. (JL)

Describes the effect of book talks by a school library media specialist on the reading habits of low- and high-ability fifth-grade students at Butterfield Trail Elementary School in Fayetteville, Arkansas. (JL)

Discusses the need for educators, school librarians, and authors of adolescent literature to provide literature which is at once entertaining and educational for young adults. Some current social factors affecting the emotional and intellectual development of adolescents, including permissive family environments and the impact of television, are…

Describes the problem of sexism in education, and presents ten steps which school media specialists can take to increase educational equality for male and female students. (CMV)

Discusses the growing problem of violence in schools and communities. Emphasizes the need for school library media programs to provide information related to concerns about violence. Provides an annotated bibliography of solution-oriented print and web-related resources, programs to increase mutual respect among students and school staff, and…

Describes School Librarian Links, an Internet directory developed by a school library media specialist, listing professional resources available via the Internet for school library media specialists and teachers. Highlights directory sections: acceptable use policies, curriculum links, best education sites, librarian resources, publishers and…

Describes the Instructional Media Center (IMC) at South Dakota State University. Highlights include its mission and goals; staff--professional, career service employees and student assistants; four service groups--instructional technologies, media production, instructional telecommunications, and media resources; budget; and successes. (AEF)

Explains and analyzes three British information literacy models, focusing on the need to ensure that they work for students, teachers, and library media specialists. Describes criteria that are critical to an inquiry-based learning perspective in each of the three major phases of an inquiry process. (LRW)

Explains the I-Search model for student research, focusing on allowing students to pick their own topics; application in elementary and secondary education; helpful elements for school library media specialists to consider in selecting an information literacy model for use in schools, including adaptability and flexibility; and developmental…

Argues for a unifying concept for consultation research and practice based on the principle of social validity, a principle which includes the evaluation of the social importance of the effects produced by intervention procedures. Suggests that relying exclusively on consultees to socially validate goals, procedures, and outcomes is misguided. (75…

Provides an introduction to a series of articles that will review nine information literacy models for library media specialists. Topics will include integrating information literacy into the K-12 curriculum; whether the model has been tested in a controlled research environment and in the actual schools; developmental levels; and advice to media…