The Microcomputer Facility and the School Library Media Specialist

The Microcomputer Facility and the School Library Media Specialist
Author: Blanche Woolls
Publisher: Chicago : American Library Association
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1986
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Essays discuss software, microcomputers, electronic mail, interactive videodisc technology, computer literacy, computer-assisted instruction, language arts, and computer curricula.

Evaluating the School Library Media Center

Evaluating the School Library Media Center
Author: Nancy Everhart Ph.D.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 275
Release: 1998-08-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0313022674

Everhart provides practical guidelines and ready-to-use forms for evaluating a school library media center, as well as important results derived in other studies. She includes qualitative and quantitative techniques for the areas of curriculum, personnel, facilities, collections, usage, and technology. She also gives step-by-step instructions on how to create in-house surveys, conduct interviews, and use observation to gather useful data. Conduct research, collect statistics, and evaluate your program with this useful resource. Everhart provides practical guidelines and ready-to-use forms for evaluating a school library media center, as well as important results derived in other studies. She includes qualitative and quantitative techniques for the areas of curriculum, personnel, facilities, collections, usage, and technology. She also gives step-by-step instructions on how to create in-house surveys, conduct interviews, and use observation to gather useful data. For example, there are directions on how to assess information literacy with rubrics. In addition, each chapter gives detailed references, a list of further readings, applicable Web sites, and dissertations. A quick and easy guide to justifying and supporting your SLMC operations and effectiveness, this book is invaluable to all school library media specialists. It will also be of interest to school library media supervisors and researchers.

School Library Media Centers, 1993-94

School Library Media Centers, 1993-94
Author: Bradford William Chaney
Publisher: Department of Education Office of Educational
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1998
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This statistical analysis report from the National Center for Education Statistics examines the current state of school libraries in the United States and how they have changed. The primary source of data in this report is the 1993-94 Library Survey, the first federally sponsored survey of library media centers and head librarians in elementary and secondary schools. The data taken from the 1993-94 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) are compared with historical data from previous surveys. Results, in tables and charts, are divided into two sections. The first section gives a background on school library media centers and results are presented in terms of growth in school library media centers, library media center staffing, expenditures, collections and resource evaluation, technology and equipment, and scheduling and transactions. The second section focuses on school head librarians, and provides results in current status, background and experience, training, collaborative activities, perception and attitude toward work, compensation, and number of FTE positions. Appendices include detailed tables, and technical notes focusing on survey content, target populations and estimates, sample design and implementation, data collection procedures, response rates, edit procedures, imputation, weighting, and definitions. (AEF)

The School Librarian's Sourcebook

The School Librarian's Sourcebook
Author: Claire Rudin
Publisher: New York : R.R. Bowker
Total Pages: 528
Release: 1990
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Grade level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, p, e, i, s, t.

Beyond the Book

Beyond the Book
Author: Sandra L. Doggett
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2000-04-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0313023247

What does the secondary school library media specialist need to know about technology in the twenty-first century? This book answers the question with a wealth of practical information. Doggett explores the pros and cons of using technology in the schools and describes how it affects the roles and interaction of media specialists, teachers, students, administrators, school system, community, and parents. She also demonstrates how to get off to a successful start with technology. Various research processes, emerging technologies, filtering, and search engines are just some of the topics covered in this valuable guide.