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Synopsis
How can you make your school library media program more successful? This timely book identifies current trends and thinking about library media specialists as change agents and their roles in school improvement, curriculum design, collaboration with teachers, and building information literacy. Reprinted from recent issues of Emergency Librarian, 39 enlightening and exciting articles offer stimulating discussions on learning theories, flexible scheduling, new technologies, thematic units, new partnerships, and more. Articles are organized into seven sections: foundations, the school context, role clarification, information literacy, collaborative planning and teaching, program development, and accountability. Essential professional reading, this book can also be used as a school media textbook in library schools.
Booknews
Demonstrates how educators can make the library media program a more dynamic and successful part of the teaching process, identifies current trends in the field, and explores school librarians' roles in curriculum design and information literacy. Taken together, chapters overview critical attributes of successful programs, and provide a design for developing and implementing an integrated program. Chapters are reprinted articles from recent issues of (now called ). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)