School Libraries Books - Page 6

Seventh Book of Junior Authors & Illustrators

List Price: $75.00 By: H. W. Wilson Amazon Marketplace: 16 new & used starting at $11.61

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Literature -> Children's Literature Guides
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> Books & Reading -> Reference
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Elementary School -> General AAS

Editorial Review:

Contains more than two hundred sketches of authors, illustrators, and a translator of children's books who have come to prominence since the publication of the previous book.

School Library Media Centers in the 21st Century: Changes and Challenges (Greenwood Professional Guides in School Librarianship)

Kathleen W. Craver

Amazon Price: $52.00 List Price: $52.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Greenwood Press Amazon Marketplace: 14 new & used starting at $2.75

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Library & Information Science -> School Libraries
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Library & Information Science -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Library & Information Science -> General AAS

Editorial Review:

School library media centers are at a critical juncture. Over the next decade, schools will undergo fundamental technological, economic, societal, instructional, and administrative changes. Craver discusses the major forces for change confronting school libraries, analyzes their implications as a guide for future decision making, and recommends that school library media specialists assume a leadership role in meeting these challenges. The work provides current data and statistics on future trends in technology, employment, education, society, instruction, and school administration that can help the school library media specialist to formulate forceful arguments for the acquisition of new technologies, instructional reform, and full implementation of resource-based learning. School library media specialists who need to plan and make decisions about the future of their school libraries will find this book an invaluable resource. To visualize the future, Craver creates contrasting scenarios of utopian and dystopian school library media centers in the 21st century. Chapter 1, Technological Trends, discusses the digitalization of all media and the implications of the technological revolution on the school library media center. Chapter 2, Economic Trends, considers the impact of demographic changes and declining budgets and how to deal with them. Chapter 3, Employment Trends, outlines future trends in the workforce and suggests ways in which the school library can respond. Chapter 4, Educational Trends, charts the decline in literacy and the growing school reform movement. Chapter 5, Social and Behavioral Trends, discusses the change from a nation with minorities to a nation of minorities and the transformation of the American family. Chapter 6, Instructional Trends, shows how the instructional role of the school library media specialist will change with the presence of advanced technologies. Chapter 7, Organizational and Managerial Trends, describes the role the school library media specialist will have to assume as the technological, economic, educational, and cultural changes affect the daily business of the media center. Chapter 8, Challenges, focuses on a series of challenges in technology, performance-based programs, collection development, instruction, and organization and manayement of the library media center.

Ready-To-Use Library Skills Games: Reproducible Activities for Building Location and Literature Skills

Ruth V. Snoddon

Amazon Price: $19.46 List Price: $24.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Center for Applied Research in Education Amazon Marketplace: 20 new & used starting at $3.56

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Library & Information Science -> Library Management
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Library & Information Science -> School Libraries
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Library & Information Science -> General

Editorial Review:

Use these individual and group games and activities to enliven and enrich the library skills program. Included are scores of reproducibles to promote book-arrangement skills.

100 More Research Topic Guides for Students (Greenwood Professional Guides in School Librarianship)

Dana McDougald

Amazon Price: $52.00 List Price: $52.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Greenwood Press Amazon Marketplace: 18 new & used starting at $1.05

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Library & Information Science -> Library Management
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Library & Information Science -> School Libraries
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Library & Information Science -> General

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

THIS IS PERFECT 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.

I loved this book. I was so stuck on what to do for my HS research project, and then i read this book, and i was flooded with ideas. And suddenly i had all these ideas to pick and choose from, and has saved me A LOT of frustration since then. If i could give this book 6 stars, i would. It's absolutely perfect for any student to read through. Get it!

Editorial Review:

A follow-up to Borne's successful 100 Research Topic Guides for Students, this guide provides reproducible outlines for 100 more report topics popular with high school students and teachers, in all basic subject areas such as art, language, science, math, history, political and social sciences, and biography. Each outline will facilitate basic reference searching and encourage the student to perform successful self-directed research with both print and non-print sources.

School Libraries

Jean E. Lowrie

Amazon Price: $62.00 List Price: $62.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Amazon Marketplace: 4 new & used starting at $24.49

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Instruction Method -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Instruction Method -> General AAS
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Library & Information Science -> School Libraries

Editorial Review:

Topics include general education in the country, history of school library development, administration and management techniques, programs, education, and certification requirements, standards and legislation, and professional support.

The School Library Media Specialist as Manager

Amy G. Job

Amazon Price: $28.59 List Price: $34.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Amazon Marketplace: 14 new & used starting at $0.94

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Arts & Photography -> Instructional & How-To -> General
Subjects -> Arts & Photography -> Instructional & How-To -> General AAS
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Instruction Method -> General

Editorial Review:

This collection of case studies emphasizes practical management techniques designed to be used by library media specialists in elementary, middle and high school settings.

Using Educational Technology with At-Risk Students: A Guide for Library Media Specialists and Teachers (Greenwood Professional Guides in School Librarianship)

Roxanne Baxter Mendrinos

Amazon Price: $52.00 List Price: $52.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Greenwood Press Amazon Marketplace: 5 new & used starting at $9.99

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Special Education -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Special Education -> General AAS
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Technology & Distance Learning -> Computers & Technology

Editorial Review:

Based on extensive research, this practical guide offers library media specialists and teachers solutions and practical applications of educational technology within subject disciplines to help improve the achievement of at-risk students. Working in partnership, library media specialists and teachers at all levels of the educational system will find lesson plans, successful case studies, and project ideas for replication in language arts, science, and social studies. Mendrinos, an expert in educational technology, provides the results of her research into trends in integrating technology and information literacy into the curriculum and the effects of these cutting-edge efforts on the achievement of at-risk students. She then offers practical applications of successful teaching units for use with at-risk students. Exceptional educational technology programs show how to weave multimedia software, CD-ROM technology, videodiscs, and Internet resources into the curriculum to enhance learning and increase student productivity. Five high school and middle school library media specialists provide detailed educational technology programs for replication that have been successful with at-risk students. Mendrinos addresses current education issues while looking forward to the issues that will dominate the early part of the 21st century. She examines anachronistic schools, the resistance to classroom integration of educational technology, disparities in instruction, equity, and access, and the need for teacher training in integrating educational technology into the curriculum. She then challenges the library media specialist to acknowledge, reflect, and act on the research and create teacher partnerships to integrate educational technology in an inquiry-based learning environment that will motivate at-risk students. Extensive lists of Internet addresses and other technology resources and a helpful bibliography of further reading complete the work. This cutting-edge guide provides extensive information, research findings, and practical aplications that will help the library media specialist and teacher to turn at-risk students into successful students through technology.

Serving Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students: Strategies for the School Library Media Specialist

Melvina Azar Dame

Amazon Price: $49.95 List Price: $49.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Neal-Schuman Publishers Amazon Marketplace: 8 new & used starting at $5.99

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Library & Information Science -> School Libraries
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Library & Information Science -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Library & Information Science -> General AAS

Editorial Review:

This timely guide will help libraries understand and meet the needs of linguistically and/or culturally diverse students. The first part examines the need for specialized materials and services. The second part recommends ways of providing appropriate services through the school library media center, with suggestions on integrating them into the classroom curriculum and library literacy programs. Bibliographies and resources enabling librarians to implement these suggestions comprise the third part.

Library Skills Activities Kit: Puzzles, Games, Bulletin Boards, and Other Interest Rousers for the Elementary School Library

Jerry J. Mallett

List Price: $24.95 By: Prentice Hall Trade Amazon Marketplace: 10 new & used starting at $1.76

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> General AAS
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Library & Information Science -> Library Management

Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning

American Association of School Librarians

List Price: $20.00 By: American Library Association Amazon Marketplace: 18 new & used starting at $2.09

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Library & Information Science -> Information Storage & Retrieval
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Library & Information Science -> Library Management
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Library & Information Science -> School Libraries

Editorial Review:

This volume aims to help readers respond proactively and help to lead the way to collaborative learning in schools. The American Library Association has been instrumental in shaping and publishing guidelines for school libraries for 75 years. This book incorporates the standards that should help students become skillful producers and consumers of information along with guidelines and principles to help create a dynamic, student-centred programme. The book's underlying concepts feature: helping students flourish in a learning community not limited by time, place, age, occupation or disciplinary borders; designing authentic learning tasks and assessments; speaking in terms educators understand; defining your role in student learning; and joining teachers and others to identify links in student information needs, curricular content, learning outcomes and a variety of print and nonprint resources.