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contents page Contents Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: The School Library Media Center in Today¿s Global Environment Education in the United States The Education Environment Today Alternatives to Traditional Education History of School Libraries and Library Media Centers Relationship with Public Libraries Exercises Notes Chapter 2: School Library Media Centers Today Collaboration and Integration with the Curriculum Information and Technology/Digital Literacy Information Literacy Technology/Digital Literacy Writing a Technology Plan Online Database Searching. Online Public Access Catalogs (OPACs) and Circulation Systems. Communications Links. Telefacsimile Transmission (Fax) and Internet Access. Filtering. Local and Wide Area Networks to Wireless Teleconferencing and Distance Education The Role of Library Media Specialists and Critical Thinking Skills A Day in the Life of a High School Media Specialist Exercises Notes Chapter 3: Becoming a School Library Media Specialist: Choosing and Beginning the Job Preparing School Library Media Specialists Choosing a Library Media Specialist Education Program Obtaining Certification How to Find a Job Continuing Professional Education Recruiting for the Profession Exercises Notes Chapter 4: Choosing and Beginning the Job Determining District Administrative Practice Beginning the Job Facility Factors Human Factors Finding Out About Staff Finding Out About Building Administrators Finding Out About Teachers Finding Out About Students Finding Out About Parents Collection Factors Locating Curricular Resources Rules for Circulation and for Use of Computers When the Students Arrive Exercises Notes Chapter 5: On the Job: Managing the Media Center Program Managing the Program: A Business Model Strategic Planning The Library Media Advisory Committee. Policy Statements, Needs Assessment, and Mission Organizing Systematic Feedback and Adjustments Graphic Representations of the Planning Process Flow Charts Extended Projects Electronic Calendars and Daily Plan Books Leadership and the Library Media Specialist Leading the Planning Process Exercises Notes Chapter 6: On the Job: Managing the Facility Rearranging Facilities Remodeling the Facility Planning New Facilities Moving a Media Center Exercises Notes Chapter 7: On the Job: Managing Personnel Managing Media Center Staff Job Titles The Role of the Media Specialist in Staffing The Media Specialist as Part of the Teaching Staff The Media Specialist as Leader Securing Qualified Personnel Assigning Job Responsibilities and Motivating Staff In-Service Training Standards of Performance Evaluating Staff Managing with Administrators Managing with Teachers Managing Students Managing Parents and Volunteers Friends of the Library Exercises Notes Chapter 8: On the Job: Managing Access to Information Right to Privacy Defending the Right to Access Information Copyright Technology Decisions Integrated Library Systems Building and Maintaining the Resource Collection Circulation of Materials Selecting Materials and Equipment: Format Decisions Selecting Materials Selecting Information from the Internet Selecting Equipment Acquiring Materials and Equipment De-selection of Materials (Weeding) Options for Cataloging Housing the Collection Exercises Notes Chapter 9: On the Job: Managing the Budget The Fiscal Year Writing Specifications Cost Accountability and the Media Specialist Writing Proposals to Expand Programs Developing the Statement of Needs Preparing Goals and Objectives Establishing the Plan of Action Planning for Evaluation Deciding the Dissemination Describing Local Resources Building the Budget Additional Considerations Exercises Notes Chapter 10: On the Job: Managing Services Understanding Curriculum Analyzing Teaching Methods Assistance with Classroom Assignments Teaching the New Kinds of Literacy The Media Specialist in the Classroom The Media Center as Classroom Media Center Activities Conducting In-Service Training Sessions Exercises Notes Chapter 11: On the Job: School Library Media Centers and the Reading Program Ready Access to a Good Book Helps Improve Reading Skills Commercial Reading Incentive and Software Programs Sharing Reading Research Exercises Notes Chapter 12: On the Job: Advocacy and the Media Center What to Market How to Market Promotion Preparing Presentations Exercises Notes Chapter 13: On the Job: Managing Program Evaluation and Assessment Quantitative Measures Qualitative Measures Appraising the Facility Staff or Performance Appraisal Collection Measurement Administrator¿s Program Appraisal After the First Year Exercises Notes Chapter 14: On the Job: Cooperation, Networking, and Social Networking The Internet and the World Wide Web Embracing New Technologies Electronic Publishing Continuing Access to Information in All Formats Exercises Notes Chapter 15: Leadership and Professional Associations Education Associations Library and Media Associations School Library Media Specialists and the Political Process School Library Media Specialists in the Global Community Looking Like a Professional, Making You a Professional Appendix A: Writing a Technology Plan Appendix B: Sample Letter of Application Appendix C: Questionnaire Appendix D: Presentation of a Five-Year Long-Range Plan For Library Media Center Development Appendix E: Volunteers Appendix F: ALA Intellectual Freedom Policy Statements Appendix G: Publications List Appendix H: Budget Information Needed for Grant Applications Appendix I: Sample Letter to Legislator Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
School libraries -- United States -- Administration.
Media programs (Education) -- United States -- Administration.