Guide for Developing and Evaluating School Library Media Programs: [Paperback]

Nebraska Educational Media Association S (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1563086409 | ISBN-13: 978-1563086403 | Publication Date: August 15, 2000 | Edition: 6

With simple, straight-forward directions and hundreds of reproducibles, this book provides you with a step-by-step guide for evaluating your school library media program. Individual chapters cover standards, programs, preparation of media personnel, certification, continuing education, personnel and evaluation, leadership, planning, and management, resources, and facilities. Many of the concepts and guidelines of Information Power have been incorporated into the text.

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From School Library Journal

Written as a guide for Nebraska school library media programs, this information-packed book is an excellent resource for evaluating any school library media program. Updated and heavily based on the standards outlined in Information Power (ALA, 1998), it leads school library media specialists through the process of developing or evaluating a program. The first chapter, showing a comparison of North Central, Nebraska, and Information Power standards, outlines program standards and serves as a model for developing similar charts for each state and regional accreditation authority. Following chapters address: "Preparation of Media Personnel, Certification, and Continued Education" (with contact information for all states); "Learning & Teaching"; "Program Administration"; "Personnel and Evaluation"; "Resources and Equipment"; and "Facilities." Numerous checklists and forms help ease the evaluation process. AASL position statements, taxonomies, a directory of associations, the Library Bill of Rights, and online resources are appended.-Jessica Foster, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

This attractively formatted text addresses the need set forth in Information Power to reform school library media programs and make them more collaborative with faculty on campuses, among schools within districts, and among networks of facilities throughout the nation. Using Nebraska's work in this arena as their general template, the editors offer just enough text to move professional readers directly into taking action. To support that effort, this text is packed with reproducible checklists and enough appraisal models to meet the needs of every level of school library media center in any community. Chapters begin with a brief rationale to explain the content, a proactive hands-on approach to implementing ideas, then myriad contact lists (including all state organizations), and a works-consulted list that shows just how extensively ideas were researched. For library media centers struggling to redirect their program focus on their own or scrambling for help from districts who've done much work already, this is a diverse and thorough resource. Roger Leslie
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Product Details

• Paperback: 261 pages
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited; 6 edition (August 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563086409
• ISBN-13: 978-1563086403
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,651,091 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars For on-site use by school or community librarians, February 19, 2001

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This review is from: Guide for Developing and Evaluating School Library Media Programs: (Paperback)

Guide For Developing And Evaluating School Library Media Programs focuses on program administration and personnel evaluations, advocating for the creation of school library media centers and proper procedures for contacting and maintaining relationships with a variety of media outlets. The informative text is enhanced with reproducible checklists to help the library staff collect useful information for launching an evaluation of their program. Of special interest is the chapter devoted to managing media center resources and equipment through collection development, inventory counts, collection mapping, and budgeting. The concluding chapter offers a means for analyzing or remodeling the physical setting of a media center. Guide For Developing And Evaluating School Library Media Programs is a highly recommended, core title for library science reference collections and for on-site use by school or community librarians regardless of the size of their facility.