Teaming with Opportunity: Media Programs, Community Constituencies, and Technology [Paperback]

Lesley S Farmer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 2001 | ISBN-10: 1563088789 | ISBN-13: 978-1563088780

A myriad of exciting opportunities for collaboration and networking await you! This guide shows you how to identify and optimize partnerships that benefit your library media center and help you build a true learning community. In addition to theoretical foundations of collaboration and learning, hands-on guidance is given for teaming up with school members, families, universities, libraries, community agencies, professional organizations, and businesses. A valuable professional reference for school librarians, administrators, teachers, and anyone seeking the skills and intellectual background to nurture a culture of lifelong learning and assume the lead in taking the library media center to the next level.

Editorial Reviews

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Called by many names-collaboration, networking, coalition building-the goal remains the same: to establish partnerships to create a true learning community. Farmer explores all aspects of establishing these relationships and provides theoretical foundations plus hands-on guidance to work effectively with groups. The substance of the information is based on research, case studies, standards of AASL and AECT, and experience in the field. The "Close Up" section in the second chapter includes teaching and learning activities; the research processes; and information access, delivery, and program administration. One chapter is devoted to collaboration with teachers; teaming with other librarians, professional organizations, administrators, families, community agencies, businesses, and institutes of higher learning is also addressed. Although some of the material is found in other sources, and the text is dense, this is an important book because it draws together the many facets of collaboration and provides practical ideas for working with the diversity of groups. This book will also serve librarians as they develop proposals for the new federal legislation funding libraries, which emphasizes the importance of collaborating with all the groups identified by the author.
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?This is a professional title that allows you to watch a teacher-librarian in action. Farmer is well known and her years of experience show in this book about building partnerships and ways to organize and run a solid program....Anyone looking for specific ways to build a school library resource program through partnerships will find useful material here. Bottom line. A consultant in an book!?-Teacher Librarian

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Product Details

• Paperback: 205 pages
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited (August 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563088789
• ISBN-13: 978-1563088780
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 9.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 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: #3,251,589 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars About building coalitions and holding them together, November 12, 2001

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This review is from: Teaming with Opportunity: Media Programs, Community Constituencies, and Technology (Paperback)

Superbly developed and presented by Lesley Farmer (Coordinator of Library Media Teacher Services Credential Program and Associate Professor of Library Media Technology at California State University, Long Beach) Teaming With Opportunity: Media Programs, Community, Constituencies, And Technology is a remarkable guide written on the premise that people who specialize in media within the educational community must work with a broad variety of allies in order to truly promote learning to their maximum ability. Teaming With Opportunity is all about building coalitions and holding them together despite conflicting interpersonal forces that tend to undercut harmony and pull people apart. The ultimate goal is to better enhance the school library's media center and improve the opportunities for students to learn; with that desire firmly in mind, the sky is the limit. Teaming With Opportunity is an adventurous yet practical guide, which provides more than mere theory; there is also hands-on, step-by-step guidance for teaming up with school members, families, universities, libraries, community agencies, professional organizations, and businesses. The clear language and detailed case studies make Teaming With Opportunity a "must" for librarians seeking to make a good student media center even better!