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Wolf, Mary Ann; Jones, Rachel; Gilbert, Daniel – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2014
This report explains the key role that school librarians and libraries should play in state- and district-wide efforts to transition to digital learning, or the effective use of technology to improve teaching and learning. The report calls for district and school leaders, policymakers, and boards of education to support, encourage, and fund the…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Role, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
Ekhaml, Leticia – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1994
Describes four peer networking projects initiated by school library media specialists in Georgia that promoted curriculum development, collection development and library services, cooperation between school and public libraries to share online resources, and cooperation between public and school libraries to share magazine articles. (LRW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Collection Development
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Turner, Amy; Hefner-Packer, Rhonda; Weis, June Pullen; Wall, Patricia – Knowledge Quest, 2002
Discusses the need for professional development opportunities for school library media specialists and describes the development of a workshop in Georgia for new media specialists. Includes the roles and responsibilities of media specialists, including collaboration with teachers; and decision-making responsibilities. (LRW)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Librarian Teacher Cooperation
Hysong, Deborah L. – 1992
The purpose of this study was to compare library media programs located in Georgia Schools of Excellence, and determine how they contribute to the overall success of their schools' instructional program. The library media specialists surveyed worked in 195 schools that have been selected as Georgia Schools of Excellence from 1984 to 1991. A…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Qualities
Pickard, Patricia W. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1994
Discussion of the changing role of school librarians focuses on the instructional consultant role, defined as resource-based instruction with cooperative/collaborative planning between the library media specialist and the classroom teacher. Studies of DeKalb County (Georgia) media specialists are discussed that investigated theory versus practice…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers