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Adcock, Donald C., Ed. – 1999
This guide is designed to assist library media specialists in achieving the outstanding, comprehensive library media program outlined in "Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning," published by the American Library Association and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. The guide contains the following…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Learning Resources Centers
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Weathers, Barbara – Catholic Library World, 1991
Reviews selection guidelines suggested by the Catholic Library Association (CLA) for parish and school libraries. Highlights include who develops the selection policy; American Library Association selection guidelines for school libraries; criteria for both print and nonprint materials; how to handle censorship challenges; and issues concerning…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Censorship, Criteria, Elementary Secondary Education
Grigg, Karen L. – 1993
The purpose of this study was to determine if a gap exists between the perceived expectation that Georgia elementary media specialists support intellectual freedom and their practice of materials selection. Randomly chosen media specialists were sent a questionnaire, results of which were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The majority of the…
Descriptors: Censorship, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Intellectual Freedom
DuPree, Vi – 1993
This study sought to determine the extent of restrictive access to books in Georgia school library media centers and to discover by whose authority and for what reason these books might be placed on restrictive shelves. Questionnaires were completed and received from a stratified random sampling of 119 media specialists in high schools, middle or…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Books, Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. Library and Learning Resources Section. – 1982
Designed to aid school districts to plan and develop library media programs and to evaluate existing programs in Oklahoma, these guidelines are organized along the four essential components of library media programs: facilities, materials and equipment, personnel, and services. The section on facilities explores the relationship of functions to…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Collections
Hambleton, Alixe E.; Wilkinson, John P. – 1994
Curriculum reform across Canada resulted in a new commitment to resource-based learning. Not only is the provision of resources important but also the development and implementation of resource-based programs, which are initiated by teacher-librarians and planned cooperatively with classroom teachers. This study addresses the relationship between…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Learning Resources Centers
Lance, Keith Curry; Hamilton-Pennell, Christine; Rodney, Marcia J. – 2000
This study is an assessment of the impact of Alaska school librarians on academic achievement in the state's public schools. It examines the direct relationship between such staffing and student performance and identifies selected activities of library media staff that affect test scores. Other conditions of library media center operation were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Skills, Information Technology