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Bishop, Kay – Knowledge Quest, 2003
Discussion of information literacy and school library media specialists focuses on work outside the United States and the need for a more global approach. Describes guidelines, standards and policies and reviews programs in Australia, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, and New Zealand. (LRW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Guidelines
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Shea, Frances C. – Knowledge Quest, 2000
Discussion of the responsibility of school library media specialists for collection development and management focuses on the need to include materials on women's studies. Highlights include justifying collection expenditures; collection development guidelines; identifying relevant materials by genre; and the media specialists' curricular role.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Learning Resources Centers
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Miller, Marilyn L. – Knowledge Quest, 2000
Discusses the role of the school library media specialist in student assessment. Topics include guidelines in "Information Power" (1998, American Library Association); formative and summative assessment; the role of classroom teachers and students; collaboration between teachers and media specialists; and the evaluation of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Formative Evaluation, Guidelines, Learning Resources Centers
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LeLoup, Dennis – Knowledge Quest, 2000
Describes strategic planning efforts in eight states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin) to implement guidelines in "Information Power" (1998, American Library Association) relating good school library media programs to student achievement success. Discusses Web pages; state conferences;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Conferences, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
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Lott, Carolyn – Knowledge Quest, 2003
Discusses how the author used administrative skills learned as a school library media specialist to meet the demands of a university department chair. Topics include the influence of decisions that are made; budgeting; evaluation concerns and responsibilities; determining guidelines and goals; political concerns; and the flow of information. (LRW)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Decision Making, Department Heads, Elementary Secondary Education
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Simpson, Carol – Knowledge Quest, 2002
Describes the development of a formula to determine the needed quantity of computers for a school library. Four types of information technology activities (administrative, personal productive, class/group productive, online public access catalog) and several variables (age levels served, campus focus, number of staff, size of student body, average…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Information Technology