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Source
| Knowledge Quest | 5 |
Author
| Alewine, Martha | 1 |
| Alexander, Linda B. | 1 |
| Carey, James O. | 1 |
| Cogdell, Edna | 1 |
| Howe, Eleanor | 1 |
| Lott, Carolyn | 1 |
| Smith, Robert C. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 5 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 4 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
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Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Kentucky Education Reform Act… | 1 |
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Peer reviewedHowe, Eleanor – Knowledge Quest, 1998
Discusses action research and its implications for library media centers; measurement and study; and steps in the action research process: clarify research need and define research problem, plan research to provide relevant data, collect and organize, analyze and interpret, report to relevant audiences, and integrate the results into library media…
Descriptors: Action Research, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Learning Resources Centers
Peer reviewedCogdell, Edna – Knowledge Quest, 2003
Describes a library media management staff development course to focus on best practices in time management for the school year. Highlights include goal setting and planning; access to information; leadership and advocacy; and customizing ready reference files for useful media management information. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Advocacy, Leadership, Learning Resources Centers
Peer reviewedAlewine, Martha – Knowledge Quest, 2003
Considers how school library media specialist administrative responsibilities can carry over to a job as state consultant for school library media services. Discusses characteristics of effective administrators; collaboration; the appreciative inquiry process for systemic change; and duties and projects of the state program that strengthen media…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Peer reviewedAlexander, Linda B.; Smith, Robert C.; Carey, James O. – Knowledge Quest, 2003
Discusses the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 and the role of school library media specialists. Focuses on principals' perceptions of media specialists in five categories: information literacy; collaboration, leadership, and technology; learning and teaching; information access and delivery; and program administration; and suggests that…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedLott, 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
