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Direct linkGriffin, Gail Guidry – Library Media Connection, 2011
A well balanced curriculum is an area of great concern in a school. With an enhanced collection, the library media specialist can further educational progress on all levels. Through accessing a good science collection in the library, students can achieve their learning goals. This article describes a process used to evaluate a science collection…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Media Specialists, Grade 5, Library Materials
Oswald, Judi – Library Media Connection, 2010
The American Library Association says that the arrangement of library facilities should motivate students to use the materials to learn. Believing that changing the library facility can bring about important changes in the program, this author shares how she became a "decorator" and changed the library media center in an elementary K-6 school. The…
Descriptors: Learning Resources Centers, School Libraries, Elementary Schools, Interior Design
Muronaga, Karen; Masumura, Emmi – Library Media Connection, 2008
Many school library media specialists, especially in elementary schools, establish library clubs and library monitor programs. In most cases, these clubs and programs are limited to students assisting with clerical duties in the library such as shelving books and manning the circulation desk under supervision. The library media specialist assigns…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Student Volunteers, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
Fellerer, Sue – Library Media Connection, 2009
Brandon School is a small pre-K through 8th grade school serving approximately 327 students. It does not have the funding that a lot of larger school districts have. When the special needs teacher approached the author a few years ago about high-interest, low-level books and asked for ideas to help her students read more, they came up with the…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Audio Books, Media Specialists, School Libraries
Hollard, Mindy Miner – Library Media Connection, 2009
Book displays have always been an important part of the library field. However, despite all the time and effort, children do not read them. In this article, the author stresses the need to stop promoting reading. Instead, she encourages library media specialists to help children find reading material they will be eager to read.
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Media Specialists, School Libraries, Visual Aids
DeVault, Nancy – Library Media Connection, 2009
Student-run literature circles within the classroom setting have been well documented in recent years. This past year the author was given the opportunity to have her fifth grade library class for an additional library period each week to devote to literature circles. For their program, the goal was to expand the student's pleasure in reading and…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Reading Programs, Group Discussion
