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Technostress: Technology's Toll.
Champion, Sandra – School Library Journal, 1988
Describes the causes and symptoms of technostress (a modern disease of adaptation caused by an inability to cope with new technologies) as it relates to school librarians. Skills for managing change and conflict are discussed, and case studies of several actual victims of technostress are presented. (MES)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Coping, Elementary Secondary Education
Furthering the Vision: Three Youth Services Specialists Respond.
Cummins, Julie; And Others – School Library Journal, 1989
Three articles present responses to Summers' predictions of fundamental changes in libraries caused by the use of technology. The discussions cover the role of children's librarians in shaping future users and perceptions of libraries, the positive effects of technology on services to children and young adults, and the need to base library…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society)
Images of Information in a 21st Century High School: How Souhegan High's Information Center Supports Its Innovative Approach to Learning.
Carter, Kim – School Library Journal, 1994
Description of the new Souhegan High School (New Hampshire), a member of the Coalition of Essential Schools, focuses on the library and information center. Highlights include learning principles of coalition schools; physical layout of the library; collection development, including print and nonprint materials; library technology; and implications…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Futures (of Society), High Schools, Information Technology
The Media and the Message: How Librarians Can Bring Them into Focus.
Considine, David M. – School Library Journal, 1994
Discusses the emerging interest in media education, or media literacy, and its impact on the role of the school library media specialist. Highlights include the school reform and restructuring movement; the impact of technology on literacy; the role in civic education and in health education; and media education support organizations. (Contains 17…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
In Service to Youth: Reflections on the Past, Goals for the Future.
School Library Journal, 1994
Sixteen leaders in the field of youth librarianship share their perspectives on the last 40 years and predictions for the future. Topics include major issues, changes in public and school library services, censorship, changes in users and the impact on library service, changes in children's books, and the future role of libraries and librarians.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Censorship, Change
Expenditures for Resources in School Library Media Centers, FY 1991-92.
Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn – School Library Journal, 1993
The sixth in a series of "School Library Journal" reports on trends in school library expenditures for program development shows that commitment to the teaching and motivating of reading is in conflict with fascination with technology and that access to books is being seriously curtailed by the deteriorating state of school library collections.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Information Technology, Learning Resources Centers
How Do You Measure Up?
Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn L. – School Library Journal, 1999
Presents findings from the "School Library Journal" survey of school library expenditures for FY 1997-98. Data include: budget allocation; salaries; library collection; technology; staff and certification; access to basic electronic resources; library policy; planning and communication between library media specialists and teachers; and…
Descriptors: Budgets, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Policy, Information Technology