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The Numbers Game: How To Fatten Your Budget by Using Statistics.
Fiore, Carole D. – School Library Journal, 1998
Describes how three public library youth librarians used statistics to justify budget requests, change resource allocations, expand services, and show benefits of new services to the community. Examples are provided under the following headings: Show what's missing; Show what's gone wrong; Show what's going right; Show inequities; and Compare and…
Descriptors: Budgets, Childrens Libraries, Fund Raising, Librarians
The Library Blend: One Media Center's Alluring Brew.
Stewart, Ken W. – School Library Journal, 1997
Describes the library media center programs at Blue Valley High School (Kansas), the proactive stance it takes in the curriculum, and how it maintains an active role in the school community. Topics include developing a comfortable atmosphere for teachers and students, financial and moral administrative support, and the use of technology. (LRW)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Learning Resources Centers, Librarian Teacher Cooperation
Principals Give Short Shrift to Librarians' Curricular Role.
Olson, Renee, Ed. – School Library Journal, 1996
Seventy-seven principals serving grades 7-12 in Missouri schools were surveyed to determine the differences between how principals view school librarians and how school librarians view themselves. Similarities occurred in the perceptions about the importance of a library program and inadequate funding. Views diverged most noticeably in terms of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Librarians, Library Funding
Count Them In: 7 Ways to Help Mentally Disabled Students.
Hansen, Eileen – School Library Journal, 1995
Provides the following seven guidelines to help librarians better serve mentally disabled students: (1) consult with teachers; (2) select appropriate materials; (3) identify essential library skills; (4) create illustrated signs; (5) be creative about funding; (6) take regular field trips; and (7) don't limit the materials. A list of resources and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Field Trips, Guidelines, Librarian Teacher Cooperation
The Rescuers.
Olson, Renee – School Library Journal, 1999
Describes programs developed by the Chicago School District to renovate and revitalize its school libraries. Topics include funding, other educational reforms in the district, updating library collections, updating librarians' skills, increasing budgets through grants, flexible scheduling, corporate support, relations with the Chicago Public…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Flexible Scheduling, Grants
New Money, Old Books.
Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn L. – School Library Journal, 2001
Presents results of the latest biennial survey of school library funding. Highlights include funding sources; expenditures; currency of collections; technology; library staff and training; programs and services; media specialists' experience and salaries; instructional planning with teachers; and district level leadership. (LRW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Development, Instructional Leadership, Learning Resources Centers
Location Is Everything: A Region-By-Region Look at School Library Spending and Services, FY 1997-98.
Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn L. – School Library Journal, 2000
Presents a regional comparison of school library programs, collections, and services. Highlights include education and training of media specialists; planning; funding sources and priorities; collection size; local expenditures; resources, including access to the Internet, videos, and CD-ROMs; computers and technology; and responsibility for Web…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Internet