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Lewis, Barbara A.; Wooley, Jeanette M. – School Library Journal, 1994
Describes cooperative planning and projects with teachers, students, and the library media specialist at an elementary school to help update the library to meet current and future information needs. Highlights include flexible scheduling; resource sharing; classes in library skills; computer technology; and updating the collection to include…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Elementary Education, Flexible Scheduling, Futures (of Society)
Rankin, Virginia – School Library Journal, 1992
Describes a model of information processing that could be helpful in teaching students to interpret information. Four stages of information processing are discussed: judging suitability, understanding/comprehending, evaluating, and extracting. Examples based on task analysis and observations of students' work are included. (three references) (MES)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Ala, Judy; Cerabona, Kathy – School Library Journal, 1992
Discusses the importance of Boolean searching as a skill that students will need in the future. Methods for teaching Boolean searching are described, and the value of truncation as an online searching aid is considered. (MES)
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Learning Resources Centers, Library Automation, Library Instruction
Naumer, Janet Noll – School Library Journal, 1983
Briefly discusses types of software available for library and media center operations and library instruction, suggests three sources of software reviews, and describes almost 50 specific application programs available for bibliographic management, cataloging, circulation, inventory and purchasing, readability, and teaching library skills in…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Watson, Duane A. – School Library Journal, 1986
Discusses the importance of preservation as a priority for all librarians and explains the basics of controlling environmental factors, disaster planning, book repair, educating students, selection and preservation, ephemera, and library binding in the context of school libraries. Specific examples in the school library environment are included.…
Descriptors: Books, Elementary Secondary Education, Emergency Programs, Environmental Influences
Rankin, Virginia – School Library Journal, 1999
Discusses how to help students apply thinking skills to library research and provides examples of techniques for teaching comparing and contrasting, sequencing, classifying, cause and effect, problem solving, and decision making. Examples were effective with middle schoolers but could also be adapted for high school or older elementary school…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
School Library Journal, 1984
This 5-article section provides an annotated bibliography of 39 books about computer technology; describes peripheral equipment essential for building computer systems; suggests an approach to software evaluation and selection; describes the implementation of a computer program for elementary/secondary students and teachers; and reviews 34…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science, Computer Software
