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Walker, Janice M. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2010
Despite past lessons, book-banning continues to exist at all levels within our democratic society. This case presents a realistic scenario when the school district, facing a book challenge by a concerned parent, responds by removing the book from the library. On the basis of a true story, the study features a parent of an elementary child…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Books, Censorship, Parent School Relationship
Michie, Joan S.; Chaney, Bradford W. – US Department of Education, 2009
The Improving Literacy through School Libraries (LSL) program was established under Title I, Part B, Subpart 4 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). The purpose of the program is to improve the literacy skills and academic achievement of students by providing them with increased…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Literacy, Academic Achievement, Student Improvement

Callison, Daniel – School Libraries Worldwide, 1999
Examines the major elements present in the community and the educational context prior to and during implementation of the Library Power initiative in the Lincoln (Nebraska) Public Schools site. Describes key team members who secured the grant, the educational framework supporting the initiative, and new teams and strategies developed to ensure…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Grants

Manczuk, Suzanne; Pasco, R. J. – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1994
Discusses planning necessary for library media centers that are adding new technology. Highlights include equity and access; selection of an automated system; implementation; placement of hardware, both for patrons and for staff; CD-ROMs and networks; and a case study of the West Windsor-Plainsboro (New Jersey) Middle School. (Contains five…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Case Studies, Learning Resources Centers, Library Automation

Latrobe, Kathy; Masters, Anne – School Library Media Research, 2001
This case study documents the initial implementation of "Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning" that was developed by the American Association of School Librarians in 1998. Discusses introduction of the new guidelines to library media specialists, administrators, and classroom teachers, and describes the collaborative…
Descriptors: Administrators, Case Studies, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Price, Robert V.; Fred, Bob – Media and Methods, 1986
Compares benefits and problems associated with traditional and newly automated circulation systems in the learning resources center of a modern medium size high school. Descriptions of the two systems include the selection, implementation, and use of the Apple compatible software used. Eight recommendations for implementing an automated system are…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Efficiency
Technology & Innovations in Education, Rapid City, SD. – 1997
This Technology & Innovations in Education (ITE) publication is a description of how a strategic technology planning process unfolded in four small, rural South Dakota school districts -- Britton, Isabel, Langford, and Sioux Valley. Goals 2000 grants were allocated for each district to develop a technology-based school improvement plan,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Haycock, Ken; Cavill, Pat – 1999
This case study examined: (1) what market research is required for planning for the implementation of "Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning," the 1998 national guidelines for effective school library media programs; (2) what issues need to be addressed and what target audiences are required to effect change, as well as…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Hughes, Sandra – 1999
This paper reports the findings of a comparative case study designed to describe how the implementation of whole language, an educational philosophy influencing many of today's elementary schools, evolved in four school libraries in Virginia. The study examined the impact of whole language in terms of its effect on the library program and the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change