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Bishop, Kay – Knowledge Quest, 2003
Discussion of information literacy and school library media specialists focuses on work outside the United States and the need for a more global approach. Describes guidelines, standards and policies and reviews programs in Australia, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, and New Zealand. (LRW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Guidelines
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1977
This study presents a synthesis of the problems and questions drawn from the development of school media centers, particularly on the basis of existing school libraries. Attention is given to strategies which have already been used, to allow choice depending on local requirements, rather than suggesting ready-made solutions. Sections in the guide…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Centers, Building Conversion, Facility Guidelines, Foreign Countries
Vancouver School Board (British Columbia). – 1982
Guidelines are presented for establishing, enhancing, and evaluating adult volunteer programs in school library resource centers, especially those in Vancouver, Canada. It is noted that in 1982 over 200 adults volunteered their time to work on a regular basis with teacher-librarians in Vancouver. Sections include: (1) a rationale for establishing…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
Brown, Gerald R. – 1989
This paper examines "Information Power: Guidelines for School Library Media" ("Guidelines"), a key document published by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) that proposes changes in school library media development in the United States and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education
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Brittin, Margaret; Henderson, Fiona – Library Management, 1991
Describes the stages of an information consultancy project that established a management resource center to provide senior managers in a major financial institution with access to material for self-development. Interviews to assess information needs are described, success factors are considered, and personal qualities needed for information…
Descriptors: Business, Data Analysis, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
Murphy, Catherine, Ed. – 1992
This collection of 23 articles compiled from school library journals address the special needs that make automation problematic for school libraries. The articles are divided into five sections: an overview of OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) development (4 titles); evaluating OPAC systems (4 titles); implementing OPAC systems (6 titles);…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Winnipeg School Div. Number 1, Manitoba (Canada). – 1991
This 1991 edition of the handbook for Winnipeg School Division Number 1 school library media programs presents detailed program guidelines, objectives, philosophies, and goals in five major sections: (1) Library Policy and Practices (statement of the division's educational philosophy and goals, philosophy and goals of the division's library…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Bernhard, Paulette; Breton, Lise – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1994
Compares the primary existing documents about the competencies needed for school librarians at the international level and from four different countries. Official documents and statements available in each country are described and compared. The wider context in which school librarians are working is presented, and data about education for school…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
Harke, Dianne – 1985
Upon the adoption of a provincial statement of policy designed to guide the development and implementation of effective school library programs, the Alberta Department of Education agreed to provide a recommended model for developing an effective, integrated school library program. The model outlined in this document is particularly suitable as a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Guidelines, Instructional Materials
Marker, Gerald; Ehman, Lee – Educational Technology, 1989
Discusses how to prepare teachers to use educational technology and how to affect their attitudes toward change. Technology in public schools in Indiana is examined, and the international Long Distance Learning Network Project (LDLN), which was designed to determine the effectiveness of long-distance learning in elementary and secondary schools,…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks
Lighthall, Lynne, Ed.; Howe, Eleanor, Ed. – 1999
Papers presented at this forum were grouped under the following four broad themes: "Unleash the Power!,""Powerful Roles,""Powerful Partnerships," and "Powerful Technologies." Also included is the paper that won the Takeshi Murofushi Research Award, "Implementing Flexible Scheduling in Elementary…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries