Discusses instructional collaboration between school library media specialists and classroom teachers based on school interviews in California. Highlights include curricular standards; persistence and perseverance; recruiting student teachers to become involved; and districtwide or schoolwide expectations. (LRW)

Collaboration by several school and library associations has resulted in a decision to adopt new job titles, job descriptions, and facility names. Reasons for this change are discussed and some insight into the process is provided by commentary from interviews. (JKP)

A study of teachers' experiences in four schools suggests that successful implementation of cooperatively planned, resource-based teaching is dependent upon continuous and visible administrative support, shared leadership, and opportunities for teachers to share their ideas and successes with one another. (six references) (EA)

Reports on observations of two middle school achievers and two low achievers during the research process to discover why high achievers utilize the teacher librarian more often. Discusses the findings that students' self-confidence plays a role and that observation and interaction with students have value in the teaching process. (two references)…

Discussion of the role of the school librarian focuses on a study in the state of Washington that identified the characteristics of library media specialists who were recognized as having exemplary high school library media programs. Use of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Evaluative Checklist is described. (11…

Presents responses of approximately 16 principals in Halifax City School District (Nova Scotia) who were interviewed to elicit their personal professional opinions regarding scheduling of classes in the library, the concept of cooperative program planning, the adjustment to flexible scheduling and its inherent difficulties, and the type of staff…

In order to focus on important contributions of elementary school instructional media centers (IMC's) to the educational program, a study was conducted to determine the presence of conditions of positive self-concept--cooperation, independence, success, positive atmosphere, challenge, feeling of value or acceptance--in such centers. A descriptive,…

Elementary school instructional media centers (IMC's) were studied to determine the presence or absence of six conditions identified as promoting positive self-concept: cooperation, independence, success, positive atmosphere, challenge, and a feeling of value or acceptance. Following a review by a panel of experts of a preliminary observation…

Explains a hands-on, classroom teacher/library media specialist collaborative model for implementing the inquiry approach to the research process into the classroom and school library media center. Topics include the investigation phase; source notes; primary sources; interviews; community resources; storyboards; and peer conferences. (LRW)

Describes a study of elementary and secondary school library media specialists in Oklahoma that compared current knowledge of policy to actual practice regarding off-air videotape recording for use in classrooms. Discussion focuses on strong versus weak educational justification and situational vignettes depicting each. Media specialists'…

Discussion of the role of the school library media specialist focuses on how to diagnose information needs. Highlights include diagnostic processes for individuals and for groups; the reference interview; needs assessment; neutral questions; determining user preferences; client limitations; and evaluation. (eight references) (LRW)

Describes a study that examined the perceptions of middle school principals and media coordinators in North Carolina about the role of the school library media program in the school's instructional program. National media program standards are discussed, recommendations for practice are offered, and further studies are suggested. (five references)…

In order to shed further light on the state of the public school library today, a study was conducted to identify major trends in school libraries and to gain perspective on the critical issues facing school library media specialists in the coming decade. A secondary objective of the study was to uncover the attitudes and awareness level of…

This abstract of a report from a study commissioned by the Millbrook Press discusses changes in school library media centers based on interviews with librarians and administrators. Topics discussed include student enrollments, budgets, library staffing, utilization of the librarian, curriculum planning, administration attitudes, book collections,…