The digital humanities (DH) are attracting considerable attention and funding at the same time that this nascent field is striving for an identity. Some research libraries are making significant investments by creating digital humanities centers. However, questions about whether such investments are warranted persist across the cultural heritage…

This study analyzes data collected between 2000 and 2013 from the annual National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD) Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey; the NCES Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS); and the U.S. Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates Survey (SAIPE). The findings…

At the request of New Business Item: 89 (NBI: 89) adopted at the 2015 NEA Representative Assembly, this study examines the extent to which students have access to public school library/media centers with qualified staff and up-to-date resources. The study explores trends in library/media center openings and closings as well as staffing patterns…

Media centers have been transformed from warehouses for books and equipment into the hub of the learning community. Media specialists keep the hub functioning properly. If school library media specialists are doing their job well, they are making a difference in the ways teachers teach and in the ways students learn. On any given day, a media…

Recent innovations in education have necessitated a new approach to education for school librarianship. The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is endeavoring to contribute in this area through the School Library Manpower Project. The Project is designed in two phases: I-Task Analysis of School Library Positions, and II-Education and…

There is a shortage of trained personnel to man school media centers in the Southern Appalachian Region. In order to prepare a detailed plan to alleviate this shortage, there was an urgency to study the needs of the region for professional librarians and employees to assist these specialists. The purposes of this project were to determine the…

Presents the AASL (American Association of School Librarians) position statement on appropriate staffing for school library media centers. Highlights include the need for full-time, certified library media specialists; support staff; ratio of professional staff to teacher and student populations; and district library media directors. (LRW)

Summarizes general demographic and salary data to focus on entry levels, the current employment universe of school librarians, and the salary data for building-level librarians in 1979-80. More than 27 references are listed. (RAA)

Summarizes findings from a study that investigated the impact of school library media centers on academic achievement. Findings in the following areas are presented: size of the resource center staff and collection; qualifications of staff; duties of the teacher-librarian, including the instructional role; collaboration with classroom teachers;…

This book is a guide to running a school library media center for both new and experienced library media specialists. Chapter 1 offers survival strategies, including goal setting, time management, and stress management. Chapter 2 examines the major administrative aspects of running a school library, such as writing policies and procedures,…

Provides guidelines for preparing successful school library media center staff orientations. Discusses outlining major items of information; listing goals for the presentation; starting with a slide show; and designing and implementing a team-based staff activity that includes a section for identifying personal goals and a reward for completion.…

Discussion of the effects of technostress on library personnel focuses on an investigation that examined how employees in Florida community college libraries and learning resources centers are dealing with technological change in their work environment. Considers implications for planning and implementing technological change and includes…

To provide faculty and administrators with information on funding, the Learning Resources Center's library reference staff at the New River Community College in Dublin, Virginia, developed three 50-minute mini-seminars consisting of lectures and discussions followed by questions and hands on practice. Instructional objectives of the program stress…

This bulletin prepared by the Media and Library Advisory Committee to the State Board of Education of Illinois provides descriptions of task competencies and responsibilities for library and media staff members. The first of three sections delineates the professional responsibilities of media specialists in areas of administrative and curricular…

Reviews components of school library media standards and outlines funding sources for media programs. School library media specialists are challenged to work with the educational community to strengthen media programs and to establish visible, vital, and viable programs of excellence. Eleven references are noted. (EJS)