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Van Deusen, Jean Donham; Tallman, Julie I. – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1994
Presents an interim report on a study investigating the impact of flexible and fixed scheduling of library instruction on library media specialists' consultative and instructional roles. The relationship between scheduling and the number of the media specialist's consultative tasks, library instruction lessons offered, and participation in student…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Educational Planning, Elementary Schools, Learning Resources Centers
Terwilliger, Gloria – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1990
Provides an overview of current issues related to student assessment. Focuses on the ability of library instruction and library research skills to help students develop critical thinking skills. Presents selected comments from respondents to a survey regarding the current status of libraries in student assessment. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Critical Thinking, Learning Resources Centers

Eaton, Gale – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1989
Reviews curriculum guides and the research literature to examine locational skills instruction in elementary schools and the transferability of skills to the public library. Factors that may limit instructional effectiveness are identified and the need for public children's librarians to have realistic expectations of children's abilities to…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Guidelines
Helmick, Aileen – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1992
Analyzes research cited in "Library Literature" during the past year that concerns school libraries. Topics examined include censorship issues; information literacy and library instruction; reading; the use of technology, especially microcomputers; and comprehensive state surveys. (14 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Censorship, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Laskowski, Mary S. – Research Strategies, 2005
This article presents the results of a survey designed to assess students' experiences with media resources as a means to better understanding academic media center student patron needs and as a first step towards assessing student levels of media literacy, an important but often overlooked component of information literacy. Results indicate a…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Information Literacy, Library Instruction, Student Surveys

Neuman, Delia – Library Trends, 2003
Suggesting a diamond as a visual metaphor for upcoming research in school library media, this article discusses four questions that would occupy the corners. Questions examine contributions of library media programs to student achievement; roles of the library media specialist in today's schools; how students use electronic information resources…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Educational Technology
Mendrinos, Roxanne Baxter – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1994
Discusses CD-ROM technology in conjunction with three components of the virtual library: (1) a fully functional computerized network; (2) digital information that is content rich; (3) knowledgeable users. These concepts are related to the results of a study of CD-ROM applications in 301 secondary-school library media centers. (eight references)…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer Networks, Computer Selection, Electronic Text
Lance, Keith Curry – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1994
Reports on a study that provides evidence of the positive impact of library media centers on academic achievement in 221 Colorado public schools during the 1988-89 school year. The importance of library media expenditures in making staff and collections available and the library media specialist's instructional role are verified. (two references)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Educational Priorities Panel, New York, NY. – 1985
The Educational Priorities Panel (EPP) conducted a mail survey of New York City school library staff, a telephone survey of community school districts, and an analysis of budget and payroll data for library services. Additionally, two member agencies, the Citizen's Committee for Children and the Women's City Club, undertook a cooperative study on…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Expenditures, Library Instruction
Prostano, Emanuel T.; Prostano, Joyce S. – 1971
With the aim of providing a realistic, professional approach to solving problems of administration, organization, and operation of the library media center, this textbook has been written for both practicing librarians as well as for students of library science. Included in the nine chapters are: an overview of terminology and the present state of…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Information Services, Learning Resources Centers, Librarians
Pappas, Marjorie L. – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1992
Provides an overview of the 1991 Treasure Mountain Research Retreat for school library media researchers and practitioners, which focused on information literacy issues, including the roles of teachers and library media specialists; information-based education; teaching library information skills; diagnosing information needs; electronic…
Descriptors: Conferences, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Hypermedia
Barron, Daniel D. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1992
Presents an annotated bibliography of materials relating to school library media specialists in the following areas: the school library media specialist and the curriculum; library services and automation; teacher and student satisfaction and the library environment; challenged library materials; the principal and the media specialist; and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Censorship, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development
Minor, Barbara B. – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1994
Reviews 49 reports of research on school library media programs from the ERIC database that address the status of school library media programs, library media resources, the use of technology, the role of the school library media specialist, and professional training. (49 references) (KRN)
Descriptors: Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Librarian Teacher Cooperation

Farmer, Lesley S. J. – Catholic Library World, 1994
Describes the HyperCard Library Instruction Project (CLIP) and the research upon which it is based. Findings of research of HyperCard instruction with secondary students and a description of ways to use HyperCard instruction are presented. A sidebar article describes the California-based CLIP program and the HyperCard modules the organization is…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Software Development
Mendrinos, Roxanne Baxter – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1992
Describes a study of secondary school library media specialists in Maine and Pennsylvania that was conducted to establish a baseline of data relating to the use of CD-ROM databases for reference purposes. Topics addressed include database titles; networking; staffing concerns; budget; funding; attitudes toward CD-ROMs; and training and curriculum…
Descriptors: Budgets, Curriculum Development, Databases, Financial Support
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