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Improving Performance Appraisal in Libraries.
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Vincelette, Joyce P.; Pfister, Fred C. – Library and Information Science Research, An International Journal, 1984
This article identifies problems with current practice in evaluating employee performance and presents currently accepted performance appraisal methods (behaviorally anchored rating scales, management by objectives). A research project designed to improve appraisals for school media specialists which was field-tested in four Florida school…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Job Performance, Learning Resources Centers
Understanding How Teachers Plan: Strategies for Successful Instructional Partnerships.
Wolcott, Linda Lachance – School Library Media Quarterly, 1994
Discusses the collaborative role of school library media specialists as instructional consultants to help teachers plan curriculum and develop instructional activities. Topics addressed include the nature of instructional planning; how teachers plan; and strategies for planning in partnership with teachers, including planning styles, planning…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership
Imposed Queries in the School Library Media Center: A Descriptive Study.
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Gross, Melissa – Library & Information Science Research, 1999
Examines the theoretical model of information-seeking behavior called the "imposed query." Qualitative findings identify teachers, the school library media specialist, parents, and children as imposers. Quantitative findings include persistence of a relationship between grade level and question type, gender difference in library use at…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Information Seeking, Learning Resources Centers, Librarians
Mapping the Way toward Instructional Design Consultation by the School Library Media Specialist.
Turner, Philip M.; Naumer, Janet N. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1983
Guide to instructional design consultation by school library media specialist proposes four levels of activity--action education, reaction, passive participation, no involvement--to be used in assessing degree of involvement in instructional design consultation process. An eight-step model of instructional design and assessment chart are provided.…
Descriptors: Charts, Consultants, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Design
Curriculum Encounters of the Third Kind: Teachers and Teacher-Librarians Exploring Curriculum Potential.
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Doiron, Ray – Emergency Librarian, 1993
Identifies key concepts of cooperative curriculum planning processes involving classroom teachers and teacher-librarians. The history of cooperation and the linear approach to planning are described. A rationale for an approach based on mutual respect for teachers' personal practical knowledge for exploring curriculum potential is proposed.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development
Developing Information Literacy through the Information Intermediary Process: A Model for Teacher-Librarians and Others.
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Brock, Kathy Thomas – Emergency Librarian, 1994
Reports on a study designed to formulate a literature-based model describing what teacher-librarians do as they help students involved in information search and use (ISU). Whether teacher-librarians work with students in all phases of the ISU process and the extent to which their intermediary activities can be related to other models are…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Information Literacy, Information Seeking, Information Skills
Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, Volume 34
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Orey, Michael, Ed.; McClendon, V. J., Ed.; Branch, Robert Maribe, Ed. – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 2009
The "Educational Media and Technology Yearbook" is dedicated to theoretical, empirical and practical approaches to educational media development. All chapters are invited and selected based on a variety of strategies to determine current trends and issues in the field. The 2009 edition will highlight innovative Trends and Issues in…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Information Science
Listening to the Music.
Rux, Paul – Book Report, 1994
Examines issues relating to information technology that will affect the future of school librarians. Topics discussed include teaching versus learning; the need for new sets of skills; becoming systems analysts; matching technology with users' information needs; management information systems; and shifting models regarding the role of school…
Descriptors: Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Information Needs