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Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn L. – School Library Journal, 1998
Looks at 141 high-performing library media centers, providing statistics on grade levels and regions served, services offered, collection size and local expenditures, expenditures from all sources, librarian/teacher instructional planning by grade and service level, principal communication and service level, program services and communication, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Learning Resources Centers, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Library Collections
Peer reviewedBrisco, Shonda – Knowledge Quest, 2003
Presents strategies for educating administrators as to the value of school library programs and their influence on student achievement. Highlights include meeting and communicating with principals and superintendents; providing documentation to support library policies and collections; demonstrating professional research abilities; inviting them…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Elementary Secondary Education, Library Administration
Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn L. – School Library Journal, 1998
Presents results of a survey of school library media centers in 1995 and 1996 that was conducted to examine technology use. Highlights include growth in Internet access, increased CD-ROM use, local area networks, distance education, funding sources, staffing, expenditures for technology, library collections, and librarian/teacher and…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Electronic Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education, Internet
Peer reviewedSchool Libraries in Canada, 2001
Includes 15 articles that relate to Canadian children's literature, including the power of literature; using Canadian literature in Canada; the principal's role in promoting literacy; Canadian Children's Book Centre; the National Library of Canada's children's literature collection; book promotion; selection guide; publisher's perspective; and…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewedDoiron, Ray – School Libraries in Canada, 1995
Describes elementary school classroom trade book collections in the Prince Edward Island (Canada) school district, and explores the relationship between the collections and school library resource center program. The report is based on a survey of 46 classroom teachers, teacher-librarians, and principals. Three models of classroom collections are…
Descriptors: Books, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Schools, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedKachel, Debra E. – Knowledge Quest, 2003
Describes a program developed to help school principals understand the importance of school library media specialists based on "Information Power." Explains modules on academic achievement and school libraries, information literacy and academic standards, library collections and flexible access, and revitalization and evaluation of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Access to Information, Administrator Attitudes
