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FAQs about Facilities: Practical Tips for Planning Renovations and New School Library Media Centers.

Lenk, Mary Anne – Knowledge Quest, 2002
Answers frequently asked questions (FAQs) related to planning for renovating or building school library media centers (SLMCs). Topics include the role of the school library media specialist, advance planning, importance of a written long-range plan, library consultants, courses on planning, design compromises, planning resources, professional…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Facilities

Mitchell, Lynette – Knowledge Quest, 2002
A library renovation class was offered to special education and low-income high school students during the summer, including lessons in Dewey Decimal classification, equipment repair and cleaning, and library organization and research skills. Students helped to plan and implement renovation of their school library media center. (MES)
Descriptors: High Schools, Learning Resources Centers, Library Development, Library Facilities

Cogdell, Edna – Knowledge Quest, 2003
Describes a library media management staff development course to focus on best practices in time management for the school year. Highlights include goal setting and planning; access to information; leadership and advocacy; and customizing ready reference files for useful media management information. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Advocacy, Leadership, Learning Resources Centers

Myerberg, Henry – Knowledge Quest, 2002
Discusses design elements of a 21st century school library, including space, books and shelving, seats, tables, technology (computers, scanners, projectors), building materials (wood, metal, plastic, paint, glass, fibers), and light and color. A sidebar describes the L!BRARY initiative to creatively design, professionally staff, and…
Descriptors: Design Preferences, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers

Despines, Janine – Knowledge Quest, 2001
Discusses extended hours of operation for school library media centers and describes how to plan for them. Considers benefits of extended hours; planning questions; staffing, including volunteers; costs and funding; security; and patron use of extended hours. (LRW)
Descriptors: Costs, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Expenditures

Lowe, Karen R. – Knowledge Quest, 2001
Discusses the alignment of resources, including textbooks, instructional materials, and school library media center resources, to the curriculum based on experiences in North Carolina. Explains resource alignment and considers assessing the library collection, discarding materials, identifying gaps in curriculum support, writing a collection…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Curriculum Development, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education

Karis, Carolyn – Knowledge Quest, 2001
Reviews 14 books and a CD-ROM for how they correlate with the goals of Information Power and how their theories, ideas and examples empower the school library media specialist (SLMS) to effectively implement Information Power. Two tables list Information Power books by groups and by roles of the SLMS. (AEF)
Descriptors: Books, Educational Development, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education

Wisely, Steve – Knowledge Quest, 2002
Describes the development of library media centers, programs, and staff at the Medford School District (Oregon). Information from the standards and research used to define roles and responsibilities is summarized, and relevant Oregon state educational organizations are listed. Some of the results of the district's well-defined library programs and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Information Literacy, Learning Resources Centers, Librarians

Weisman, Shirley – Knowledge Quest, 2003
Describes strategies used by one school library media specialist to meet challenges of the standards-based reform movement, which often leads to less collaboration between classroom teachers and media specialists due to time constraints. Topics include working with the curriculum coordinator; providing resources that meet curriculum needs,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education

Lowe, Karen – Knowledge Quest, 2003
Discusses the process of weeding, updating, and building a school library media collection that supports the state curriculum. Explains resource alignment, a process for using the shelf list as a tool to analyze and align media center resources to state curricula, and describes a five-year plan and its usefulness for additional funding. (LRW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Collection Development

Johnson, Doug – Knowledge Quest, 2000
Reviews design factors to consider when planning library media centers. Highlights include planning teams; planning for more than one kind of learning; considering community as well as school use; planning for existing technology rather than future possibilities; considering ease of supervision; traffic patterns; lighting and sound damping; and…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Aesthetics, Design Requirements, Educational Facilities Design

Millen, Jean; Millen, George – Knowledge Quest, 1999
Describes the process of building a new media center at Crestige South Elementary School in Centerview, Missouri. Discusses fund-raising efforts of the parent-teacher organization, the floor plan drawn up by the library media specialist, and the construction. Provides suggestions for rural school-library media specialists and school patrons for…
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Plans, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Education

LeLoup, Dennis – Knowledge Quest, 2000
Describes strategic planning efforts in eight states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin) to implement guidelines in "Information Power" (1998, American Library Association) relating good school library media programs to student achievement success. Discusses Web pages; state conferences;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Conferences, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines

Simpson, Carol – Knowledge Quest, 2002
Describes the development of a formula to determine the needed quantity of computers for a school library. Four types of information technology activities (administrative, personal productive, class/group productive, online public access catalog) and several variables (age levels served, campus focus, number of staff, size of student body, average…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Information Technology