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Olson, Renee, Ed. – School Library Journal, 1996
Seventy-seven principals serving grades 7-12 in Missouri schools were surveyed to determine the differences between how principals view school librarians and how school librarians view themselves. Similarities occurred in the perceptions about the importance of a library program and inadequate funding. Views diverged most noticeably in terms of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Librarians, Library Funding
Gorman, Michael – School Library Journal, 1995
Discusses the results of the California "Tax Revolt," specifically Proposition 13, on public services. Examines the relationship between declining literacy levels and a lack of library skills; and proposes a program where libraries and schools can work together to restore library funding, adapt library instruction, and promote literacy.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform, Higher Education, Information Literacy
Peer reviewedBoekhorst, Albert K.; van Veen, Maarten J. P. – School Libraries Worldwide, 2001
Describes a study that examined the position of school libraries in the Netherlands to help secondary schools update their libraries and prepare them for a new role in learning. Explains the input-output research design that discusses organizational structure, library staff, financing, technical infrastructure, collection, collaboration, access to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Input Output Analysis, Learning Processes
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
Peer reviewedBurrow, Gale; Gunter, Linda – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1994
Describes the role of libraries at Claremont Colleges (California) in implementing a CD-ROM local area network to increase use of electronic databases. Highlights include grant funding; hardware; software; user education for faculty and students; future plans; and impact of the new technology on interlibrary loan, document delivery, and reference…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Software, Databases, Futures (of Society)
Hines, Maria – 1997
The primary areas of concern challenging Missouri's libraries as they move from the 20th to 21st century can be divided into three major themes and two sub-themes: current library services and operations; technology and information access; and leadership and funding; and training; and operation. Librarians and library clients are concerned about…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change, Community Attitudes, Futures (of Society)
Download full textHopkins, Dianne McAfee; Zweizig, Douglas L. – 1999
The Library Power program is a school improvement initiative of the DeWitt-Wallace Reader's Digest Fund that began in 1988, designed to promote the full integration of the school library media program into the school curriculum in public elementary and junior high/middle schools. With a total investment exceeding $45 million, Library Power is the…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
