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Download full textSchamber, Linda – 1990
Basic options for the automation of management functions in the school library media center are the circulation system, the online catalog, the acquisitions system, and the serials check-in. In order to select the most appropriate system, library media specialists must: (1) research both the library's needs and the technologies available, and (2)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Library Systems, Learning Resources Centers, Library Administration
Lance, Keith Curry – 1994
This study was designed to update the existing research and to examine the relationship between library media programs and student achievement. The schools selected for the study sample were not selected on a random basis; rather, they were library media centers (LMCs) that responded to a 1989 survey of Colorado LMCs. The study relied entirely…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Librarians
Spitzer, Kathleen L. – 1991
This digest discusses how libraries of all types are using the facsimile (or "fax") machine to meet users' information needs. A definition of facsimile technology includes the components of a fax machine, the four types of fax machines, and the recent development of the "fax board," which allows a computer to transmit…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education, Facsimile Transmission, Higher Education
Russell, Shayne – 2000
Although library literature reflects more than two decades of interest in collaborative planning between library media specialists and teachers, and although library media specialists are well-trained to perform in this capacity, there are still fewer examples of instructional partnerships than may be expected. However, commitment to the goal…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Educational Resources
Meyers, Judith K. – 1989
"Information Power: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs," which was published jointly by the American Library Association (ALA) and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) in 1988, is the most recent in a series of efforts to articulate and encode professional program and practice standards that have…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cooperative Planning, Diffusion (Communication), Elementary Secondary Education
Brennan, Mary Alice – 1992
This digest highlights the findings of an extensive review and analysis of the literature related to the role of libraries in education. The review was undertaken to demonstrate the critical role libraries can play in meeting the six National Education Goals adopted in 1990 by the President and the governors of the United States. The goals, which…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Career Exploration, Computer Networks
