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Putnam, Eleanor – School Library Media Quarterly, 1996
A study of 296 American Library Association members found that although library media specialists (LMS) support the instructional consultant role as stated in the guidelines of Information Power, they lagged in its practice; and LMSs who used flexible scheduling practiced the instructional consultant role more than LMSs who used fixed scheduling.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Schools, Flexible Scheduling, Instructional Design
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Piersma, Mary L.; Allen, Diane D. – Reading Horizons, 1993
Determines the role of elementary and secondary library media specialists in (1) promoting reading growth; (2) assisting classroom teachers; and (3) teaching reading skills and strategies. Compares actual and ideal responsibilities of school library media specialists. (RS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Librarians
Hysong, Deborah L. – 1992
The purpose of this study was to compare library media programs located in Georgia Schools of Excellence, and determine how they contribute to the overall success of their schools' instructional program. The library media specialists surveyed worked in 195 schools that have been selected as Georgia Schools of Excellence from 1984 to 1991. A…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Qualities
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. of Library Services. – 1979
This report prepared for instructional media specialists provides data on the program of services, the size of the staff, and the size and extent of facilities for instructional media programs in the schools of Wisconsin. Information is displayed separately for senior high schools, middle schools, and elementary schools, with further subdivisions…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Comparative Analysis, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education
Clark, Nancy Baker – 1994
The purpose of this study was to determine whether library media specialists and teachers perceived that the restructuring approach in the Coalition of Essential Schools has changed the performance of 37 services of library media specialists. The perceptions of library media specialists and teachers provided data to determine whether library media…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Callison, Daniel – Indiana Media Journal, 1994
This is the third of three reports based on a statewide (Indiana) survey of school library media center collections, budgets and services. Data was gathered from September to November 1993 and the information presented is distilled from responses from 823 public and private schools. Meaningful relationships among basic data and comparison of…
Descriptors: Budgets, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Woolls, Blanche – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1991
Discusses the image of school library media specialists, particularly their self-image. Topics discussed include reasons for poor self-image; comparisons with other libraries, including number of professionals, education level, and budget; similarities and differences among libraries; and services of school library media centers. (eight…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Libraries, Budgets, Comparative Analysis
Chaney, Bradford; Williams, Jeffrey – 1998
This statistical analysis report from the National Center for Education Statistics examines the current state of school libraries in the United States and how they have changed. The primary source of data in this report is the 1993-94 Library Survey, the first federally sponsored survey of library media centers and head librarians in elementary…
Descriptors: Change, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures
Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn L. – School Library Journal, 2000
Presents a regional comparison of school library programs, collections, and services. Highlights include education and training of media specialists; planning; funding sources and priorities; collection size; local expenditures; resources, including access to the Internet, videos, and CD-ROMs; computers and technology; and responsibility for Web…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Internet