Discusses the value of professional development for media specialists, conditions which bring about a positive attitude toward professional development, and the role of college and university preparation programs. Obstacles to professional development are also discussed, and six recommendations for library media educators in the move toward…

Describes a graduate program which the Department of Educational Media at Auburn University is developing for the preparation of library media specialists which allows students to formulate their own objectives and to use the state as their learning laboratory. (Author/DR)

This document describes Project Libra, a competency-based, field-centered approach to preparation of library media specialists at the undergraduate and graduate levels at Auburn University (Alabama). Thirteen global objectives for the programs are listed, and competencies within each of these are suggested. The program of study and outlines of…

Media specialist competencies developed by the Alabama Commission for the Preparation of Educational Media Personnel are outlined under six major categories: instruction, management, organization and circulation, design and preparation, selection and acquisition systems, and pacesetting and innovative instructional systems. (JT)

Library and media specialists representing national organizations, college training programs, and district-, regional-, and building-level programs were asked to assess the merits of program mergers. All groups generally felt that mergers resulted in more political influence, a better image, improved and more efficient programs, and clearer role…

Designed for training school library/media specialists to establish media programs as an integral part of the school curriculum, this text is divided into four general areas. The first two chapters focus on what society expects of the schools and how educators respond. Systems principles are the shown to apply to the building of an educational…

Discusses critical issues in school library media programs, including problems in the profession; building the collection to support the curriculum; resource-based education; literature-based reading programs; conceptual frameworks for new technologies, new kinds of textbooks, and differentiated staffing; professional leadership by administrators…