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Hannesdottir, Sigrun Klara, Ed. – 1986
Developed by a a working group of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Section of School Libraries, these guidelines present succinct and precise statements on the duties and functions of school librarians, their educational and training needs, and details of how the preparation of school librarians differs…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Guidelines, Higher Education, International Organizations
Wilson, Pauline – School Library Journal, 1985
This essay addresses the role of the children's librarian in introducing youth to the characteristics and use of information technologies. Discussion covers the Electronic Utopia, library education's view of services to youth, problems of illiteracy and semiliteracy, and differences between oral and literate cultures. Nine sources are given. (EJS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society)
Haycock, Ken – School Library Media Quarterly, 1985
This essay on means by which the profession of teacher-librarianship might be strengthened, and even enhanced, highlights the mission statement and resource center programs, role of the teacher-librarian, cooperative program planning and teaching, research and study skill development, education for school librarianship, and program advocacy. (EJS)
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Design
American Library Association, Chicago, IL. – 1984
These issue papers were prepared for a series of seminars that were sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education's Center for Libraries and Education Improvement, held in part of the Libraries and the Learning Society Project. These seminars brought together librarians, educators, library users, and others to focus on the most effective role for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Science
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Perritt, Patsy H.; Heim, Kathleen M. – Top of the News, 1987
Argues that the master's degree awarded by a graduate program accredited by the American Library Association is the requisite credential for youth services librarianship. Problem areas discussed include the departmental location of education for youth services librarians, the development of skills standards, and the need for identifying career…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Qualifications, Higher Education, Learning Resources Centers
Bearman, Toni Carbo – 1984
The movement of society into the Information Age raises a number of important issues in the field of library and information science, including the role of libraries and information in building a learning society and helping individuals to learn. The library/information community also needs to address the issue of the government's role in…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Government Role
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Turner, Philip – Top of the News, 1987
Discusses current problems in professional education for school library media specialists, including the closing of programs, declining enrollments, and a lack of intellectual focus. A model is proposed which defines three purposes of school library media programs and provides a template against which specific professional programs can be…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Opportunities, Higher Education, Labor Supply
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Reade, J. G. – Canadian Library Journal, 1987
Looks at the historical development of school librarian training in Canada and Great Britain; examines types of institutions with training programs and program content; compares the librarian's role in the two countries and isolates factors that determined those roles; and highlights recent difficulties, developments, and movement toward consensus…
Descriptors: Certification, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Developed Nations
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Rosen, Elizabeth McClure – Top of the News, 1987
Describes a library school's curriculum review process for children's services which involved networking between library and information science faculty and other departments, current students and graduates representing practitioners from various school levels, and public children's and young adult librarians. Eight course descriptions are…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development
Liesener, James W. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1985
Focuses on role of school library media programs in the fostering of lifelong learning and development of information skills. Highlights include information use and users, access, instruction, consulting, attitude problems, personnel and economic issues, planning and evaluating programs, education of library media specialists, and information…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Resources Centers
Wilson, Barbara; Hubbard, Abigail – Online, 1987
Discussion of the changing role of the school library/media specialists argues that skill requirements for this group should be redefined to include competency in online information retrieval techniques. Appropriate online databases available on CD-ROM and sources for training are described, and a role for academic librarians in providing training…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Certification, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1982
The Task Force on Library and Information Services to Cultural Minorities was established to address the information needs of four major minority groups--American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, and Hispanic Americans. The proceedings of the Task Force's 1981 hearings include statements and written testimony from 24 librarians, library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
Trask, Margaret; And Others – 1984
The Pilot Project on School Library Development has designed two course to train primary and secondary teachers and teacher librarians in the South Pacific Region. Oriented to the needs of the teacher as a library user, the first course seeks to stimulate teachers to encourage students to use library resources for seeking information and for…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Course Content, Curriculum Guides, Developing Nations
Mancall, Jacqueline C. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1985
Summarizes findings of library research according to specific areas of library skill and, where appropriate, school level investigated (elementary, secondary, or post-secondary). Implications of studies for present practice and future research are discussed from perspective of school districts, building-level library media specialists, and library…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Education
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Hodges, Gerald G. – Top of the News, 1987
Predicts the status of library services to young adults in 1997 by considering various forces, including the changing nature of adolescents and early adolescents, future demographic trends, prospective job markets, and library education problems and possibilities. (EM)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Employment Opportunities, Information Needs
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