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Direct linkWoodward, Janet – Library Media Connection, 2010
Reading advocacy is an essential aspect of school librarians' role. Using their knowledge of students, school librarians provide reader's advisory, matching books to individuals based on their interests, aptitudes, and abilities. They know that reading skills are an integral part of academic achievement and work to accelerate this important…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Library Role, Marketing
Barron, Daniel D. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2003
Suggests library media specialists have a responsibility to make educational funding laws work for their children and communities. Discusses the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act; NCLB and libraries, and online resources; Reading First Grants; "VISIONS 2020: Transforming Education and Training through Advanced Technologies" and "Technology in…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Resources, Educational Technology, Federal Government
Boardman, Edna M. – Book Report, 1994
Describes the Knapp School Libraries Project that was developed in the 1960s to create model libraries in elementary and secondary schools by upgrading their materials and qualified personnel. Visits from librarians, educators, students, and community members that helped disseminate the model libraries' characteristics are discussed. (Contains 14…
Descriptors: Change, Diffusion (Communication), Elementary Secondary Education, Grants
Pingsterhaus, Ruth – Illinois Libraries, 2000
Discusses a project developed at Damiansville Elementary School (Illinois) to improve reading scores on state reading tests and encourage students to improve reading achievement. Topics include funding; the Standardized Tests for Assessment of Reading; the Accelerated Reader program; planning; the role of the library; and community participation.…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Elementary Education
Download full textRhode Island Educational Media Association. – 1992
Helpful hints are provided to keep the library media specialist visible, expand resources, identify constituencies and resources, and keep the library from being taken for granted. Library media specialists must recognize that they are faced with a kaleidoscope of constituencies, beyond students and teachers, in local businesses, parents, school…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Aid Applicants, Financial Support, Grants
Krause, Robin – Illinois Libraries, 2000
Describes a program at an Illinois middle school that was designed to increase reading achievement, vocabulary, and the enjoyment of reading. Highlights include the library's role; use of the Standardized Test for Assessment of Reading; the Accelerated Reader program; teacher training; teacher comments; and grant funds. Four appendices include:…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Evaluation Methods, Grants
Cohen, Nathan M.; Denison, Barbara; Boehlert, Jessie C. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
During the last decade, research has become increasingly important to the profession of librarianship. Seven library schools now have doctoral programs, foundation grants have stimulated and supported scores of major projects, and the research method has been recognized as an accepted technique for solving library problems. The increasing volume…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Annotated Bibliographies, Doctoral Dissertations
