Phase one of the Effective College Library research project, conducted between July 1995 and March 1996, entailed a review of evidence about library support for teaching and learning in further education. The results are detailed in this report. Questionnaires focusing on innovative practices were distributed to all 453 Further Education (FE)…

This report presents an analysis of the status of teaching and learning about Asia in U.S. K-12 schools. Chapter one, "The United States and Asia: Opportunities and Challenges," addresses Asia's global profile, Asia as a market, as a partner, as a competitor, and as the invisible unknown, Asia in America, and the need for an Asia-related…

This fifth edition of the annotated bibliography covers research on the influences of school library services on student learning in works published from 1953 through 2000. Included with the bibliography are the short introductions to the second, third, and fourth editions; there is no introduction to the fifth edition. A total of 129 sources is…

This report provides an overview of the current state of school library media centers that serve U.S. 10th-graders. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002) provides comprehensive data from multiple sources on school library media centers that served 10th-graders in 2002. ELS:2002 is a…

Compared were the effects of small group instruction and cross-age tutorial instruction on 29 learning disabled, educable retarded, or emotionally disturbed elementary school children in a resource room setting. (Author/MC)

Suggestions for alleviating the critical shortage of competent faculty training programs for the allied health professions. (IR)

Briefly discusses types of software available for library and media center operations and library instruction, suggests three sources of software reviews, and describes almost 50 specific application programs available for bibliographic management, cataloging, circulation, inventory and purchasing, readability, and teaching library skills in…

Outlines current function of the school library media center, highlighting reference services, the information function, national standards, the library media program, the teaching of library media skills, library instruction as a shared responsibility of classroom teachers and media specialists, and the development of the reference collection.…

Provides a definition of the planning process drawing upon models from management science, outlines the steps library administrators should take in developing a planning program, and describes some of the recent planning processes for public libraries, school media centers, academic libraries, and special libraries. A reference list is provided.…

Examines the importance of inservice education for school library media personnel and discusses responsibility for identifying learning needs, strategies available and problems involved in assessing these needs, and steps involved in locating sources of continuing education. Fourteen references are provided. (EJS)

Employs the narrative of a school media specialist's experiences in developing an active instructional role for the school library as a vehicle to summarize research findings on the attitudes of administrators, teachers, and media specialists toward the role of media specialists in instructional development. A 16-item reference list is included.…

Describes the potential impact of contemporary and soon-to-be-developed information processing and communications technologies on the roles and functions of school media centers and school librarians and media specialists. A list of tips to aid librarians in understanding and adjusting to coming changes is included. (JL)