Examines the use of media, particularly by the school media specialist, to change attitudes toward children with various disabilities who are mainstreamed into regular classrooms. Kits for use with nonhandicapped children, resource books for faculty members, and other types of media are listed with annotations. References are included. (Author/BK)

Under the guidance of an artist-in-residence, students at Stuckey Elementary transformed a corner of their library/media center into a fantasy reading nook with soft sculpture fabric landscapes, and foam furniture designed to look like clouds. (Author/SJL)

Surveys five media center directors for promotional tips. Finds that the media specialists keep their clients aware of their programs and services in a variety of ways. (FL)

Discusses the interactive role supervisors and directors of school media centers must assume and processes which they must implement in order to maintain their positions in the educational setting. Article uses examples of supervisory interface in the Cleveland Public Schools with social studies, research and development, and community resources.…

Discusses selected networking research and some of the major research questions regarding needs assessment, school contributions to intertype library networks, and network planning that must be answered in order for school library media programs to participate most effectively in networking activities. (Author/CMV)

Here are some tips on how to make your school's media center an integral part of the school program. (Editor)

A rolling gate fashioned in the form of a giant motorcycle is the most unique feature of a prize winning media center in one Minnesota school; and, in another, is a theater hailed as the most technically sophisticated in the Twin Cities area. (Author/MLF)

Development of Illinois Suburban Library System project linking school and public children's library services.

Incorporating photographs into reports or promotional materials is an effective means of communicating needs and activities of the library media center. Provides techniques on how to improve picture taking with a standard camera. Discusses photo composition, positioning subjects, photographing reflective objects, lighting and focus tips,…

Discusses use of the World Wide Web as a reference tool, beginning with a list of general reference and homework sites that includes references resources for teachers and parents as well as for library media specialists. Includes a separate listing of electronic resources available on the Internet Public Library. (LRW)

Discussion of information-seeking behavior focuses on a study of the imposed query, as opposed to self-generated queries, in an elementary school library media center in order to quantify its presence, to record characteristics of the users that carry them, and to identify the persons imposing them. The coding sheet is appended. Contains one table…

Discusses broadband communications; broadband coaxial cable and its utility in the media center; basic electronics of radio signals (radio frequency, radio band, bandwidth, MHz, skimming, decibels, sloped amplifiers); engineering basics (insertion loss, splitter, tap, and three beats); and factors to consider before designing a campus broadband…

Discusses the new beginning of the school year, the new nationalism following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and the role of the school library media specialist in recognizing the importance of information in a democratic society. Provides Web resources related to civic education. (LRW)

Summarizes the findings of three studies conducted for doctoral dissertations that investigated differentiated programs of library use for gifted and talented students. Topics discussed include types of library materials used; use of the resource center; scores on tests of information skills; and the role of teacher-librarians. (three references)…

Presents the media center network of the Diocese of Pittsburgh as a model of how a network of parish media centers, functioning as satellites of the central diocesan media center, can be developed within a diocese. Media center networking services offered within and beyond the diocese are described. (two references) (Author/CLB)