"[Examining the] role of school librarians in student success, this instructional guide offers ... [librarians guidance] to develop, align, and evaluate curriculum with your library collection in mind. Includes charts, tables, models, and discussion questions ... Features specific process examples for effective collection development [and] explains both horizontal and vertical curriculum mapping"--Provided by publisher.
Offers an activity-oriented survey of children's literature, highlighting books that every library should have in its collection and including suggestions for book-based activities and programs that will encourage children to read.
Presents a guide to library collection development, providing practical information on materials producers and distributors, community survey techniques, policies, materials selection, acquisition, weeding, evaluation, and more.
"[Examining the] role of school librarians in student success, this instructional guide offers ... [librarians guidance] to develop, align, and evaluate curriculum with your library collection in mind. Includes charts, tables, models, and discussion questions ... Features specific process examples for effective collection development [and] explains both horizontal and vertical curriculum mapping"--Provided by publisher.
Examines the complex and interrelated functions common to the management of libraries and information centers, discussing planning, organization, human resources, leading, and coordinating.
Introduces the concepts and practices of cataloging and classification, covering cataloging in context, development of cataloging codes, electronic formatting, description and access, subject analysis, authority control, and administrative issues.
Explains the general principles and techniques of collection development in school library programs, describes the unique challenges of media programs, identifies sources of help, and suggests approaches to handling a wide range of situations and demands on the collection.
Provides a overview of the processes and procedures associated with developing, maintaining, and evaluating a media center; and describes the resources that make up a traditional school center.
Offers an activity-oriented survey of children's literature, highlighting books that every library should have in its collection and including suggestions for book-based activities and programs that will encourage children to read.
