school libraries

Presents a comprehensive manual that helps to evaluate and improve library media programs, and offers advice on assessing the school and library environment, developing research questions, collecting and analyzing data, and more.

Provides tips and suggestions to help public, school, and academic libraries establish a learning-commons area, which can be used as a go-to location for the patrons' teaching, researching, and learning needs, discussing technologies and information resources, and including end-of-chapter checklists.

A guide to transforming school libraries and computer labs into dynamic places with both physical and virtual resources, including planning rubrics, worksheets, interview questions, charts, and other tools to help administrators and educators make the concept of a learning commons a reality in their schools.

A practical guide for the school library media specialist to helps them assist at-risk students in improving their academic achievement.

Offers advice to teachers on how to make reading meaningful to students through active engagement and socially interactive projects, featuring over fifty project ideas in the categories of entertainment, active participation, control and choice, and technology.

A principal's guide to creating a library media program that covers instructional leadership, standards, effective practices for integration into the curriculum, roles and responsibilities of media specialists, support, sustainability, and improvements.

Examines the critical issues affecting school libraries, and offers practical solutions to meet these challenges.

A guide to designing school library media centers that provides information on addressing the unique ergonomic and technology needs of children, controling costs using proven bidding and evaluation methods, understanding the technical drawings and language used in architecture, and other related topics.

Presents a collection of cartoons and humor based on the theme of librarianship.