instructional materials centers

Assists the librarian to devise integrated media skills lessons appropriate for grades 6 through 8.

Presents a comprehensive guide for effectively integrating information literary skills into the curriculum and making them available to students and teachers.

Discusses how to improve literacy standards in schools, and explains how to use the changing technology of the late twentieth century to help students access and use information.

Describes strategies and tools school librarians and media specialists may use to help students assess their own learning, and includes examples of how assessment can be incorporated into library-related learning activities.

A step-by-step guide through the primary stages of the grant development process for small libraries and school media centers, discussing planning, project design, project narrative, personnel, budget development, and evaluation; and including supplementary materials.

Presents messages that appeared on the LM-NET library information listserv in 2001, arranged by topic, covering reading and literature, curriculum and instruction, information management, computerized reading programs, and technology. Also includes a CD-ROM containing the complete 2001 LM-NET Select message archives.

Reviews the theory of multiple intelligences and offers guidelines for designing centers and projects in the classroom that address the unique learning styles of individual students.

Presents an introduction to designing digital literacy programs through an educational model called IM-PACT, and includes information on the theory and methods required for creating engaging lesson plans and instructional programs.

A how-to-do-it approach for running a school library media center.

Examines the mechanics of library management including technical details, goals, public relations, and finances.