instructional materials centers

A guide to selecting books for an elementary school that provides expert advice and resources designed to help educators choose from a wide variety of literature.

Identifies the people to involve and the issues that should be considered when planning new or remodeled facilities for school library media and technology centers.

Explains how to build a strong library media program, providing taxonomies for the library media specialist, teacher, student, and administrator and discussing collaborative planning, technology, direct services to groups and individuals, the information infrastructure, and program evaluation.

Presents fifteen thirty- to forty-five-minute library lessons for fourth through eighth graders based on books featuring magic, including "A Wrinkle in Time" and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," and provides evaluation tips and extension activity ideas.

Explores the role for the modern school library media center. Includes planning guides and evaluative instruments.

Includes 1,200 quick ideas to better manage the school library. Includes curriculum involvement, volunteers, reading motivation, bulletin boards, and computers.

Examines the role of the school library media specialist as an instructional consultant, and examines each step of the instructional design process.

Explains how block scheduling can be used to improve learning in a school library media center, looking at twelve secondary school libraries that have used the technique; and provides instructions for planning and implementing a block schedule.