high school libraries

Discusses why school libraries are in transition and need dramatic change in response to digital content.

Contains lesson plans for teaching library skills to grades sixth through twelfth with worksheets and activities.

Offers school libraries new ways to teach traditional skills and master new information technology such as CD-ROM, online databases, multimedia, video, and interactive laser disks.

Provides librarians in junior and senior high schools with ideas and techniques to get their students interested in books and reading.

Provides everything needed to plan, execute, and evaluate events that will get the attention of even the least motivated high school student.

Guide to setting up a personal reading program, with an annotated bibliography.

Presents lists of print and Web resources on stem cells, racial profiling, same-sex marriage, and over sixty other divisive subjects, librarians may use to help students with research, and offers advice on how to build an environment of inquiry at school.

A compilation of practical tips and advice for secondary school libraries taken from the "TIPS" column of "Library Media Connection," covering management, working with students, teaching research skills, collaborating with teachers, using technology, promoting reading,building positive public relations, and working with helpers.

Presents suggested reading lists from more than one hundred U.S. colleges, tips on developing a personal reading program and reading diary, and an annotated list of the one hundred most recommended works and ten most recommended authors.