Power Up Your Library: Creating the New Elementary School
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHong>ORong>: Salmon, Sheila / Goldfarb, Elizabeth K. / Greenblatt, Melinda, PUBLISHER: Libraries Unlimited, Based on ong>theong> methods of ong>theong> ong>Newong> Yong>orong>k City Library Power Program, this is a practical handbook fong>orong> revitalizing ong>orong> rebuilding ong>theong> school library. Putting ong>theong> many facets of ong>theong> media specialist's professional life into ong>theong> context of a flexibly scheduled, collabong>orong>atively planned teaching program, ong>theong> book offers simple strategies fong>orong> effecting positive change. It covers such topics as ong>theong> librarian's role as teacher, programming, assessment, collection development, facilities, technology, ong>theong> library budget, suppong>orong>t staff, and public relations. Written fong>orong> ong>theong> school library media specialist who has ong>orong> plans to have a library that confong>orong>ms to today's vision of an effective school library media program, this book places ong>theong> library media center at ong>theong> heart of ong>theong> school's educational program and shows how to position ong>theong> library as ong>theong> catalyst fong>orong> school refong>orong>m.