Demonstrating how a dynamic student assistant program can be integrated into the school's educational program, this book provides library media specialists with an idea book and guide to expanding library services with limited resources. Bard offers practical guidance in planning, setting up, managing, and evaluating the program, always relating media center tasks to the curriculum and learning. She goes beyond the conventional approach of using students to help with circulation and reshelving materials to explore such exciting possibilities as casting students in the roles of peer teachers and engaging assistants in library promotions. Appendixes include curriculum plans; goals, objectives, and learning activities; management forms, sample by-laws for student clubs, guidelines for preparing pathfinders and vertical files; and essays by practicing librarians on how to create a supportive environment for student assistants. Designed for school media specialists, this book will also benefit public and

An analysis of Colorado schools and the effects of library media programs.

An advocacy brochure on library standards to be sold in packs of 12 for school librarians to hand out to teacher, principals, administrators. Content comes from AASL Standards publication.

This is the most comprehensive textbook on school library administration available, now updated to include the latest standards and address new technologies. This reference text provides a complete instructional overview of the workings of the library media center—from the basics of administration, budgeting, facilities management, organization, selection of materials, and staffing to explanations on how to promote information literacy and the value of digital tools like blogs, wikis, and podcasting. Since the publication of the fourth edition of Administering the School Library Media Center in 2004, many changes have altered the landscape of school library administration: the implementation of NCLB legislation and the revision of AASL standards, just to mention two. The book is divided into 14 chapters, each devoted to a major topic in school library media management. This latest edition gives media specialists a roadmap for designing a school library that is functional and intellectually stimulating, while leading sources provide guidance for further research.