school libraries

"Articles from dozens of respected authors and experts, culled from popular journals such as Knowledge Quest and School Library Journal, cover everything of interest to the contemporary school librarian, including: professional development and career guidance; information on collection development and school library resources such as books, periodicals, e-mail discussion groups, databases, websites, etc.; programming, partnering, promoting, and collaborating for student success; innovative ways to use technology like social networking and e-books in service of education; tips for analyzing and strengthening ongoing programs; and building and maintaining healthy relationships with stakeholders."--Publisher's description.

Presents a curriculum model for the development of multicultural programs in schools and includes a listing of fiction titles that address the topics of families, peers, prejudice, and self-awareness.

Examines how social bookmarking can impact academic and public libraries and increase collaborations with both patrons and faculty, and introduces a variety of social bookmarking websites with tutorials and activities for a wide range of users.

Offers advice to school library media specialists on how to help in efforts to develop students' literary skills, featuring nine reading and vocabulary strategies for middle and high school students, reproducible charts, tables, and graphic organizers, and assessment tools.

Discusses how a school library program that includes faculty and library staff can work together to achieve educational goals, covering overlapping functions of teacher librarians as resource and literacy partners, with checklists and reproducible handouts.

Discusses issues of intellectual freedom in school library media programs, such as selection of resources, materials selection, challenges and censorship, patron privacy, confidentiality of library records, blocking of Internet resources, services for those with special needs, advocacy of minors' First Amendment rights, and more.

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.

A collection of case studies and situations related to educational technology and library media that covers issues such as copyright, instructional issues, and hardware and software.

Today's tech-savvy and digitally connected students present a new challenge for today's school librarians. This book offers the 21st-century tools and know-how necessary for educators to appeal to and challenge students to learn and to want to learn.

Explains how to use inquiry to promote civic engagement in the school library makerspace. Provides step-by-step instructions for hands-on projects. Includes lists for possible organizations to work with, calendar dates to facilitate programming, detailed funding sources and makerspace set-up instructions, and advice for developing community partnerships.